It’s the film studies textbook you’ve been waiting for: Cinema is a Cat, which teaches film theory, language, and history using examples of cats in movies. Frank Mondelli talks with author Daisuke Miyao about the book, its inspiration, some of his favorite movie cats, and what dogs might have to say about all this.

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DAISUKE MIYAO INTERVIEW

Pussums’ IMDb page
Cinema Cats: Celebrating Cats in Movies and Television
This Feline Actor was the Cat’s Meow
Pepper: Before YouTube, the Most Famous Movie Cat
Cats on Film: Hollywood’s Conundrum (Purrt 1)
Daisuke Miyao’s page at UC San Diego
Cinema is a Cat: A Cat Lover’s Introduction to Film Studies
Review of Cinema is a Cat by Jasper Sharp
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“The Rainbow Bridge Poem Offers a Path To Pets’ Afterlife”
Cat People
To Catch a Thief
Motoyuki Shibata
Monkey: New Writing From Japan
I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki
“Why Goose the Cat Is a Pivotal Character in Captain Marvel”
“Alien: Jones The Cat’s Importance & Meaning Explained”
Josef von Sternberg’s Thunderbolt
Cats & Dogs (2001 film)
Filming cats in Truffaut’s Day for Night
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
Yoshishige Yoshida, Ozu’s Anti-Cinema
Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema
Lumière Brothers, The Little Girl And Her Cat
The Long Goodbye opening scene
Vito Corleone stroking a cat
BFI’s 10 Great Films Featuring Cats

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