Remaking Kurosawa

Through the lens of Akira Kurosawa's films, Martinez dissects the human tendency to make connections in a pioneering attempt to build a bridge out of diverse materials: the anthropology of Japan, film studies, and postmodern theory.

Autorentext
D P MARTINEZ is Reader in Anthropology with special reference to Japan at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Inhalt
Setting the Scene Portrait of an Artist as Film-Maker Rashomon: The Problem of Subjectivity Remaking Rashomon: From Subjectivity to 'the' Truth The Battle of the Sexes: Or, the One Scenario When Subjectivity is Acceptable Permutations on the Theme of Murder: The Search for Solutions And on Television A Short Interval The Group Western The Lone Hero Cloning Kurosawa