Reorienting Ozu
A Master and His Influence
Published on 25. January 2018
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-19-025497-1 (ISBN)
Description
Considered by many film critics and scholars as a master of Japanese Cinema, director Ozu Yasujiro still inspires filmmakers both within and outside of Japan. This book presents new perspectives on Ozu's aesthetic sensibility and his influence on global art cinema directors. With twenty never before published chapters by contributors from the US, England, and Japan, The Cinema of Ozu explores the Japanese director's oeuvre and his lasting impact on global art cinema. Divided into three sections, this edited volume highlights several of the major theoretical frameworks that have come to characterize studies devoted to the director. In doing so, chapters consider the various cultural factors that influenced the director's cinematic output, such as the anxiety of middleclass Japan in the 1930s, the censorship imposed by the US-occupation after World War II, and women's rights in 1957's Tokyo Story.
Ultimately, chapters illuminate Ozu's influence on the directors of Japan and beyond. With the recent restoration and re-release of Ozu's early and late work, this volume provides an opportunity to examine not only the auteur's major works but also the relationships-both cultural and aesthetic-that are forged among directors across the world.
Ultimately, chapters illuminate Ozu's influence on the directors of Japan and beyond. With the recent restoration and re-release of Ozu's early and late work, this volume provides an opportunity to examine not only the auteur's major works but also the relationships-both cultural and aesthetic-that are forged among directors across the world.
Reviews / Votes
One of the many strengths of this collection is that it examines the concept taking into account both Ozu and his international influence. The book features an almost dizzying array of major scholars in the field. * David Desser, Chapman University, Monumenta Nipponica *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
43 halftone
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-025497-1 (9780190254971)
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Person
Jinhee Choi is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at King's College London. Her previous books include Cine-Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Film Theory, Practice and Spectatorship (2013) and The South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs (2010).
Content
Introduction
Jinhee Choi
Branding Ozu
1. Watch Again! Look Well! Look! David Bordwell
2. Ozu, The Ineffable Darrell W Davis
3. Ozu to Asia via Hasumi Aaron Gerow
4. A Dialogue with 'Memory' in Hou Hsiao-hsien's Cafe Lumiere - Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
5. Ozuesque as a Sensibility: or On the notion of Influence Jinhee Choi
Historicizing Ozu
6. A New Form of Silent Cinema: Intertitles and Interlocutions in Ozu Yasujiro's Late Silent Films Michael Raine
7. Ozu and the Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Cinematography in There Was a Father (Chichi ariki, 1942)Daisuke Miyao
8. Modernity, Shoshimin Films and the Proletarian-Film Movement: Ozu in Dialogue with Vertov Yuki Takinami
9. Laughing in the Shadows of Empire: Humor in Ozu's Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) Junji Yoshida
Tracing Ozu
10. Autumn Afternoons: Negotiating the Ghost of Ozu in Iguchi Nami's Dogs and Cats - Adam Bingham
11. Playing the Holes: Notes on the Ozuesque Gags Manuel Garin & Albert Elduque
12. Rhythm, Texture, Moods: Ozu Yasujiro, Claire Denis and a Vision of a Post-colonial Aesthetic Kate Taylor-Jones
13. Wenders Travels with Ozu Mark Betz
14. Look? Optical / Sound Situations and Interpretation: Ozu - (Deleuze) - Kiarostami David Deamer
15. Sparse or Slow: Ozu and Joanna Hogg William Brown
Jinhee Choi
Branding Ozu
1. Watch Again! Look Well! Look! David Bordwell
2. Ozu, The Ineffable Darrell W Davis
3. Ozu to Asia via Hasumi Aaron Gerow
4. A Dialogue with 'Memory' in Hou Hsiao-hsien's Cafe Lumiere - Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
5. Ozuesque as a Sensibility: or On the notion of Influence Jinhee Choi
Historicizing Ozu
6. A New Form of Silent Cinema: Intertitles and Interlocutions in Ozu Yasujiro's Late Silent Films Michael Raine
7. Ozu and the Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Cinematography in There Was a Father (Chichi ariki, 1942)Daisuke Miyao
8. Modernity, Shoshimin Films and the Proletarian-Film Movement: Ozu in Dialogue with Vertov Yuki Takinami
9. Laughing in the Shadows of Empire: Humor in Ozu's Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) Junji Yoshida
Tracing Ozu
10. Autumn Afternoons: Negotiating the Ghost of Ozu in Iguchi Nami's Dogs and Cats - Adam Bingham
11. Playing the Holes: Notes on the Ozuesque Gags Manuel Garin & Albert Elduque
12. Rhythm, Texture, Moods: Ozu Yasujiro, Claire Denis and a Vision of a Post-colonial Aesthetic Kate Taylor-Jones
13. Wenders Travels with Ozu Mark Betz
14. Look? Optical / Sound Situations and Interpretation: Ozu - (Deleuze) - Kiarostami David Deamer
15. Sparse or Slow: Ozu and Joanna Hogg William Brown