Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike
Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike
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From dusty film sets in Japan to festival intrigue on the Riviera, and from the straight-to-video ghetto to the stage, Mes covers the full scope of this unclassifiable filmmaker’s life and work – with the kind of detail and intimacy that only an insider can provide.Fully endorsed by the filmmaker himself, the full-colour Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike also features a provocative foreword and a gallery of unique set photos by longtime Miike collaborator Christian Storms.This book is not Agitator Part 2. This luxurious coffee-table hardback also contains previously unpublished material, like an interview recorded at the 2005 Venice film festival, plus a piece on 13 Assassins written exclusively for this book.The wide variety of sources and formats of these texts entails that there is an equally wide variety in styles, to
"A sumptuous archive of insight into Miike's wildly varied cinema." -– Jovanka Vuckovic, director, The Captured Bird
He also regularly contributes audio commentaries and liner notes to DVD releases of Japanese films worldwide.Christian Storms is one of the few foreigners who can claim to be a true insider in the world of Japanese film. Tom Mes is the author of the widely praised book Agitator: The Cinema of Takas