"Korean film has been heralded as the -newest tiger- of Asian cinema. In the past year, South Korea became one of the only countries in the world in which local films outsold Hollywood films, and Korean director Park Chan-wook was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes.New Korean Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation, and reception of this vibrant cinema, which has begun to flourish again in the past decade, f ..."
"Korean film has been heralded as the "newest tiger" of Asian cinema. In the past year, South Korea became one of the only countries in the world in which local films outsold Hollywood films, and Korean director Park Chan-wook was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes. New Korean Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation, and reception of this vibrant cinema, which has begun to flourish again in the past decade, ..."
"Japanese cinema is historically one of the world’s most important national film industries and one that continues to have a significant global influence. From the Golden Age of the 1930s and the 1950s art-house success of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu to the 1960s New Wave of Imamura and Oshima and the ubiquitous contemporary presence of sci-fi and anime, Japan has produced directors and genres of central importance to the development of ..."
"This collection concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who defines them and the cultural politics of these definitions. The definition of the cult movie relies on a sense of its distinction from the "mainstream" or "ordinary." This also raises issues about the perception of it as an oppositional form of cinema, and of its strained relationships to processes of institutionalization and classification. In other ..."
"Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to mass audience: is this what- or all- blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together leading film scholars to consider this most high-profile and culturally significant genre. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, the book traces how and why the "event movie" has played such a large role in the popular imagination, tracing a path from the spectacles of the silent era to the ..."
"Violence has been a topic of continued concern within American culture and society. Although there have been numerous sociological and historical studies of violence and its origins, there is relatively little systematic analysis of violence within media representation, even as this issue becomes preeminent within public discourse. This anthology examines a number of issues related to violence within the media landscape, using various m ..."
Japanese Cinema(1st Edition) Texts and Contexts द्वारा Alastair Phillips , JulianStringer Hardcover, 384 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2008 द्वारा Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-32847-0, ISBN: 0-415-32847-0
Japanese Cinema(1st Edition) Texts and Contexts द्वारा JulianStringer , Alistair Phillips Paperback, 384 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2007 द्वारा Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-32848-7, ISBN: 0-415-32848-9
New Korean Cinema द्वारा Chi-Yun Shin , JulianStringer Paperback, 256 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2005 द्वारा Edinburgh University Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-1852-1, ISBN: 0-7486-1852-X
New Korean Cinema द्वारा Chi-Yun Shin , JulianStringer Hardcover, 256 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2005 द्वारा Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-1851-4, ISBN: 0-7486-1851-1