Article
The Homelessness of Style and the Problems of Studying Miike Takashi
Canadian Journal of Film Studies/Revue Canadienne d'Études Cinématographiques
(2009)
Abstract
Most accounts of Miike Takashi’s film style attempt to locate it either in the realm of excess or in some deeper meaning or outrage. By focusing on his use of the long take along side the fast editing and comic-book-like stylistics usually seen as “typical” of his cinema, this paper argues instead for a “homeless” quality in Miike’s works, one spanning not only in his stories of nomadic characters lacking a home or clear identity in a globalized world, but also in shifts of style that complicate any attempt to locate his cinematic politics or his representations of the nation. Miike’s cinema raises fundamental questions for those studying popular cinema or the politics of Japanese film style
Keywords
- Japanese cinema,
- popular cinema,
- film style,
- Takashi Miike
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2009
Citation Information
Aaron Gerow. "The Homelessness of Style and the Problems of Studying Miike Takashi" Canadian Journal of Film Studies/Revue Canadienne d'Études Cinématographiques Vol. 18 Iss. 1 (2009) p. 24 - 43 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aarongerow/33/