Through a Nuclear Lens: France, Japan, and Cinema from Hiroshima to Fukushima (Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema)

Examines the increasingly reciprocal nature of Franco-Japanese cultural exchange through films that center on nuclear issues. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Permissions Names and Translations Introduction The Nuclear Era, from Hiroshima to Fukushima The Nuclear Lens, the Chronotope of the Nuclear, and Multisensory Perception Outline of Chapters 1 From Japonisme to the Nuclear Era From Marco Polo to Japonisme Technological Developments through the Twentieth Century Franco-Japanese Exchange into the Twenty-First Century 2 Learning to See with Japan in Hiroshima mon amour The Forgotten First Franco-Japanese Coproduction Hiroshima through a Nuclear Lens The Chronotope of the Nuclear 3 Tu n’as rien vu: Japanese Responses to Hiroshima mon amour Ōshima’s Vision of France in Max mon amour Suwa’s Vision of Hiroshima in H Story Another Refraction of Hiroshima mon amour 4 Things That Quicken the Heart: Sensing the Nuclear in Chris Marker’s Japan Japan in a Nuclear Paris Sensing the Nuclear in Marker’s Tokyo Level Five and the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud 5 Interaction and Solidarity through a Digital Nuclear Lens Voices from the Zone Visions from Afar 6 Reframing Hiroshima mon amour after Fukushima The Future Looks the Same as the Past The Heart of the Problem Conclusion Notes References Index