Donald Richie RIP
02-19-13 | 01:24 PM
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Re: Donald Richie RIP
RIP. I don't know his work as well as I'd like, but I know he was a real authority on Japanese film.
02-19-13 | 01:52 PM
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Re: Donald Richie RIP
I always enjoyed listening to his commentaries on Criterion disks, especially the Kurosawa films; they were very informative and interesting.
02-19-13 | 02:03 PM
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Haven't read them but I associate him with these:
02-19-13 | 02:35 PM
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I have some of his books, including this one, Japanese Cinema:
Japanese Cinema
and this one, The Japanese Film: Art and Industry:
Japanese Film
Both are basically boilerplate primers on mainstream Japanese cinema and are useful in that regard, but they have very little appreciation for popular genres, like Godzilla and Yakuza movies. (Godzilla isn't even mentioned in the first one while there's a page devoted to GODZILLA and Japanese sci-fi in the second one, which tends to give more coverage to popular genres, although still unappreciative.)
He also compiled his journals, The Japan Journals: 1947-2004:
Japan Journals
I've glanced through this one and was surprised to see him mention J-pop star Namie Amuro (look her up).
His book, The Inland Sea was made into a very good documentary film by someone else.
Japanese Cinema
and this one, The Japanese Film: Art and Industry:
Japanese Film
Both are basically boilerplate primers on mainstream Japanese cinema and are useful in that regard, but they have very little appreciation for popular genres, like Godzilla and Yakuza movies. (Godzilla isn't even mentioned in the first one while there's a page devoted to GODZILLA and Japanese sci-fi in the second one, which tends to give more coverage to popular genres, although still unappreciative.)
He also compiled his journals, The Japan Journals: 1947-2004:
Japan Journals
I've glanced through this one and was surprised to see him mention J-pop star Namie Amuro (look her up).
His book, The Inland Sea was made into a very good documentary film by someone else.
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02-19-13 | 04:51 PM
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Re: Donald Richie RIP
He played a big part in introducing/promoting Japanese film to western audiences back in the 50s.
I have the two books davidh777 posted, and consider them both invaluable resources.
I have the two books davidh777 posted, and consider them both invaluable resources.
02-19-13 | 05:43 PM
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Re: Donald Richie RIP
Shit, I didn't recognize the name, but now I remember. I just watched the original Harakiri Blu-ray on Sunday and his introduction is there. It was awesome.
RIP
RIP
