Uchida, Tomu Alexander Jacoby July 2005 Great Directors b. April 26, 1898, Okayama, Japan d. August 7, 1970, Japan Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources When Tomu Uchida died of cancer in 1970, Sight and Sound recorded, in one line, the demise o...
Hiroshi Shimizu: A Hero of His Time Alexander Jacoby July 2004 Feature Articles More than a director of children, Shimizu advanced a strong critique of the political and social situation of Japan in the 1930s in much of his work.
Ichikawa, Kon Alexander Jacoby April 2004 Great Directors b. November 20, 1915, Mie, Japan d. February 13, 2008, Tokyo, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Of the few Japanese directors who command an international reputation,...
Tartüff Alexander Jacoby October 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Tartüff (1925 Germany 76 mins) Source: Murnau Stiftung/Transit Film Prod Co: UFA Prod: Erich Pommer Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Carl Mayer, based on Molière's play Phot: Karl Freund Art Dir: Robert Herlth, Wa...
Naruse, Mikio Alexander Jacoby May 2003 Great Directors b. August 20, 1905, Tokyo, Japan d. July 2, 1969, Tokyo, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The films of Mikio Naruse have never been entirely unknown in the West. Pre...
Thomas Graal’s Best Film Alexander Jacoby March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917, Sweden, 48mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Svenska Biografteatern Dir: Mauritz Stiller Scr: Gustaf Molander (as Harald B. Harald) Phot: Henrik Jaenzon Art Dir: Axel Esbense...
Mizoguchi, Kenji Alexander Jacoby October 2002 Great Directors b. May 16, 1898, Tokyo, Japan d. August 24, 1956, Kyoto, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources “The comparisons are as inevitable as they are unfashionable,” wrote James ...
Applause Alexander Jacoby July 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Applause (1929 USA 78 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Paramount Prod: Monta Bell, Jesse Lasky and Walter Wanger Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Scr: Garrett Elsden Fort, from Beth Brown's novel Phot: George J. Folsey ...
A Wanderer’s Notebook: The Art of Mauritz Stiller Alexander Jacoby December 2001 Underrated and Overlooked The clever and cosmopolitan films of silent Swedish filmmaker, Mauritz Stiller, here discussed.