Akira Kurosawa: master of cinema
by Cowie, Peter
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0847833194
- ISBN 13
- 9780847833191
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New York: Rizzoli, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 304 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The most lavishly produced and profusely illustrated volume on Akira Kurosawa ever published, timed for the centennial of his birth. Akira Kurosawa is arguably the greatest of all Japanese film directors and is respected around the world as one of the masters of the art form. This is the first illustrated book to pay tribute to his unmistakable style—with more than two hundred images, many never before published. The filmmaker is also famous for his attention to detail, and fans will delight in seeing annotated script pages, sketches, and storyboards that reveal the meticulous craft behind Kurosawa’s genius. Peter Cowie examines how Kurosawa took the samurai genre to its apogee in such films as Yojimbo and Seven Samurai; his literary influences in such films as Throne of Blood [Macbeth] and Ran [King Lear]; and in his take on our relationship to the modern world in such films as High and Low and Dreams. Record # 352344
Synopsis
Peter Cowie is a film historian and the author of Louise Brooks and Joan Crawford. Formerly the international director of Variety , he now serves as consultant for the Berlin Film Festival and contributes commentaries for Criterion Collection releases. Donald Richie is the world’s foremost expert on Kurosawa and is the author of many books on Japanese culture, including The Inland Sea and The Japanese Film . Kazuko Kurosawa , the daughter of the director, is a costume designer whose credits include more than fifteen films, including Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams .
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- 352344
- Title
- Akira Kurosawa: master of cinema
- Author
- Cowie, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0847833194
- ISBN 13
- 9780847833191
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Film & Movies, History, , .
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- Film & Movies;
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