Rashomon Effects: Kurosawa, Rashomon and their legacies by Blair Davis (English)

Description: Rashomon Effects by Blair Davis, Robert Anderson, Jan Walls Akira Kurosawa is widely known as the director who opened up Japanese film to Western audiences, and following his death in 1998, a process of reflection has begun about his lifes work as a whole and its legacy to cinema. Kurosawas 1950 film Rashomon has become one of the best-known Japanese films ever made, and continues to be discussed and imitated more than 60 years after its first screening.This book examines the cultural and aesthetic impacts of Akira Kurosawas Rashomon, as well as the directors larger legacies to cinema, its global audiences and beyond. It demonstrates that these legacies are manifold: not only cinematic and artistic, but also cultural and cognitive. The book moves from an examination of one filmmaker and his immediate social context in Japan, and goes on to explore how an artists ideas might transcend their cultural origins to ultimately provide global influences. Discussing how Rashomons effects began to multiply with the film being re-imagined and repurposed in numerous media forms in the decades that followed its initial release, the book also shows that the film and its ideas have been applied to a wider range of social and cultural phenomena in a variety of institutional contexts. It addresses issues beyond the realm of Rashomon within film studies, extending to the Rashomon effect, which itself has become a widely recognized English term referring to the significantly different interpretations of different eyewitnesses to the same dramatic event. As the first book on Rashomon since Donald Richies 1987 anthology, it will be invaluable to students and scholars of film studies, film history, Japanese cinema and communication studies. It will also resonate more broadly with those interested in Japanese culture and society, anthropology and philosophy. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Blair Davis is an Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, USA. Robert Anderson is Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Jan Walls is a Professor Emeritus in the Humanities Department at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. From Konjaku and Bierce to Akutagawa to Kurosawa: Ripples and the Evolution of Rashomon 3. Smiled on by Lady Luck: Rashomon 4. The Production History of Rashomon 5. Rashomon Perceived – The Challenge of Forging a Transnationally Shared View of Kurosawas Legacy 6. Rashomon as a Twelfth Century Period Picture and Occupation Period Social Critique 7. What is the Rashomon Effect? 8. The Rashomon Effect: Considerations of Existential Anthropology 9. Screening Truths: Rashomon and Cinematic Negotiation 10. Reflections on Rashomon, Kurosawa and the Japanese Audience 11. Kurosawas International Legacy 12. Dialogue on Kurosawa: Nationality, Technique, Life Work 13. Conclusion: Ripples and Effects Details ISBN1138827096 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Advances in Film Studies ISBN-10 1138827096 ISBN-13 9781138827097 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Jan Walls Birth 1975 Year 2015 Language English Media Book DEWEY 791.430233092 Short Title RASHOMON EFFECTS Publication Date 2015-11-12 Subtitle Kurosawa, Rashomon and their legacies Illustrations 5 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white UK Release Date 2015-11-12 AU Release Date 2015-11-12 NZ Release Date 2015-11-12 Author Jan Walls Pages 198 Alternative 9781138590663 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134463334;

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