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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.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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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1064412 in Books
• Published on: 1988-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Amazon.com Review
The Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu is not as well known as Akira Kurosawa, but his films are as extraordinary and original as those of his more famous counterpart. David Bordwell has divided this thorough introduction to Ozu's life and work into two sections. The first offers a theory of themes, ideas, and obsessions that run through Ozu's large body of films. The second treats each of Ozu's movies in turn, closely examining their individual particularities. Ozu's films are quiet and methodically paced, but richly rewarding and deeply moving. Rent any one or two of them and then settle down with this book. You won't be sorry. Ozu and Bordwell will introduce you to a new world of human interaction and cinematic storytelling.

From Library Journal
Yasujiro Ozu (1903-63) was one of the masters of modern Japanese cinema, yet his work is hardly known to most Western filmgoers. His spare studies of family life don't "translate" well for audiences used to the melodrama of Terms of Endearment . Nevertheless, several American studies have been published on Ozu, one by director Paul Shrader ( Transcendental Style in Film, 1972. o.p.). Now comes the last word in Ozu scholarship: an account of the director's life and career, analysis of the social context behind his work, and individual critiques of all 55 Ozu films. Bordwell is exceptionally thorough, and his writing isn't marred by film jargon. A very worthy addition. Thomas Wiener, formerly with "American Film," Washington, D.C.
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