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Eastwood's Iwo Jima : critical engagements with Flags of our fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima / edited by Rikke Schubart & Anne Gjelsvik

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New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rising Sun and Divided Land; Cinematic Japan and Korea: A Long and Turbulent History; Im Kwon-taek and the March of Time; Film Analysis: Chihwaseon; Fukasaku Kinji and Beginning With a Bomb; Film Analysis: Battle Royale; Lee Chang-dong and the Trauma of History; Film Analysis: Secret Sunshine; The Legacy of a Violent Man: Kitano Takeshi; Film Analysis: Hana-Bi; Twisted Histories: Park Chan-wook and the Legacy of Personal Trauma; Film Analysis: Oldboy; The Lone Woman: Kawase Naomi; Film Analysis: Shara; Bad Guy: Kim Ki-duk; Film Analysis: Bad Guy. and Miike Takashi: Welcome to the Dark SideFilm Analysis: Visitor Q; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography and Further Viewing Suggestions; Key Electronic Resources for Japanese and Korean Film; Index.
Summary
With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event. Eastwood's films examine the battle over Iwo Jima from two nations' perspectives, in two languages, and embody a passionate view on conflict, enemies, and heroes. Together these works tell the story behind one of history's most famous photographs, Leo Rosenthal's ""Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."" In this volume, international scholars in political science and film, literary, and cultural studies under.
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ISBN
9780231850438 (electronic bk.)
0231850433 (electronic bk.)
023116565X
9780231165655
9780231165655 (paperback)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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