May 18th Toward First-Person Documentary: the Japanese Case Studies (Discussion)

Required Reading

MUST: Nornes, Abé Markus. 2003. “Private Reality: Hara Kazuo’s Films”, in Ivone Margulies (ed.), Rites of Realism: Essays on Corporeal Cinema [click HERE]

SELECTIVE 1: Nornes, Abé Markus. 2002. “The Postwar Documentary Trace: Groping in the Dark”. Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique. 10 (1): 39-78. (recommend to MA or above) [click HERE]

SELECTIVE 2: Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo. 2012. ‘Digital Authenticity’. Japanese cinema in the digital age. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. 51-66  (more accessible to UG students; read the right pages please)[click HERE]

newly added: Hara Talks about 1974 Eros HERE

format of the discussion:

divide ourselves into 3 groups

• volunteering! but keep balance for gender/native speakers

• readings: one MUST+one selective (=2; decide among your group members)

• outline what you are thinking of the films—10 minutes/per group; you would have time in class for discussion too, but a final 10-min presentation time is the same for every group

• what you do for the ten minutes: share with us your KEYWORD/S, and explain them to us why—making use of the readings (=do not use the time ONLY repeating the stories/detailed sequences unless they are very important to your points, thank you; in case you need me to play the sequences, please remind me in advance, and we shall make this happen!); 
• you could firstly choose a representative to present your general ideas, then each member could rotate adding further comments;format is free;
• visual presentation is NOT a must, but if you have prepared anything visual, do send me the file in advance, or bring it to the classroom with USB.

• open questions

Note for DVD loans: please do contact Ran via her email, to make appointment picking up the discs.