World directors and their films [electronic resource] : essays on African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern cinema / Bert Cardullo.

By:

Cardullo, Bert

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780810885240 (cloth alk. paper)
9780810885257 (e-book)

Subject(s):

Motion pictures

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

791.4309 CAR 22

LOC classification:

PN1994 .C3335 2012eb

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction -- Japanese authors -- Other Asian auteurs -- Iranian and Middle-Eastern innovators -- African art -- Latin American art(ist)s.

pt. 1. Japanese authors -- pt. 2. Other Asian auteurs -- pt. 3. Iranian and Middle-Eastern innovators -- pt. 4. African art -- pt. 5. Latin American art(ist)s.

Summary: In this book, the author offers fresh perspectives on some of the established greats—including Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story), Akira Kurosawa (The Seven Samurai), and Satyajit Ray (The Stranger)—as well as insights into vital work by such contemporary filmmakers as Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows), Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!), Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou), Chen Kaige (Farewell, My Concubine), Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us), Majid Majidi (The Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise), Siddiq Barmak (Osama), Ousmane Sembène (Moolaadé), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Abouna), María Novaro (Danzón), Hector Babenco (Carandiru), and Andrucha Waddington (Me, You, Them).

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	791.4309 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-E994

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Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Japanese authors -- Other Asian auteurs -- Iranian and Middle-Eastern innovators -- African art -- Latin American art(ist)s.

pt. 1. Japanese authors -- pt. 2. Other Asian auteurs -- pt. 3. Iranian and Middle-Eastern innovators -- pt. 4. African art -- pt. 5. Latin American art(ist)s.

In this book, the author offers fresh perspectives on some of the established greats—including Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story), Akira Kurosawa (The Seven Samurai), and Satyajit Ray (The Stranger)—as well as insights into vital work by such contemporary filmmakers as Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows), Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!), Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou), Chen Kaige (Farewell, My Concubine), Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us), Majid Majidi (The Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise), Siddiq Barmak (Osama), Ousmane Sembène (Moolaadé), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Abouna), María Novaro (Danzón), Hector Babenco (Carandiru), and Andrucha Waddington (Me, You, Them).

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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