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"Let's Have a Drink"
(1994)
Only 2 minutes long, this American propaganda film was shot between the surrender of Germany and the dropping of the bomb. It uses racist language, stereotyping and shocking violence to encourage American workers to keep ...
"Hatsukoi jigoku-hen / Nanami: The Inferno of First Love"
(Vienna: Viennale, 2003)
Bilingual catalog analysis of Hani Susumu's Nanami: The Inferno of First Love. Reprinted in Shinjuku Ecstacy: Independent Films from the Art Theatre Guide of Japan (New York: Japan Society, 2009), np.
"History and Memory"
(1994)
Originally written for a Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival catalog, this short essay examines Rea Tajiri's wonderful History and Memory—a contemplation on the troubled relationship between video, cinema, ...
"Let There Be Light"
(1994)
Originally published in a Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival catalog, this short analysis looks at the John Huston documentary Let There Be Light. It includes a summary of the film's production and suppression.
"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.