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Title Eastwood's Iwo Jima : critical engagements with Flags of our fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima / edited by Rikke Schubart & Anne Gjelsvik.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages :) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rising Sun and Divided Land; Cinematic Japan and Korea: A Long and Turbulent History; Im Kwon-taek and the March of Time; Film Analysis: Chihwaseon; Fukasaku Kinji and Beginning With a Bomb; Film Analysis: Battle Royale; Lee Chang-dong and the Trauma of History; Film Analysis: Secret Sunshine; The Legacy of a Violent Man: Kitano Takeshi; Film Analysis: Hana-Bi; Twisted Histories: Park Chan-wook and the Legacy of Personal Trauma; Film Analysis: Oldboy; The Lone Woman: Kawase Naomi; Film Analysis: Shara; Bad Guy: Kim Ki-duk; Film Analysis: Bad Guy.
Miike Takashi: Welcome to the Dark SideFilm Analysis: Visitor Q; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography and Further Viewing Suggestions; Key Electronic Resources for Japanese and Korean Film; Index.
Summary With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event. Eastwood's films examine the battle over Iwo Jima from two nations' perspectives, in two languages, and embody a passionate view on conflict, enemies, and heroes. Together these works tell the story behind one of history's most famous photographs, Leo Rosenthal's ""Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."" In this volume, international scholars in political science and film, literary, and cultural studies under.
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Subject Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
Flags of our fathers (Motion picture)
Flags of our fathers (Motion picture)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Motion picture)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Motion picture)
Battle of Iwo Jima (Japan : 1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Flags of our fathers (Motion picture)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Motion picture)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.
War and motion pictures.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gjelsvik, Anne. Eastwood's Iwo Jima : Critical Engagements With Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231165655
ISBN 9780231850438 (electronic book)
0231850433 (electronic book)
9780231165655 (paperback)