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Go beyond Kurosawa and discover an up-to-date and rigorous examination of historical and modern Japanese cinema In A Companion to Japanese Cinema, distinguished cinematic researcher David Desser deliversinsightfulnew material ona fascinating subject, ranging from the introduction and exploration of under-appreciated directors, like Uchida Tomu and Yoshimura Kozaburo, to an appreciation of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema from the point of view of little-known stars and genres of the 1950s. This Companion includes new resources that deal in-depthwith the issue of gender in Japanese cinema, including a sustained analysis of Kawase Naomi, arguably the most important female director in Japanese film history. Readers will appreciate the astute material on the connections and relationships that tie together Japanese television and cinema, with implications for understanding the modern state of Japanese film.The Companion concludes with a discussion of the Japanese media's response to the 3/11earthquake and tsunami that devastated the nation.The book also includes: * A thorough introduction to the History, Ideology, and Aesthetics of Japanese cinema, including discussions of Kyoto as thecinematic center of Japan and the Pure Film Movement and modern Japanese film style * An exploration ofthe background to the famous story ofTaki noShiraitoand thesignificant and underappreciated contributions of directorsUchidaTomu, as well as YoshimuraKozaburo * A rigorous comparison of old and new Japanese cinema, including treatments of Ainu in documentary filmsand modernity in film exhibition * Practical discussions of intermediality, includingtreatments of scriptwriting in the 1930sand the influence of film on Japanese television Perfect forupper-level undergraduateand graduate students studying Japanese and Asian cinema, A Companion to Japanese Cinema is a must-read reference foranyone seeking an insightful and contemporary discussion of modern scholarshipin Japanese cinemain the 20th and 21st centuries.

Small Cinemas in Global Markets addresses aspects such as identity, revisiting the past, internationalized genres, new forms of experimental cinema, markets and production, as well as technological developments of alternative small screens that open new perspectives into small cinema possibilities.

Examines the influence of noir on global cinema Early audiences were drawn to the experimental lighting effects, oblique camera angles, distorted compositions, and shifting points-of-view of film noir.International noir continues to appeal on a global scale, because no other cinematic form has merged style and genre to effect a vision of the disturbing consequences of modernity. In fact, various national cinemas now boast an indigenous expression of the genre and other cinematic genres continue to rely upon film noir's narrative structure and visual style, as evidenced by noir Westerns and noir Science Fiction. This collection of essays examines noir's influence on film narrative and technique in the ceinematic traditions of Britain, France, Scandinavia, Japan, China and Korea.

1968 and Global Cinema addresses a notable gap in film studies. Although scholarship exists on the late 1950s and 1960s New Wave films, research that puts cinemas on 1968 into dialogue with one another across national boundaries is surprisingly lacking. Only in recent years have histories of 1968 begun to consider the interplay among social movements globally. The essays in this volume, edited by Christina Gerhardt and Sara Saljoughi, cover a breadth of cinematic movements that were part of the era's radical politics and independence movements. Focusing on history, aesthetics, and politics, each contribution illuminates conventional understandings of the relationship of cinema to the events of 1968, or \"the long Sixties.\" The volume is organized chronologically, highlighting the shifts and developments in ideology in different geographic contexts. The first section, \"The Long Sixties: Cinematic New Waves, \" examines both the visuals of new cinemas, as well as new readings of the period's politics in various geopolitical iterations. This half of the book begins with an argument that while the impact of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave on subsequent global new waves is undeniable, the influence of cinemas of the so-called Global South is pivotal for the era's cinema as well. The second section, \"Aftershocks, \" considers the lasting impact of 1968 and related cinematic new waves into the 1970s. The essays in this section range from China's Cultural Revolution in cinema to militancy and industrial struggle in 1970s worker's films in Spain. In these ways, the volume provides fresh takes and allows for new discoveries of the cinemas of the long 1968. 1968 and Global Cinema aims to achieve balance between new readings of well-known films, filmmakers, and movements, as well as new research that engages lesser-known bodies of films and film texts. The volume is ideal for graduate and undergraduate courses on the long sixties, political cinema, 1968, and new waves in art history, cultural studies, and film and media studies.

With 25 essays that embrace a wide spectrum of topics and perspectives including intertextuality, transnationality, gender representation, repetition, the use of music, color, and sound, depiction of time and space in human affairs, and Wong's highly original portrayal of violence, A Companion to Wong Kar-Wai is a singular examination of the prestigious filmmaker known around the world for the innovation, beauty, and passion he brings to filmmaking. Brings together the most cutting edge, in-depth, and interesting scholarship on arguably the greatest living Asian filmmaker, from a multinational group of established and rising film scholars and critics Covers a huge breadth of topics such as the tradition of the jianghu in Wong's films; queering Wong's films not in terms of gender but through the artist's liminality; the phenomenological Wong; Wong's intertextuality; America through Wong's eyes; the optics of intensities, thresholds, and transfers of energy in Wong's cinema; and the diasporic presence of some ladies from Shanghai in Wong's Hong Kong Examines the political, historical, and sociological influence of Wong and his work, and discusses his work from a variety of perspectives including modern, post-modern, postcolonial, and queer theory Includes two appendices which examine Wong's work in Hong Kong television and commercials

The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies. The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes: History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film’s relationship to history The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics. Editor’s introduction Part I: Film history: a thematic approach 1. Natural Magic: A Cultural history of Moving Images Erkki Huhtamo 2. Film as popular culture Hilary Radner 3. Film as art Prakash Younger 4. The stages of the production process William Guynn 5. The evolution of sound in cinema Jay Beck 6. Experimental Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon 7. Documentary film Brian Winston 8. Animation Norman M. Klein 9. Filming difference David Desser 10. Making history through media Marcia Landy 11. Inscribing the historical: film texts in context Rosemarie Scullion Part II: A critical dictionary: history, theory, technique Bibliography Index William Guynn is Emeritus Professor of Art (Cinema) at Sonoma State University, California. His previous publications include Writing History in Film (Routledge, 2006) 'This guide provides a stimulating insight into fifty directors working today' - Tanya Jones, The Media Education Association 'The Routledge Companion to Film History has both breadth and enough depth to move beyond a more generalised and popularist approach to the topics within each chapter... An impressive addition to the film history 'library'.' - POV