Remaking Kurosawa Translations and Permutations in Global Cinema
Through the lens of Akira Kurosawa's films, Martinez dissects the human tendency to make connections in a pioneering attempt to build a bridge out of diverse materials: the anthropology of Japan, film studies, and postmodern theory.
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Remaking Kurosawa
10.1057/9780230621671 - Remaking Kurosawa, Dolores Martinez
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Translations and Permutations in Global Cinema
D. P. Martinez
10.1057/9780230621671 - Remaking Kurosawa, Dolores Martinez
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Remaking Kurosawa
REMAKING KUROSAWA
Copyright © D. P. Martinez, 2009. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–0–312–29358–1 ISBN-10: 0–312–29358–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Martinez, D. P. (Dolores P.), 1957– Remaking Kurosawa : translations and permutations in global cinema / by D. P. Martinez. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0–312–29358–5 (alk. paper) 1. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910–1998—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Film remakes—History and criticism. I. Title. PN1998.3.K87M37 2009 791.4302⬘33092—dc22
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List of Figures
vii
A Note on Japanese Usage
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Prologue
xiii
1
Setting the Scene
2
Portrait of an Artist as Filmmaker
19
3
Rashomon: The Problem of Subjectivity
31
4
Remaking Rashomon: From Subjectivity to “the” Truth
43
5
The Battle of the Sexes: Or, the One Scenario when Subjectivity is Acceptable
65
Permutations on the Theme of Murder: The Search f
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