Justin Vicari

Japanese Film and the Floating Mind

Cinematic Contemplations of Being

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Japanese film is enduringly fascinating, challenging and rewarding. This book provides a cultural, historical and philosophical study of Japanese film, from the silent era to the present-day, focusing on its expansive consciousness. The author examines masterpieces by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Oshima and many other directors, discussing their influence on the Japanese culture of esoteric Zen Buddhism and relating them to recent neuroscientific theories of brain trauma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781476664989
• ISBN-10: 1476664986
• Artikelnr.: 44475809

Autorenporträt

Justin Vicari is an award-winning poet, essayist and film writer. He lives in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface: Japanese Film X Introduction: Paradoxes of Perception: In a Ghostly Theater Part One: Toward the Last Ontology 1.
Moon in Water 2.
The Broken Heart of Ontology 3.
Anxieties of Change, Changing Anxieties 4.
Extremisms 5.
The Last Ontology Part Two: The Floating World 6.
Refugees of the Floating World 7.
The Meanings of the Wound Part Three: Emperor Worship 8.
The Problem of Emperor Worship 9.
Naruse: An Early and Enduring Critic of Emperor Worship 10.
Ozu, After Surrender 11.
"Just a memory": The Figure of the Emperor in Postwar Melodrama 12.
Three Films Mizoguchi's Women of the Night Imamura's Outlaw Matsuo Comes Home Wakamatsu's Caterpillar Conclusion Chapter Notes Works Cited Index