Writing in Light: The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement by Joanne Bernardi

Writing in Light: The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement

Joanne Bernardi

354 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

informative medium-paced

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While most people associate Japanese film with modern directors like Akira Kurosawa, Japan's cinema has a rich tradition going back to the silent era. Japan's pure film movement of the 1910s is widely held to mark the birth of film theory as we kn...

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