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04153aam a2200409 i 4500 001 7FF57AE21BE411EA82BF083097128E48 003 SILO 005 20191211010111 008 190706t20192019hiua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019021389 020 $a 0824879694 020 $a 9780824879693 020 $a 0824879708 020 $a 9780824879709 035 $a (OCoLC)1107803883 040 $a HU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d MNN $d OCLCQ $d YUS $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9.A5 $b M59 2019 082 00 $a 791.43/629752 $2 23 100 1 $a Miyao, Daisuke, $e author. 245 10 $a Cinema is a cat : $b a cat lover's introduction to film studies / $c Daisuke Miyao. 264 1 $a Honolulu : $b University of Hawaiʻi Press, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 185 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently cats turned up on screen. In Cinema Is a Cat, Miyao uses the fascinating relationship between cats and cinema to offer a uniquely appealing introduction to film studies. Cats are representational subjects in the nine films explored in this book, and each chapter juxtaposes a feline characteristic--their love of dark places, their "star" quality--with discussion of the theories and histories of cinema. The opening chapters explore three basic elements of the language of cinema: framing, lighting, and editing. Subsequent chapters examine the contexts in which films are made, exhibited, and viewed. Miyao covers the major theoretical and methodological concepts of film studies--auteurism, realism, genre, feminist film theory, stardom, national cinema, and modernity theory--exploring fundamental questions. His focus on the innate qualities of cats--acting like prima donnas, born of mixed blood, devoted to the chase--offers a memorable and appealing approach to the study of film. How to read audio-visual materials aesthetically and culturally is of limitless value in a world where we are constantly surrounded by moving images--television, video, YouTube, streaming, GPS, and virtual reality. Cinema Is a Cat offers an accessible, user-friendly approach that will deepen viewers' appreciation of movies, from Hollywood classics like Breakfast at Tiffany's and To Catch a Thief, to Japanese period dramas like Samurai Cat. The book will be attractive to a wide audience of students and scholars, movie devotees, and cat lovers"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Loosely based on the author's Eiga wa neko de aru, Tokyo, 2011. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index. 505 00 $g Part 2: Theories and histories of cinema. $t Epilogue: cats like watching: history in The Cats of Mirikitani (Linda Hattendorf, USA/Japan, 2006). $t Cats love dark places: lighting in Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1942) -- $t Cats love chases: editing in To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1955) -- $g Part 2: Theories and histories of cinema. $t Cats are prima donnas: Feminist film theory and auteurism in Dishonored (Josef von Sternberg, USA, 1931) -- $t Cats, mixed and hybrid: genre and stardom in Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (Toyoda Shiro, Japan, 1956) -- $t Drawing pictures of cats: National cinema and anime in Jungle Emperor Leo (Takeuchi Yoshio, Japan, 1997) -- $t Moving like a cat: realism in Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, South Korea, 2001) -- $t Cats old and new: modernity in Samurai Cat (Yamaguchi Yoshitaka and Watanabe Takeshi, Japan, 2014) -- $t Epilogue: cats like watching: history in The Cats of Mirikitani (Linda Hattendorf, USA/Japan, 2006). 650 0 $a Cats in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Motion pictures. 650 0 $a Cinematography. 650 7 $a Cats in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00849458 650 7 $a Cinematography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861484 650 7 $a Motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027285 700 1 $i Based on (work): $a Miyao, Daisuke. $t Eiga wa neko de aru. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021238.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FF57AE21BE411EA82BF083097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search