Grave of the Fireflies by Alex Dudok de Wit (English) Paperback Book

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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is a Studio Ghibli masterpiece. In this book, author Alex Dudo de Wit analyses the film's pioneering use of animation and the nuanced treatment of its subject that earned it 'classic' status.

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On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, USA Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time.Yet Ghibli's sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan, even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book-length study of the film in English, Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes, visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation, as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film's crew, he also describes its troubled production, which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.

Author Biography

Alex Dudok de Wit is the Associate Editor at Cartoon Brew. He is an animation correspondent for Sight & Sound. His writing has also appeared in Vulture, Little White Lies, The Telegraph, The i, The Independent, Time Out, Index on Censorship and elsewhere, including specialist animation publications like Skwigly and ASIFA Magazine. He also translates from Japanese as part of Art Translators Collective. He is based in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments and Author's NoteIntroduction: Japanese Suffering, Japanese GuiltThe Production: A Monster and a GraveThe Film: The Lovers' JourneyThe Legacy: A Rethinking of AnimationNotesCredits

Review

A little jewel of a book, concise, lucid, informative, moving. * The Times *Alex Dudok de Wit provides a valuable service to Japanese animation studies by writing the first book-length analysis in English of Grave of the Fireflies. Let us hope it will pave the way for similar scholarship to follow on other anime films. * Asia Times *For readers to now have access to this detailed, well-written and richly illustrated companion guide to the film is without doubt a boon to both future generations of moviegoers and scholars of animation - thought provoking in all the right ways. * The Japan Society *A thoroughly interesting, enlightening read… Alex Dudok de Wit has done this challenging film a real justice. * Skwigly *Extremely well researched… Insightful. * Sight & Sound *Alex Dudok de Wit's impactful BFI monograph grapples with the Ghibli stunner's intended socio-political message – and whether it has been washed away by audiences' tears. Plus tense tales of missed production deadlines. * Total Film *

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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is a Studio Ghibli masterpiece. In this book, author Alex Dudok de Wit analyses the film's pioneering use of animation and the nuanced treatment of its subject that earned it 'classic' status.

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A thoroughly interesting, enlightening read... Alex Dudok de Wit has done this challenging film a real justice.

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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is a Studio Ghibli masterpiece. In this book, author Alex Dudok de Wit analyses the film's pioneering use of animation and the nuanced treatment of its subject that earned it 'classic' status.

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A part of the renowned BFI Film Classics series

Details ISBN1838719245 Author Alex Dudok de Wit Pages 104 Series BFI Film Classics Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1838719245 ISBN-13 9781838719241 Format Paperback DEWEY 791.4372 UK Release Date 2021-05-06 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-05-06 Illustrations 60 colour illus Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2021-05-06 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-06-30 We've got this

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