KINEJAPAN digest 2211
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On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:11 PM, KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote:
>
> KINEJAPAN Digest 2211
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Books
> by Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
> 2) Re: Books
> by Tim Iles <timiles2003 at yahoo.com>
> 3) Re: Books
> by "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> 4) Re: Books
> by Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> 5) Thank You!
> by noble 1362 <noble1362 at hotmail.com>
>
> From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: September 19, 2007 5:30:21 AM CDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Books
>
>
> Mark Schilling's Contemporary Japanese Cinema is an
> excellent overview of recent Japanese cinema. It's
> reviewed based primarily, but also includes some
> decent interviews and several detailed essays on the
> current state of the industry. Along with The Midnight
> Eye Guide, it's the most dog-eared and
> in-dire-need-of-replacing book in my Japanese cinema
> collection.
>
> If it's cult cinema you're after, Tom Mes's books on
> Miike and Shinya Tsukamoto are absolutely invaluable.
>
> Jim Harper.
>
> --- noble 1362 <noble1362 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am new to this list and perhaps this is a
>> simplistic question but can anyone recommend books
>> to read? I have read Donald Richie, 100 years of
>> Japanese Film and The Midnight Eye Guide to new
>> Japanese Film and a few others. I now have over $350
>> worth of books in my wish list on Amazon and need to
>> narrow it down considerably. Thank you in advance
>> for any help.
>>
>> Oh, and I can not read japanese (unfortunately).
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
> http://www.flipsidemovies.com
> http://jimharper.blogspot.com
>
>
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>
> From: Tim Iles <timiles2003 at yahoo.com>
> Date: September 19, 2007 11:24:43 AM CDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Books
>
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> From: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> Date: September 19, 2007 12:42:57 PM CDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Books
>
>
> We have a huge book review section on Midnight Eye in which we look at
> various titles in depth:
> www.midnighteye.com/books/index.shtml
>
> Peronsally I think you can't do without Anderson and Richie's original
> Japanese Film: Art and Industry on your bookshelf, and failing that,
> Richie's more recent A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. Don't care what
> people say about Richie, in terms of sheer factual history, his
> first book
> cant be beaten.
>
> The most interesting books I've read have in recent years have been
> Mark
> Nornes books on documentary - his latest on Shinsuke Ogawa was an
> epiphany,
> while the anthology he edited Japan/America Film Wars, though a
> good 15
> years old, is still hugely informative.
>
> Needless to say, if you are interested in the war years, Peter
> High's The
> Imperial Screen is a must.
>
> I really recommend Kyoko Hirano's Mr Smith Goes to Washington on the
> occupation years. Really fascinating stuff. And David Desser's Eros
> Plus
> Massacre also gives an elucidating look at a fascinating period of
> time in a
> Japanese filmmaking, the 60s.
>
> One of the seminal texts, Noel Burch's To the Distant Observer,
> should be
> available from the University of Michigan's website as a free
> downloadable
> pdf, but I cant seem to find the link offhand. Many have
> reservations about
> this one, but still worth ploughing through if you're feeling brave.
>
> This should certainly get you started.
>
>
> Jasper
>
>
>
>
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> www.midnighteye.com
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> ===
>
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>
>
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-
> state.edu>
> Subject: Re: Books
> Date: 19/09/07 07:40
>
>> Isolde Standish's _New History of Japanese Cinema_Mark Nornes
>> _Japanese
> Documentary Film_Brian Ruh's _Stray Dog of Anime: the Films of Oshii
> Mamoru_Keiko MacDonald's _How to Read a Japanese Film_spring to
> mind...Tim
> IlesUniversity of VictoriaJim Harper
> <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark Schilling's Contemporary Japanese Cinema is anexcellent
> overview of
> recent Japanese cinema. It'sreviewed based primarily, but also
> includes
> somedecent interviews and several detailed essays on thecurrent
> state of the
> industry. Along with The MidnightEye Guide, it's the most dog-eared
> andin-dire-need-of-replacing book in my Japanese
> cinemacollection.If it's
> cult cinema you're after, Tom Mes's books onMiike and Shinya
> Tsukamoto are
> absolutely invaluable.Jim
>> Harper.--- noble 1362 wrote:> I am new to this list and
>> perhaps this
> is a> simplistic question but can anyone recommend books> to
> read? I
> have read Donald Richie, 100 years of> Japanese Film and The
> Midnight Eye
> Guide to new> Japanese Film and a few others. I now have over
> $350>
> worth of books in my wish list on Amazon and need to> narrow it
> down
> considerably. Thank you in advance> for any help.> > Oh,
> and I can
> not read japanese (unfortunately).> >
> Thankshttp://www.flipsidemovies.comhttp://jimharper.blogspot.com
> ___________________________________________________________ Want
> ideas for
> reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good
> http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html 
>> Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search
>> that gives answers, not web links.
>>
>>
>
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>
> From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> Date: September 19, 2007 1:21:02 PM CDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Books
>
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> From: noble 1362 <noble1362 at hotmail.com>
> Date: September 19, 2007 9:06:42 PM CDT
> To: <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Thank You!
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