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"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.
“Ogawa Puro, Sono Undo to Shite no Eiga ni Okeru Ongakusei” [Ogawa Pro and the Musicality of Movement Cinema]
(2010)
Drawing on Jane Gaines theory of political mimesis in documentary, this article argues that Ogawa's Sanrizuka Series suggests a more powerful way to conceptualize the mimetic qualities of activist cinema would be "musicality."
“Our Presence is Our Absence: History and Memory"
(1993)
Review of Rea Tajiri's History and Memory.
“Michael Moore X Hara Kazuo"
(2007)
Transcript of interview with Michael Moore and Hara Kazuo at the Michigan Theater.
“ATG in a Forest of Pressure"
(2003)
This essay examines the structural, industrial relationships between the documentary and ATG's innovative practice, focussing on the year between 1964 and 1965.
“The Obtrusive and Bewildering Cinema of Hara Kazuo."
(2009)
Introduction to the book Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazuo.
“X-Treme Private Documentary: Michael Moore and Kazuo Hara"
(2007)
Report on a public event featuring documentary filmmakers Hara Kazuo and Michael Moore, sponsored by the UM Center for Japanese Studies and organized by Nornes.
“Adachi Masao e no 20 shitsumon” [20 Questions for Adachi Masao]
(2000)
These are questions that Aaron Gerow and A. M. Nornes drafted for Adachi Masao, as he underwent extradition hearings in a Lebanese prison. The questions were relayed to him by a friend. He answered them in English, but the ...
"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 ...