{"product_id":"cure-9781839025945","title":"Cure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 psychological horror, \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e, follows a detective (played by Koji Yakusho) as he investigates a string of gruesome murders in Tokyo, where each victim has an 'X' carved into their neck.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDominic Lash provides an in-depth analysis of \u003ci\u003eCure'\u003c\/i\u003es themes, generic conventions, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scène, sound, and legacy. In examining the film's aesthetics he highlights the unique way in which it balances meticulous precision with a persistent and purposeful ambiguity. Lash goes on to situate \u003ci\u003eCure \u003c\/i\u003ewithin its various contexts; firstly, as Kurosawa's 'breakthrough' film following a decade of mostly straight-to-video work and then its position in relation to the J-Horror boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a close reading of \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e's key scenes, particularly its final scene, Lash analyses the motivations behind Kurosawa's resistance to a definitive resolution. He argues that, just like its hypnotist antagonist, Mamiya, \u003ci\u003eCure \u003c\/i\u003eunsettles some of our basic psychological assumptions. In doing so, he attempts to understand what it is about the film that lingers so disturbingly, long after the credits have rolled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Lash\u003c\/b\u003e is Postdoctoral Affiliate at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Disorientation: Inviting Confusions\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eRobert Pippin and Film: Politics, Psychology, and Ethics after Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022). His work has been published in journals such as Screen, Cinergie and Movie.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Film Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888304492818,"sku":"9781839025945","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c28994f-d5bf-41c7-b13c-9fd0d7df4f07.jpg?v=1738153745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cure-9781839025945","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}