- TitleHANA-BI (Original)
FLOWER AND FIRE (Alternative)
FIREWORKS (Alternative)
HANABI (Help search) - ArticlesArticles held in BFI Reuben LibraryIn: Asian Cinema v17 n2 Aut/Win 2006, pp. 146-154
The Man Who Re-shot John Wayne: Kitano Takeshi's Search .... / Gerald SIM
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"...for a Globalist Vision." On the films of Takeshi Kitano, considering in particular, his characteristic gait as a prop -ulsive force within them, comparing it with that of John Wayne in his Westerns. Looks at HANA-BI, SONATINE & BROTHER.In: Cinema Journal v40 n4 Summer 2001, pp. 55-80
Reigniting Japanese tradition with Hana-Bi / Darrell William DAVIS
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Analyses HANA-BI for its appropriation of traditional Japan- ese iconography and its insertion into a global marketplace for Asian auteur-gangster films.In: Sight and Sound v11 n5 May 2001, pp. 63
Home movies: reviews / Danny LEIGH, Geoffrey MACNAB
DVD Review - EnglishIn: Cinema Scope n2 Winter 2000, pp. 38
Hana-Bi / Gerald PEARY
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Part of a whole issue on the best films of the 1990s.In: Télérama n2597 23 Oct 1999, pp. 32-34
L'Eté de Kikujiro / Louis GUICHARD
Review - French - illustrationsIn: Sight and Sound v9 n11 November 1999, pp. 65
Video: retail / Geoffrey MACNAB
Video Review - EnglishIn: Neon January 1999, pp. 100
The Neon year / Akin OJUMU
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One of the top 20 films of 1998, according to Neon magazine.In: Film Review vSpec nNo.26 Year Book 1998/9, pp. 68
Hana-bi / Ian CALCUTT
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Short review.In: Film Score Monthly v4 n10 December 1999, pp. 29-30
Score of scores 1999: the U.S. is not enough / Jamie McLEAN
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Soundtrack review of the CD for HANA-BI (1997).In: Asian Cult Cinema n25 1999, pp. 7-10
Blood Spattered Hero in Hollywood / Wyatt DOYLE
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Looking at the appeal of the Asian hero and the filmmakers who project their characters, to fans in America.In: Post Script v18 n1 Autumn 1998, pp. 112-127
Blue vs. red: Takeshi Kitano's color scheme / Daisuke MIYAO
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A review of Takeshi Kitano's filmography in terms of his colour scheme, particularly at how colour reinforces the thematic content of his films. Includes analysis of HANA-BI.In: Screen International n1181sic 30 Oct 1998, pp. 6
Korea moves
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On Hana-Bi expected to be the first Japanese film to be commercially released in South Korea since the end of World War II.In: Film Comment v34 n2 Mar/Apr 1998, pp. 31,33
equinox flower / Dave KEHR
Review - English - illustrationsIn: Film Comment v34 n2 Mar/Apr 1998, pp. 32
Takeshi talks / Gavin SMITH
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Director Takeshi Kitano is quoted on his thoughts on violence and comedy, style, death and spirituality, art as therapy, and suicide, referring particularly to HANA BI.In: Filmmaker v6 n3 Spring 1998, pp. 63,65,108-109
The artful violence of Takeshi Kitano / Scott MACAULAY
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An interview with Takeshi Kitano. His latest film FIREWORKS is described and Kitano discusses his method of working.In: Film Review August 1998, pp. 28
Hana-Bi / Ian CALCUTT
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Review of HANA-BI.Includes some credits.In: Sight and Sound v8 n8 August 1998, pp. 32-33
Reviews / Tony RAYNS
Review - English - illustrationsIn: Sight and Sound v7 n12 December 1997, pp. 26-29
Flowers and fire / Tony RAYNS
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A report from the set for Kitano Takeshi's HANA-BI, a gangster thriller. Includes an interview with the director who talks about his wish to challenge Japanese notions of the family unit, and about his style of editing the film.In: Variety 08 Sep 1997, pp. 77,78
Film reviews / David ROONEY
Credits, Review, Synopsis - English - illustrationsIn: Sight and Sound vSupp nLFF November 1997, pp. 8-9
Gangsters from the east / Tony RAYNS
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An examination of the gangster genre as used in the Thai DANG BIRELEY'S AND THE YOUNG GANGSTERS (1997), in the Korean GREEN FISH (1997) and in the Japanese HANA-BI, all shown in the 1997 London Film Festival.In: Screen International n1128 03 Oct 1997, pp. 4
News in brief: Milestone wins US distrib rights to Fireworks
Note - EnglishIn: Cinemaya n38 Autumn 1997, pp. 34-36
On Screen / Mark SCHILLING
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