Author: Wayne Stein
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501320041
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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In Japan and much of Europe, Ozu is widely considered to be one of the finest film directors who ever lived. While Ozu has a strong reputation in the West, his films are not as well-known or widely appreciated in the U.S. as they are elsewhere. A notable exception to this trend is film critic Roger Ebert, who recently wrote that Ozu is one of his ?three or four? favorite directors. Also, moving beyond the view that Tokyo Story is a masterful exception in the Ozu canon, Ebert sees Ozu's films as ?nearly always of the same high quality.? Ozu International will reflect on Ebert's view of Ozu by arguing that this director deserves broader recognition in the U.S., and that his entire canon is worthy of serious study. With the recent release of more than 15 Ozu DVDs in the Criterion Collection, covering every phase of his career at least in part (including silent films, black-and-white talkies, and color films), Ozu International helps to fill a lingering gap in English-language scholarship on Ozu by giving this new generation of scholars a book-length forum to explore new critical perspectives on an unfairly neglected director. Contributions include specialists in Japanese culture, academics from a range of disciplines, and professional films critics.
Author: International Comparative Literature Association. Congress
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Category : Comparative literature
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Author: David Bordwell
Publisher: BFI Publishing
ISBN: 9780691055169
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Over the last two decades, Yasujiro Ozu has won international recognition as a major filmmaker. Combining biographical information with discussions of the films' aesthetic strategies and cultural significance, David Bordwell questions the popular image of Ozu as the traditional Japanese artisan and examines the aesthetic nature and functions of his cinema.
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Category : Filipino Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Author: Amy L. Unterburger
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Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 1622
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Author: Christopher Lyon
Publisher: Chicago : St. James Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Author: Woojeong Joo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748696334
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A re-interpretation of the master of Japanese cinema from a socio-historical perspectiveOne of the most well regarded of non-Western film directors, responsible for acknowledged classics like Tokyo Story (1953), Ozu Yasujiro worked during a period of immense turbulence for Japan and its population. This book offers a new interpretation of Ozus career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozus depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and economic resurgence. Firmly situating him within the context of the Japanese film industry, Woojeong Joo examines Ozus work as a studio director and his relation to sound cinema, and looks in-depth at his wartime experiences and his adaptation to post-war Japanese society. Drawing on Japanese materials not previously examined in western scholarship, this is a ground-breaking new study of a master of cinema.Case studies include:Ozus shAshimin films Ozus wartime films, including the script of The Flavour of Green Tea over RicePostwar script of The Moon Has RisenTokyo Story
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Category : Film festivals
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Author: Yasujirō Ozu
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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On the 100th anniversary of the great director's birth, a book celebrating his greatest film.
Author: Tom Pendergast
Publisher: Saint James Press
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
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Contains over two thousand entries, arranged alphabetically within four volumes, that provide information about significant films, actors and actresses, directors, and writers and production artists in North American, British, and West European cinematic history. Includes photographs and indexes.
