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44-3194 PN1998 2005-35065 CIP Cavallaro, Dani. The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki. McFarland, 2006. 204p bibl index afp ISBN 0786423692 pbk, $35.00
44-3194a PN1998 2006-18554 CIP Cavallaro, Dani. The cinema of Mamom Oshii: fantasy, technology and politics. McFarland, 2006. 248p bibl index afp ISBN 0786427647, pbk $35.00: ISBN 9780786427642 pbk, $35.00
Cavallaro (a freelancer) offers here two ambitious, thorough, knowledgeable, elaborate, and enthusiastic books on Japanese film. In the first she explores Miyazaki's burgeoning career and reputation; his aesthetic/moral concerns; his "marriage" of cel animation and computer-generated imagery; and his production company, Studio Ghibli. In discussing all of Miyazaki's major works (1984-2004) in detail, the author conveys not only the...