Cinematic Landscapes: Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan

ISBN 10: 0292720874 / ISBN 13: 9780292720879

Published by University of Texas Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

China and Japan both have traditional art forms that have been highly developed and long studied. In these original essays, noted film and art scholars explore how the spatial consciousness, compositional techniques, and construction of images in these traditional and modern art forms also inform filmmaking in the two countries, so that film and art share the same culturally defined "methods of seeing."

This first major study of the relationship between Chinese and Japanese art and film brings together writers from the United States, Europe, Australia, China, and Japan, including Japan's well-known film critic Sato Tadao and Beijing Film Academy's Ni Zhen, screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated film Raise the Red Lantern. The essays discuss the influence of the traditional arts, including scroll painting and printmaking, on Chinese and Japanese cinema and demonstrate that national cinemas cannot be completely understood without considering their indigenous traditions.

About the Author:

Linda C. Ehrlich is Associate Professor of Japanese, Comparative Literature, and Cinema at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. David Desser is Professor of Cinema Studies and Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cinematic Landscapes: Observations on the ...
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good