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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wayne Stein (University of Central Oklahoma, USA) , Prof Marc DiPaolo (Moraine Valley Community College, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.466kg ISBN: 9781628922875ISBN 10: 1628922877 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 07 May 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface – Ozu, Ray Carney, and the Problem of Ethical Spectatorship Marc DiPaolo, Oklahoma City University, USA Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Ozu in Cultural Context: Considering Class, Gender, and Domestic Spaces Chapter One. Tokyo is a Nice Place: The Suburban, the Urban, and the Space In-Between in Early Ozu John Berra, Nanjing University, China Chapter Two. Vanished Men, Complex Women: Gender, Remembrance, and Reform in Ozu’s Postwar Films Mauricio Castro, Purdue University, USA Chapter Three. Tokyo Twilight: Alienation, Belonging and the Fractured Family Elyssa Faison, University of Oklahoma, USA Chapter Four. A Sensitivity to Things: mono no aware and Zen in Late Spring and Equinox Flower J. M. Hammond, University of London, UK Part II. Ozu’s International Reception and Influences Chapter Five. Too Slow to Handle? Ozu, Malick, and the Art-House Family Drama Isolde Vanhee, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium Chapter Six. Good Morning: The Limits of Cinema and the Issue of Order Suzanne Beth, University of Montreal, Canada Chapter Seven. In Yoko’s Room: Hou, Ozu, and the Poetics of Space Tom Paulus, University of Antwerp, Belgium Chapter Eight. The Representation of Time as Death: Authentic Being in Tokyo Story and Last Year at Marienbad Jack Lichten, Sophia University, Japan Afterword – The Samsara of Ozu Cinema:Death and Rebirth in our Daily Struggles Wayne Stein, University of Central Oklahoma, USA About the Contributors Index A Mantra of LiberationReviewsThese sophisticated essays certainly challenge, deepen and complicate our standard understanding of Ozu. All the more refreshing is that they are written in a clear, lively style, without a hint of academic jargon. Phillip Lopate, Film Critic, Award-Winning Author, and Director of the Graduate Nonfiction Writing Program, Columbia University, USA From new perspectives on canonical films to new entries into the canon, this scintillating study of Ozu's cinema is truly a must-read for anyone who cares about its subject. No less important than new contextual understandings of Ozu's films drawn from the range of his career are the ways, often surprising but always convincing, that these essays demonstrate Ozu's influence on global cinema. No appreciation of Ozu is complete without this latest addition to the ever-growing literature on Japan's most fascinating and increasingly influential filmmaker. David Desser, Professor Emeritus of Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, USA, and editor of Ozu's Tokyo Story Author InformationWayne Stein is Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, USA, and teaches classes on Kurosawa, Japanese horror, and Vietnam War cinema. He has coauthored the readers Fresh Takes (2009) and Strategems (2009) and has written various chapters in books and encyclopedia entries on Asian American literature and Asian cinema. Marc DiPaolo is Assistant Professor of English and Film at Oklahoma City University, USA, and is the author of War Politics and Superheroes and Emma Adapted (2007); editor of Godly Heretics: Essays on Alternative Christianity in Literature (2013) and Unruly Catholics: Faith, Progressivism, and Cultural Studies (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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