Time frames [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese cinema and the unfolding of history / / Scott Nygren

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451623803321
• Autore: Nygren Scott
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8166-9797-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.430952
• Soggetti: Motion pictures - Japan - History; Drama; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Filmography: p.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Thresholds; 2 Dislocations; 3 Incisions; 4 Kyoto/Venezia; 5 Reconsidering Humanism; 6 International Modernism; 7 Postmodern Networks; EPILOGUE: Next; APPENDIX: Japanese Networked History: A Metachronology of Culturally Significant Events in Relation to Film; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Distribution Information; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Time Frames explores how Japanese film criticism and history has been written before and after Rashomon. Scott Nygren looks at the emergence of video art and anime, highlighting the creative exchange among North American, European, and Asian media. He places Japanese film at the center of this discourse, and, ultimately, reveals its global role as a cultural medium.