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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen PrincePublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.626kg ISBN: 9780813592350ISBN 10: 0813592356 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 16 November 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsCoverPraiseTitleCopyrightDedicationContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Conjoining Spirit and WorldChapter 2. A Sharp and Piercing ThornChapter 3. The Logic of NegationChapter 4. Guardians of the GateChapter 5. A Pilgrim on the Silk RoadAcknowledgmentsFilms by Kobayashi MasakiNotesIndexAbout the AuthorReviewsHe was regarded as a 'filmmaker of steel, ' But throughout his films you can see the figure of the director himself, drawn to beauty, friendly, easily moved to tears, prone to feeling lonely, straightforward, and possessing the heart of a youth.... It has been one hundred years since Kobayashi Masaki's birth and twenty since his death. I sincerely hope that through Professor Prince's book, the thoughts that director Kobayashi entrusted to his films will cross national borders and reach a new generation. --Kajiyama Koko managing director, Geiyukai, Kobayashi Masaki archive Prince, already one of the field's greatest observers of film form, has moved beyond form to demonstrate Kobayashi's deep humanism, fierce political convictions, and religio-philosophical leanings within a career of rare depth and beauty. This is the definitive work. --David Desser author of The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa Prince delves broadly and deeply into the world of Kobayashi's films, providing an introduction to the international community. This will be a great boon to a new generation of audiences. --Ogasawara Kiyoshi co-writer of the screenplay for Tokyo saiban Draws on previously untranslated material in a study of the Japanese filmmaker (1916-96), who is known for his critique of war and militarism. --Chronicle [A] meticulously researched new book, A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki, is sensitive to many of these issues and refreshingly demonstrates the insights a scholar can arrive at by using rigorous auteurist analysis and concentrating on recurring stylistic and narrative devices. --New York Review of Books -Prince, already one of the field's greatest observers of film form, has moved beyond form to demonstrate Kobayashi's deep humanism, fierce political convictions, and religio-philosophical leanings within a career of rare depth and beauty. This is the definitive work.---David Desser -author of The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa - Prince delves broadly and deeply into the world of Kobayashi's films, providing an introduction to the international community. This will be a great boon to a new generation of audiences. --Ogasawara Kiyoshi co-writer of the screenplay for Tokyo saiban Author InformationSTEPHEN PRINCE is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He has written or edited fourteen books, including The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa and Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality (Rutgers University Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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