Kitano Takeshi / Aaron Gerow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerow, Aaron Andrew.

Series:

World directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bīto Takeshi--Criticism and interpretation.

Bīto Takeshi.

Motion picture producers and directors--Japan.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Criticism and interpretation.

Japan.

Physical Description:

264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : British Film Institute, 2007.

Summary:

The award-winning art film "Hana-Bi, "the stoic gangster elegy "Sonatine, "the surfer romance "A Scene at the Sea, "the absurdist comedy "Getting Any?, "the entertainment samurai spectacle "Zatoichi"--very different films made under one name, Kitano Takeshi. Who is Kitano Takeshi?--an artistic auteur in the traditional sense or a new kind of star who manages multiple identities, strategically changing them from film to film and situation to situation? This book explores issues of auteurship and stardom in the films of Kitano Takeshi, especially as they relate to problems of personal and national identity in a Japan confronting an age of globalization. Aaron Gerow combines a detailed account of Japanese film and criticism with unique close analyses of Kitano's films from "Violent Cop "to "Takeshis."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-254) and index.

Includes filmography: pages [255]-259.

ISBN:

9781844571659

1844571653

9781844571666

1844571661

OCLC:

181895077