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Language: English
Published by Intellect, Bristol, 2011
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Paperback. From Tokyo Story to Godzilla, You Only Live Twice to Enter the Void, World Film Locations: Tokyo presents a kaleidoscopic view of one of the worlds most exciting cities through the lens of cinema. Illustrated throughout with dynamic screen shots, this volume in Intellects World Film Locations series spotlights fifty key scenes from classic and contemporary films shot in Tokyo, accompanied by insightful essays that take us from the wooden streets of pre-nineteenth-century Edo to the sprawling what-if megalopolis of science fiction and fantasy anime. Important themes and playersamong them Akira Kurosawa, Samuel Fuller, and Sofia Coppolaare individually considered. For the film scholar, or for all those who love Japanese cinema and want to learn more, World Film Locations: Tokyo will be an essential guide. Gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world's complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema, Tokyo. This title includes 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films that explore how motion pictures have shaped the role of Tokyo in our collective consciousness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- World Film Locations: Tokyo (Paperback)
- Author
- Chris MaGee
- Publisher
- Intellect, Bristol
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1841504831
- ISBN 13
- 9781841504834
- Series
- Book 4 of 16: World Film Locations
World Film Locations: Tokyo gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world’s most complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema. 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films explore how motion pictures have shaped the role of Tokyo in our collective consciousness, as well as how these cinematic moments reveal aspects of the life and culture of a city that are often hidden from view. Complimenting these scenes from such varied films as Tokyo Story, You Only Live Twice, Godzilla and Enter the Void are six spotlight essays that take us from the wooden streets of pre-nineteenth-century Edo to the sprawling 'what-if' megalopolis of science fiction anime.
Illustrated throughout with dynamic screen captures World Film Locations: Tokyo is at once a guided tour of Japan’s capital conducted by the likes of Akira Kurosawa, Samuel Fuller, Chris Marker and Sofia Coppola while also being an indispensible record of how Tokyo has fired both the imaginations of individuals working behind the camera and those of us sitting transfixed in movie theatres.
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About the Author
Chris MaGee is founder and editor of Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow, the premiere Japanese film blog in Canada, and a programmer and artistic director of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival, a showcase of new and independent film from Japan that takes place annually at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto.
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