Research Catalog

Title

The cinema of Mamoru Oshii : fantasy, technology, and politics / Dani Cavallaro.

Author

Cavallaro, Dani.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

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Description

viii, 248 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book is an analytical survey of Oshii's cinematic works from the early years of his career through his 21st-century productions. The author examines Oshii productions in relation to the Carnivalesque movement, technopolitics and the director's post-robotic vision. Special emphasis is placed on Oshii's revolutionary film techniques. A complete filmography is included"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Oshii, Mamoru > Criticism and interpretation
• Motion picture producers and directors > Japan

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Filmography: p. 225-230.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-244) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Oshii's cinema: an analytical survey. Background: developments in animé -- Oshii's creative trajectory -- Themes, imagery and symbolism -- Cinematography and animation techniques -- Oshii and the carnivalesque. Concepts of the carnival -- Urusei Yatsura: the TV series -- Urusei Yatsura movie 1: Only you -- Urusei Yatsura movie 2: Beautiful dreamer -- Urusei Yatsura movie 4: Lum the forever -- Angel's egg -- Twilight Q2: labyrinth objects file 538 -- Oshii's technopolitics. Visions of power in live action and animé -- Dallos.
• Mobile police patlabor, OVA1 -- Mobile police patlabor, TV series and OVA 2 -- Patlabor 1: the mobile police -- Patlabor 2: the movie -- Patlabor WXIII: movie 3 -- Minipato -- The red spectacles, Stray dog and Talking head -- Killers: .50 woman -- Jin-roh: the wolf brigade -- Humanity/virtuality: Oshii's post-robotic vision. Approaches to cybersociety -- Blood: the last vampire -- Avalon -- Ghost in the shell -- Ghost in the shell 2: innocence -- Ghost in the shell: stand alone complex -- Post-Innocence developments.

ISBN

• 9780786427642 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786427647 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006018554

OCLC

• 70045966
• SCSB-12890505

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library