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An eye-opening portrait of a vibrant film culture, The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film is the most comprehensive study of the Japanese filmmaking scene yet written. Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp explore the astounding resurgence of Japanese cinema, both live action and animated, profiling 19 contemporary Japanese filmmakers, from the well-known (Kitano, Miike, Miyazaki)
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Paperback, 376 pages
Published
October 1st 2004
by Stone Bridge Press
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Recurso invaluable si estás interesado en el cine japonés contemporáneo; Mes y Sharp recorren su historia desde el inicio de la Nueva Ola a finales de los 50's hasta la actualidad, perfilando a variedad de directores (Miike y Tsukamoto, por ejemplo) y reseñando una gran cantidad de películas. El sitio de Midnight Eye, así como el trabajo de Mes y Sharp como críticos, historiadores y sobre todo como fanáticos es increíble.
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The Midnight Eye Guide To New Japanese Film by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp is an invaluable source for recent Japanese film. There are several books that cover the golden age of Japanese film from Mizoguchi to the new wave filmmakers of the 60s. But this books fills in the gaps with people like Seijin Suzuki and Kinji Fukasaku. Then it brings the reader up to date with the biggest names in contemporary film like Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Naomi Kawase. T
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Hands down the best book on modern Japanese film in English.
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As a film critic he has contributed to publications that include Film Comment, Sight and Sound, Rue Morgue, De Filmkrant, Kateigaho and many others. He has provided liner notes and audio commentaries for numerous DVD releases of Japanese films around the world. He also has a background in animation as a scriptwriter and storyboard artist.
Tom Mes is a writer and translator of books.
Tom Mes is a writer and translator of books.
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