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Ozu International - by Wayne Stein & Marc Dipaolo (Paperback)

Ozu International - by  Wayne Stein & Marc Dipaolo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 <i>Tokyo Story</i> is a masterful exception in the Ozu canon, Ebert sees Ozu's films as "nearly always of the same high quality.+? <i>Ozu International</i> 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. <br/><br/>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), <i>Ozu International</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Wayne Stein</b> 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 <i>Fresh Takes</i> (2009) and <i>Strategems </i>(2009) and has written various chapters in books and encyclopedia entries on Asian American literature and Asian cinema. <p/><b>Marc DiPaolo</b> is Assistant Professor of English and Film at Oklahoma City University, USA, and is the author of <i>War Politics and Superheroes</i> and <i>Emma Adapted </i>(2007); editor of<i> Godly Heretics: Essays on Alternative Christianity in Literature </i>(2013) and <i>Unruly Catholics: Faith, Progressivism, and Cultural Studies</i> (2013).</p>

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