00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685474870047033247 Buklod 20240226134748.0 ta r |||| u| ta 240226s1979 enkao |rq 001 0 eng 0859674916 (paperback) 2284684 DLC DMC rda eng DMLUC PN 1993.5 J3 B87 1979 Burch, Noël 1932- author. To the distant observer form and meaning in the Japanese cinema Noël Burch ; revised and edited by Annette Michelson. London, England Scolar Press 1979. 387 pages illustrations 23 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-367) and indexes (pages 378-387). The cinema of Japan, at least until 1945, was the only national cinema to derive fundamentally from a non-European culture. Its films thus diverged in important respects from the standard 'Hollywood style' of shooting and editing adopted by the industries of Europe and the US, as well as by colonialized nations. In this unprecedented study, Noel Burch confronts the major modes of discourse of Japanese culture with the stylistic development of Japanese cinema, and contrasts the resulting modes of representation with those of the West. Contrary to previous opinion, Burch shows how the period 1986-1930 was not one of stagnation and 'underdevelopment' but instead constituted a preparatory stage for the 1930-1945 'golden age' of Japanese cinema, during which Ozu, Mizoguchi, and other less well-known masters produced their most distinguished films. Burch also concludes that prewar militarism was relatively uninfluential on the work of the thirties and he views the post-1945 period of 'democratization' as one of regression in cinema, particularly in the works of Ozu and Mizoguchi. Treating many examples with the aid of frame enlargements, Burch illuminates previously unknown aspects of Japanese film history. And his dialectical analysis produces a new understanding of the elements of film structure. CMC-2119 donated by Ms. Jane Hofileña. Motion picture plays, Japanese History and criticism. Motion pictures Japan. Michelson, Annette. editor. FO UPD DMC PN 1993.5 J3 B87 1979 Book