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"We Are Working So So Hard"
(1994)
Originally published in a catalog for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, this essay analyzes a Japanese propaganda film about women at the home front.
"Justice"
(1994)
Essentially a call to murder, this short essay analyzes an astounding propaganda film shot for American factory workers. It is one of the most violent films of WWII, despite being only 3 minutes in length.
"The Theater of a Thousand Years"
(1997)
In the late 1980s, the documentary film collective Ogawa Productions exhibited their last major film in a highly unusual venue. A film about farming in village Japan, the collective teamed with Kansai area fans to build a ...
"Combat Film Report—No. 722"
(Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994)
Short catalog analysis of an American Combat Film Report, the equivalent of a visual memo at the front for officers in Washington.
"Toward an Abusive Subtitling: Illuminating Cinema’s Apparatus of Translation"
(1999)
Inspired by amateur anime subtitling collectives, this essay looks at the history of subtitling to critique conventional approaches and propose an "abusive" approach from a profoundly different notion of fidelity.
“Our Presence is Our Absence: History and Memory"
(1993)
Review of Rea Tajiri's History and Memory.
"Civilian Victims of Military Brutality"
(1991)
A careful archeology uncovering the convoluted history of the only film to document the massacre violence in Nanking during the China War. This essay compares competing versions and considers how the film has been used to ...
“Digital — Film — Digital: An Interview with Michael Friend”
(1996)
This interview with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences archivist, Michael Friend, explored the implications of digital technologies for film restoration. It is in both English and Japanese, and was published in ...
“The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On/ Yukiyukite shingun [book review].”
(1998)
Book review of Jeffrey Ruoff's The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On.
“Documentarists of Japan Series: Suzuki Shirôyasu"
(1993)
Interview with experimental filmmaker Suzuki Shiroyasu.