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Genre/vorm: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Genoemd persoon: | Bīto Takeshi; Bīto Takeshi.; Takeshi Bīto; Takeshi Kitano; Bito Takeshi; Takeshi Bīto |
Materiaalsoort: | Internetbron |
Soort document: | Boek, Internetbron |
Alle auteurs / bijdragers: |
Aaron Andrew Gerow |
ISBN: | 9781844571659 1844571653 9781844571666 1844571661 |
OCLC-nummer: | 181895077 |
Beschrijving: | 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm. |
Inhoud: | Introducing two Takeshis -- Part I. Kitano Takeshi : the auteur -- Part II. Another Kitano Takeshi : the films -- Violent cop -- Boiling point -- A scene at the sea -- Sonatine -- Getting any? -- Kids return -- Hana-Bi -- Kikujiro -- Brother -- Dolls -- Zatoichi -- Takeshis' conclusion. |
Titel reeks: | World directors series. |
Verantwoordelijkheid: | Aaron Gerow. |
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Inhoudsopgave:
Acknowledgments Introducing Two Takeshis Part I Kitano Takeshi: The Auteur Part II Another Kitano Takeshi: The Films Violent Cop Boiling Point A Scene at the Sea Sonatine Getting Any? Kids Return Hana-Bi Kikujiro Brother Dolls Zatoichi Takeshis' Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Filmography Index
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http://www.midnighteye.com/books/kitano-takeshi.shtml The long-awaited publication of Kitano Takeshi, the first book-length study of the director's complete work, goes quite a ways to answering the question at the head of this review. Aaron Gerow - another man of incontestable credentials thanks to his stints teaching Japanese cinema at the University of Yokohama, Yale and his lengthy tenure as a film critic for the Daily Yomiuri - presents Kitano as an almost schizophrenic personality, made of two distinct personas: the director Takeshi Kitano and the comedian Beat Takeshi. Two personalities that are usually at odds, sometimes at war and occasionally in harmony. Both straight man and buffoon, Kitano forms a one-man manzai act. Gerow posits this duality as the key to analyzing and understanding Kitano's films. The opening chapter, entitled Introducing Two Takeshis, sets the stage, departing from a variety of opinions and attempts by other critics to pierce the mystery. In this chapter and throughout his book, the author makes ample reference to Japanese sources, which opens up a far wider reading of Kitano - one that includes the media personality Beat Takeshi of whom most westerners, including his fans and critics, still have only the slightest inkling, but which forms a crucial factor in understanding the man and his movies. At the same time, this use of Japanese sources also feels Meer lezen...


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