唐纳德·里奇（Donald Richie），1924年出生于美国，日本电影、文化专家。 1947年，唐纳德·里奇随军来到日本东京。很快，他就对日本文化、特别是日本电影产生了浓厚的兴趣，并开始尝试写作影评。1948年，他相识了被誉为“日本电影教母”的川喜多夫人，两人在向西方世界介绍和推广日本电影的过程中，结下了长期而深厚的友情。也正是通过她的介绍，里奇结识了当时名满日本影坛的电影大师小津安二郎。 自1953年起，唐纳德·里奇定期为《日本时报》撰写影评。1959年，他出版了《日本电影：艺术与工业》，这也是第一部用英语介绍日本电影的专著。之后，里奇发表了大量介绍、论述日本电影及社会的专著与文章，开始了其长达半个多世纪的日本文化“情缘”。

In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was Watching. Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished car...(展开全部)

The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon, which won both the Venice Film Festival's grand prize and an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese cinema. Seven Samurai and Yojimbo remain enormously popular both in Japan and abr...(展开全部)

Now available for the first time in an English-language edition, "Akira Club" is an essential companion to "Akira", a dazzling collection of Otomo's mind-blowing visions, including over 100 title-page illustrations created for the original serialization but not included with the published collections of "Akira". The book also features rarely seen alternate art, preliminary draw...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos is one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world today, yet his films are still largely unknown to the American public. In the first book in English to focus on Angelopoulos's unique cinematic vision, Andrew Horton provides an illuminating contextual study that attempts to demonstrate the quintessentially Greek na...(展开全部)

Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos is one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world today, yet his films are still largely unknown to the American public. In the first book in English to focus on Angelopoulos's unique cinematic vision, Andrew Horton provides an illuminating contextual study that attempts to demonstrate the quintessentially Greek na...(展开全部)

美国当代电影理论家和作家，为威斯康辛-麦迪逊大学（UW-Madison）传播学院退休名誉教授，目前仍担任法国电影资料馆的顾问。著有《世界电影史》、《电影风格史》等重要的学术著作。其著作包括《世界电影史》（Film History:An Introduction）、《娱乐王国：香港电影的秘密》（Planet Hong Kong:Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment）