Cinema Is a Cat: A Cat Lover's Introduction to Film Studies

by Daisuke Miyao

Book Overview

Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently cats turned up on screen. They made brief appearances (think of Mafia boss Marlon Brando gently stroking a cat in a scene from The Godfather); their looks provided inspiration to film creators (Avatar); they even held major roles (The Lion King). In Cinema Is a Cat, Miyao uses the fascinating relationship between cats and cinema to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824879708
• ISBN13: 9780824879709
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 10.0"