{"product_id":"the-films-of-kore-eda-hirokazu-an-elemental-cinema-hardcover","title":"The Films of Kore-Eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda C. Ehrlich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema \u003c\/i\u003edraws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documentaries of award-winning Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu. With his recent top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for \u003ci\u003eShoplifters\u003c\/i\u003e, Kore-eda is arguably Japan's greatest living director with an international viewership. He approaches difficult subjects (child abandonment, suicide, marginality) with a realistic and compassionate eye.The lyrical tone of the writing of Japanese film scholar Linda C. Ehrlich perfectly complements the understated, yet powerful, tone of the films. From \u003ci\u003eAn Elemental Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will gain a special understanding of Kore-eda's films through a novel connection to the natural elements as reflected in Japanese traditional aesthetics.\u003ci\u003eAn Elemental Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e presents Kore-eda's oeuvre as a connected whole with overarching thematic concerns, despite frequent generic experimentation. It also offers an example of how the poetics of cinema can be practiced in writing, as well as on the screen, and helps readers understand the films of this contemporary director as works of art that relate to their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda C. Ehrlich is an independent scholar who has published extensively about world cinema and about traditional theatre. Her books include: \u003ci\u003eCinematic Reveries\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Víctor Erice: An Open Window\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and the co-edited \u003ci\u003eCinematic Landscapes: Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinemas of China and Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (reprint 2008). Her commentaries appear on the Criterion DVD of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Beehive \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEl espíritu de la colmena\u003c\/i\u003e, dir. Víctor Erice) and the Milestone Film and Video 25th-anniversary DVD\/blu-ray of \u003ci\u003eMaborosi\u003c\/i\u003e (dir. Kore-eda Hirokau). In addition, she is an award-winning poet.Dr. Ehrlich has taught at Duke University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Tennessee\/Knoxville, and on two Semester-at-Sea voyages. She has lived in Japan for more than five years, and has interviewed the director twice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42104801460359,"sku":"9783030330507","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/90804c29a38bd155818ae0e2792cc183.webp?v=1732428300","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-films-of-kore-eda-hirokazu-an-elemental-cinema-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}