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The Word Before The Image: Criticism, The Screenplay, And The Regulation Of Meaning In Prewar Japanese Film Culture, Aaron Gerow Dec 1999

The Word Before The Image: Criticism, The Screenplay, And The Regulation Of Meaning In Prewar Japanese Film Culture, Aaron Gerow

Aaron Gerow

Considers how Japanese filmmakers and critics during the silent era tried to contain the problem of the image—and its potential proliferation of meaning—by tying it to the word.