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Overview"Yoshida starts his award-winning Ozu's Anti-Cinema with a story about his trip to Ozu's deathbed. Yoshida writes that a dying Ozu whispered to him twice, as if speaking to himself, ""Cinema is drama, not accident."" These cryptic last words troubled Yoshida for decades, and throughout this book he examines Ozu's films and tries to uncover what Ozu really meant. Ozu's Anti-Cinema concerns Ozu's films, but it is also Yoshida's manifesto on films and filmmaking. In other words, this book is Yoshida's personal journey into Ozu's thoughts on filmmaking and, simultaneously, into his own thoughts on the nature of cinema. Every page displays the sensibility of one artist discussing another--this is probably a book that only a filmmaker could write. Within Yoshida's luminous prose lies a finely tuned, rigorous analysis of Ozu's films, which have rarely been engaged as closely and personally as here." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kiju Yoshida , Daisuke Miyao , Kyoko HiranoPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan Volume: 49 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9781929280278ISBN 10: 1929280270 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 30 January 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationYoshida Kiju, a key filmmaker of Shochiku New Wave cinema, entered Shochiku Studios as an assistant director. He worked primarily for director Kinoshita Keisuke, but he also found himself in close proximity to Ozu Yasujiro. Yoshida started directing Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |