Ailing Screens, Viral Video: Cinema's Digital Ghosts in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse.

The article offers criticism on the 2001 Japanese film "Pulse," originally released as "Kairo" in Japan, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The author focuses on ghosts and technology in the film and discusses the relationship between ghosts and recording technology. Specific topics include alienation an...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Film Criticism Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 22 - 43
Main Author:	Hughes, Kit
Format:	Film/TV Criticism and Review
Published:	Film Criticism Winter2011/2012
Subjects:	Kairo (Film) Kurosawa, Kiyoshi, 1955- Japanese films Horror films Ghosts in motion pictures Technology in motion pictures Loneliness in motion pictures
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Summary:	The article offers criticism on the 2001 Japanese film "Pulse," originally released as "Kairo" in Japan, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The author focuses on ghosts and technology in the film and discusses the relationship between ghosts and recording technology. Specific topics include alienation and isolation as the result of technology in the film, four categories of ghostly moments in the film including emptied frames, and the J-Horror genre of Japanese horror films.