{"product_id":"cinema-censorship-and-the-state-the-writings-of-nagisa-oshima-1956-1978-paperback","title":"Cinema, Censorship, and the State: The Writings of Nagisa Oshima, 1956-1978 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNagisa Oshima\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDawn Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe texts in this volume make up an intellectual autobiography that reveals a rare conjunction of personal candor and political commitment. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNagisa Oshima is generally regarded as the most important Japanese film. director after Kurosawa and is one of Japan's most productive and celebrated postwar artists. His early films represent the Japanese New Wave at its zenith, and the films he has made since (including I\u003ci\u003en the Realm of the Senses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e) have won international acclaim. The more than 40 writings that make up this intellectual autobiography reveal a rare conjunction of personal candor and political commitment. Entertaining, concise, disarmingingly insightful, they trace in vivid and carefully articulated detail the development of Oshima's theory and practice.The writings are arranged in chronological order and cover the period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Following a historical overview of the contemporary Japanese cinema, a substantial section articulates the theoretical and political rationale of 0shima's film production. Among many other topics considered in his essays, Oshima questions the economics of film production, the ethics of the documentary film, censorship (both political and sexual), and the relation of aesthetics and social taboos. A filmography and notes round out this important collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNagisa Oshima is generally regarded as the most important Japanese film director after Kurosawa and is one of Japan's most productive and celebrated postwar artists. The more than 40 writings that make up this intellectual autobiography reveal a rare conjunction of personal candor and political commitment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnette Michelson (1922-2018) was widely considered one of the twentieth century's most influential writers on film. During her more than five-decade career, she was an art editor and critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e a writer for \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, a founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e, and Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. Some of Michelson's essays on film were collected in \u003ci\u003eOn the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnette Michelson (1922-2018) was widely considered one of the twentieth century's most influential writers on film. During her more than five-decade career, she was an art editor and critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e a writer for \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, a founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e, and Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. Some of Michelson's essays on film were collected in \u003ci\u003eOn the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.01 x 6.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44282504773734,"sku":"9780262650397","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eWVIWjVCY3lDKzE0YVg3SGNLS29nQT09.webp?v=1766573497","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/cinema-censorship-and-the-state-the-writings-of-nagisa-oshima-1956-1978-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}