Cinema Is a Cat : : A Cat Lover's Introduction to Film Studies / / Daisuke Miyao.
Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently cats turned up on screen. They made brief appearances (think of Mafia boss Marlon Brando gently stroking a cat in a scene from The Godfather); their looks provided inspiration to film c...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Cinema Is a Cat
- Part I: The Languages of Cinema
- 1. Cats Love Small Spaces: Framing in Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 2. Cats Love Dark Places: Lighting in Cat People
- 3. Cats Love Chases: Editing in To Catch a Thief
- Part II: Theories and Histories of Cinema
- 4. Cats Are Prima Donnas: Feminist Film Theory and Auteurism in Dishonored
- 5. Cats, Mixed and Hybrid: Genre and Stardom in Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
- 6. Drawing Pictures of Cats: National Cinema and Anime in Jungle Emperor Leo
- 7. Moving Like a Cat: Realism in Take Care of My Cat
- 8. Cats Old and New: Modernity in Samurai Cat
- Epilogue: Cats Like Watching: History in The Cats of Mirikitani
- Glossary
- Filmography
- References
- Index