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“Adachi Masao e no 20 shitsumon e no kaitô—1"
(2001)
This is the first interview with filmmaker Adachi Masao since his disappearance in the mid-1970s and his long exile in Lebanon. It was conducted while he was in a Lebanese prison, with questions relayed through friends. ...
“The International Migration of Kinema Junpô: Page-by-Page, Issue-by-Issue, Year-by-Year"
(2009)
Short essay for Bunsei Shoin's reprint of 1930s era Kinema Junpo. In both English and Japanese.
"Ima Koso Mikaesu Imi ga Aru, Kessaku Dokyumentarii: Aga ni Ikiru"
(2012-11-30)
This was an interview on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Sato Makoto's "Living on the River Agano."
"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 ...
The Creation and Construction of Asian Cinema Redux
(2013)
This article looks back to the first book imagining an “Asian cinema,” which
was published in Japan on the eve of Pearl Harbor. It then works through a history of the
conception of Asian cinema, discovering fundamental ...
“The Postwar Documentary Trace: Groping in the Dark"
(2002)
An historiography of left-wing documentary film practice and theory, focussing on the early 1970s and asking "What happened?"
"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.
“Interview with Helen Von Dongen”
(2001)
Interview with Joris Ivens' collaborator, Helen von Dongen.
“April 27 and the Birth of Chicago Newsreel, an Interview with Peter Kuttner”
(2003)
Interview with co-founder of Chicago Newsreel, Peter Kuttner.
"Nippon Connection's Anti-Canon"
(2006)
Article about the annual German film festival of Japanese moving image media.