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Seven Samurai
Taschenbuch von Joan Mellen
Sprache: Englisch

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In Seven Samurai (1954) a whole society is on the verge of irrevocable change. Akira Kurosawa's celebrated film, regarded by many to be the major achievement of Japanese cinema, is an epic that evokes the cultural upheaval
brought on by the collapse of Japanese militarism in the 16th century, but at the same time echoes also the sweeping cultural changes occurring in the aftermath of the American Occupation that followed Japan's defeat in the Second World War.

The plot is deceptively simple. A village of farmers is beleaguered by a horde of bandits. In desperation, the farmers decide to hire itinerant samurai to protect their crops and people and defeat the bandits. There had never been a Japanese film in which peasants hired samurai, or an evocation of the social transformation that made such an idea credible.

There are six samurai and one who is accepted as such. Together they reflect the ideals and values of a noble class near the point of extinction. Seven Samurai may be the greatest action film, a technical masterpiece unmatched in its depiction of movement and violence, but running beneath the sound and fury is a lament for a lost nobility, 'a dirge for the spirit of Japan,' writes Joan Mellen, 'which will never again be so strong.'

Mellen's study contextualises Seven Samurai, marking its place in Japanese cinema and in Kurosawa's film-making career. She explores the film's roots in medieval history and, above all, the astonishing visual language in which Kurosawa created his elegiac epic.
In Seven Samurai (1954) a whole society is on the verge of irrevocable change. Akira Kurosawa's celebrated film, regarded by many to be the major achievement of Japanese cinema, is an epic that evokes the cultural upheaval
brought on by the collapse of Japanese militarism in the 16th century, but at the same time echoes also the sweeping cultural changes occurring in the aftermath of the American Occupation that followed Japan's defeat in the Second World War.

The plot is deceptively simple. A village of farmers is beleaguered by a horde of bandits. In desperation, the farmers decide to hire itinerant samurai to protect their crops and people and defeat the bandits. There had never been a Japanese film in which peasants hired samurai, or an evocation of the social transformation that made such an idea credible.

There are six samurai and one who is accepted as such. Together they reflect the ideals and values of a noble class near the point of extinction. Seven Samurai may be the greatest action film, a technical masterpiece unmatched in its depiction of movement and violence, but running beneath the sound and fury is a lament for a lost nobility, 'a dirge for the spirit of Japan,' writes Joan Mellen, 'which will never again be so strong.'

Mellen's study contextualises Seven Samurai, marking its place in Japanese cinema and in Kurosawa's film-making career. She explores the film's roots in medieval history and, above all, the astonishing visual language in which Kurosawa created his elegiac epic.
Über den Autor
Joan Mellen
Zusammenfassung
Seven Samurai is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and was voted 17th in the most recent Sight & Sound critics' poll of all-time best films
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Foreword to the 2022 Edition
Seven Samurai
Credits
Biography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: BFI Film Classics
ISBN-13: 9781839024771
ISBN-10: 1839024771
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 565827
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mellen, Joan
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
British Film Institute
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 60 bw illus
Maße: 188 x 135 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: Joan Mellen
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2022
Gewicht: 0,18 kg
Artikel-ID: 120789349
Über den Autor
Joan Mellen
Zusammenfassung
Seven Samurai is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and was voted 17th in the most recent Sight & Sound critics' poll of all-time best films
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Foreword to the 2022 Edition
Seven Samurai
Credits
Biography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: BFI Film Classics
ISBN-13: 9781839024771
ISBN-10: 1839024771
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 565827
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mellen, Joan
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
British Film Institute
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 60 bw illus
Maße: 188 x 135 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: Joan Mellen
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2022
Gewicht: 0,18 kg
Artikel-ID: 120789349
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