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Author Martinez, D. P. (Dolores P.), 1957-

Title Remaking Kurosawa : translations and permutations in global cinema / D.P. Martinez
Edition 1st ed
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 225 pages) : illustrations
Contents Setting the Scene -- Portrait of an Artist as Film-Maker -- Rashomon: The Problem of Subjectivity -- Remaking Rashomon: From Subjectivity to "the" Truth -- The Battle of the Sexes: Or, the One Scenario When Subjectivity is Acceptable -- Permutations on the Theme of Murder: The Search for Solutions -- And on Television -- A Short Interval -- The Group Western -- The Lone Hero -- Cloning Kurosawa
Summary Through the lens of Akira Kurosawa's films, Martinez dissects the human tendency to make connections in a pioneering attempt to build a bridge out of diverse materials: the anthropology of Japan, film studies, and postmodern theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 fast
Kurosawa, Akira. swd
Subject Film remakes -- History and criticism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
Film remakes
Film
Performing Arts.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230621671
0230621678
0312293585
9780312293581