Dudok De Wit Alex (Freelance Critic Specialising In Animation)
Dudok De Wit Alex (Freelance Critic Specialising In Animation) - Grave Of The Fireflies - Paperback
Dudok De Wit Alex (Freelance Critic Specialising In Animation) - Grave Of The Fireflies - Paperback
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Description: On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, US a Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time. Yet Ghibli's sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book - length study of the film in English Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film's crew he also describes its troubled production which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.
Title: Grave Of The Fireflies
Author(s): Dudok De Wit Alex (Freelance Critic Specialising In Animation)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781838719241
Pages: 104 Pages, 60 Colour Illus
Publication Date: 5/6/2021
Series: BFI Film Classics
Category: Animated Films
Description: On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, US a Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time. Yet Ghibli's sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book - length study of the film in English Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film's crew he also describes its troubled production which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.
Title: Grave Of The Fireflies
Author(s): Dudok De Wit Alex (Freelance Critic Specialising In Animation)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781838719241
Pages: 104 Pages, 60 Colour Illus
Publication Date: 5/6/2021
Series: BFI Film Classics
Category: Animated Films
