Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (893 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 190325471X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He is the founder and editor of MidnightEye, the world’s foremost publication on Japanese cinema. Mes also contributed to the anthology The Cinema of Japan and Korea. Tom Mes is the author of the widely praised book Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike (also from FAB Press) and co-author, with Jasper Sharp, of The Midnig
The former bad boy of Japanese film is now a regular at the world’s most prestigious film festivals.Tom Mes, whose groundbreaking Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike helped shape this filmmaker’s international career, has been along for the ride ever since Audition turned heads and stomachs at the turn of the millennium. This new book collects more than ten years’ worth of his writing on Miike. The publisher and author also feel very fortunate to be able to include a series of very candid behind-the-scenes photographs taken during the troubled production of Sukiyaki Western Django.. From dusty film sets in Japan to festival intrigue on the Riviera, and from the straight-to-video ghetto to the stage, Mes covers the full scope of this unclassifiable filmmaker’s life and work – with the kind of detai
"A sumptuous archive of insight into Miike's wildly varied cinema." -– Jovanka Vuckovic, director, The Captured Bird