{"product_id":"book-10hd","title":"Long Take","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself. The memoir he finally started serializing in 1978, \u003ci\u003eSomething like an Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, ended with \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e, the film that launched him on the world's stage in 1950. \u003ci\u003eLong Take\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in Japan shortly after Kurosawa's death in 1998, at last tells the story of the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns intimate, provocative, and revealing, \u003ci\u003eLong Take\u003c\/i\u003e creates a dynamic portrait of Kurosawa from his own writings; his conversations with writer Inoue Hisashi and director Yamada Yōji; and essays by his daughter and colleague Kurosawa Kazuko, who details the collaborative history of the \"Kurosawa crew.\" It features a wealth of industry lore, cultural reference points, inside jokes with other filmmakers and writers, and backstories for his own productions, from the earliest to the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA survey of Kurosawa's prodigious career, this book situates the visionary in the media milieu of his youth, in the literature and performing arts of twentieth-century Japan and Hollywood, and among the myriad films he loved, admired, and referenced, including Japanese silent film and comedy as well as productions from India, Iran, and Soviet-era Russia. Now available to English fans for the first time,\u003ci\u003e Long Take\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lasting picture of the peerless filmmaker in his element.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50752649396528,"sku":"BD10hd","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":51094257434928,"sku":"ZE10hd","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":51094257467696,"sku":"ZM10hd","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/10hd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779993954","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-10hd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}