[KineJapan] Film Art Recollections

[Markus Nornes]

Where do people go to look at new film books? I'm curious.

Recently, I've been going to Junkodo in Shibuya (and recall the Ikebukuro
store also has a decent selection). Others?

Markus
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*Markus Nornes*
*Professor of Asian Cinema*
Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design

*Department of Film, Television and Media*
*6348 North Quad*
*105 S. State Street*
*Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*



On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:16 PM Earl Jackson <earljac at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for letting us know about this - what a valuable series! I also
> was shocked this summer when I went to the film section of Kinokuniya. I
> kept finding other clerks to ask where the film books were because I was
> sure I just wasn't looking in the right place. So awful.
> ej
> Earl Jackson
> Professor
> Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures
> National Chiao Tung University
> Associate Professor, Emeritus
> University of California, Santa Cruz
> Co-Director
> Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:55 AM Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> The publisher Film Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary (!), and with
>> 500+ books in their list I'm sure many of you have their volumes on your
>> shelves. They've enlisted a number of interesting authors and book sellers
>> to write essays on the publisher, including Kaneko Yu, Ono Yoshito, Yomota
>> Inuhiko, and others. Here is the latest, by Iwamoto Kenji.
>>
>> http://www.kaminotane.com/2018/11/30/3775/
>>
>> They are worth checking out. I write this shortly after visiting the film
>> section of Shinjuku's Kinokuniya, which is now housed in the bekkan behind
>> the main building. The paucity of titles, and the truly poor selection was
>> really disheartening. They should get their act together. It's embarrassing
>> and a not a little sad.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> *Markus Nornes*
>> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
>> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages
>> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
>>
>> *Department of Film, Television and Media*
>> *6348 North Quad*
>> *105 S. State Street*
>> *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
>>
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