David Desser

Biographic Data

ID4977780
NAMEDavid Desser
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMEDesser
SIGNATUREDESSER D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS22
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao

    Lindsay Coleman, Rayna Denison et al.BOOKMany Worlds of Takahata Isao2025

  • Many Worlds of Takahata Isao

    David Desser, Lindsay Coleman et al.BOOKMany Worlds of Takahata Isao2025

  • A Companion to Japanese Cinema

    Open AccessDavid DesserBOOKCompanion to Japanese Cinema2022

  • Companion to Japanese Cinema

    David DesserBOOKCompanion to Japanese Cinema2022

  • Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits

    Lindsay Coleman, Lindsay D Coleman et al.BOOKKillers, Clients and Kindred…2019

    A thorough exploration of the work of one of Japan’s most controversial directors The only Japanese director to have won the Palme d’Or from Cannes more than once, and second only to Ozu Yasujiro in the number of times he has won the prestigious Kinema Jumpo Best One award, the late Imamura Shohei was one of Japan’s leading and most controversial film directors. This book is one of the first to study all of Imamura’s major films alongside his tel…

  • ‘Crazed Heat’

    David DesserCHAPTERTransnational Film Remakes2017

  • Divided Lenses

    David Desser, Michael Berry et al.BOOKDivided Lenses2016

  • Remaking Seven Samurai in World Cinema

    David DesserCHAPTEREast Asian Cinemas2008

  • Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Public Secrets, Public Spaces

    David DesserARTICLEScreen2002Cited by: 1

    Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Public Secrets, Public Spaces: Cinema and Civility in China; Jerome Silbergeld, China into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema Get access Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Public Secrets, Public Spaces: Cinema and Civility in China. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, 201pp. Jerome Silbergeld, China into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Envisioning Asia Series). London: Reaktio…

  • The Cinema of Hong Kong

    Open AccessLaw Kar, Stephen Teo et al.BOOKCinema of Hong Kong2000

    The Cinema of Hong Kong examines one of the most popular, dynamic, and important cinema traditions in the history of film. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines Hong Kong cinema in historical, transnational, cultural and political contexts. Individual chapters focus on Hong Kong cinema before and during World War II, the cinema of the turbulent 1960s, its rise to world p…

  • From Book to Screen

    David Desser, Keiko I McDonaldARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica2000

  • Ozu's Tokyo Story

    Carole Cavanaugh, David DesserARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1998

  • Ozu's Tokyo Story

    Open AccessJr Arthur Nolletti, Linda C Ehrlich et al.BOOKOzu's Tokyo Story1997

    Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated. The introduction outlines Ozu's career as both a contract director of a major studio and as a singular figure in Japanese…

  • Reframing Japanese Cinema

    Carole Cavanaugh, Arthur Nolletti et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1995

  • Eros Plus Massacre

    Open AccessJoanna E Rapf, David DesserARTICLESouth Central Review1991

  • Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema

    Keiko I McDonald, Keiko McDonald et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1989

  • Eros Plus Massacre

    David DesserBOOKEros plus massacre1988

    The decade of the 1960s encompassed a of films whose makers were rebels, challenging cinematic traditions and the culture at large. The films of the New Wave in Japan have, until now, been largely overlooked. Eros plus Massacre (taking its title from a 1969 Yoshida Yoshishige film) is the first major study devoted to the examination and explanation of Japanese New Wave film. Desser organizes his volume around the defining motifs of the New Wave. …

  • The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa

    Paul Varley, David DesserARTICLEThe Journal of the Association of…1986

  • The National Conference of the Society for Cinema Studies New Orleans, Louisiana April 3–6, 1986

    Frank P Tomasulo, Richard Neupert et al.ARTICLEQuarterly Review of Film Studies1985

    Session: Phenomenology and Film Session: “Narration” Sessions: Parody and Bakhtin Session: EARLY CINEMA Session: Approaches to Interpretation Session: Trends and Concepts in Chinese Cinema Session: Narrative in Japanese Cinema Classical German Film Theory Session: Hitchcock and Authorship Session: JERRY LEWIS Session: Women and the Avant garde Sessions: Television and Reception Theory. Theorizing Television: Text, Textuality, Intertextuality. Ses…

  • Behind the Mask

    David Desser, Ian BurumaARTICLEThe Journal of the Association of…1984

  • Toward a structural analysis of the postwar samurai film

    David DesserARTICLEQuarterly Review of Film Studies1983

    (1983). Toward a structural analysis of the postwar samurai film. Quarterly Review of Film Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 25-41

  • The National Conference of the Society for Cinema Studies The University of California, Los Angeles June 28‐July 2, 1982

    Scott Giantvalley, Michael Sevastakis et al.ARTICLEQuarterly Review of Film Studies1983