"Ozuesque as a Sensibility or, On the Notion of Influence"

TY - CHAP

T1 - "Ozuesque as a Sensibility or, On the Notion of Influence"

AU - Choi, J.

PY - 2017/12

Y1 - 2017/12

N2 - This chapter considers “Ozuesque” as an individual sensibility that could be rooted in and extrapolated from the thematic and stylistic traditions of both Japan and Hollywood. Ozu’s austere yet ludic constitution comprises his distinctive sensibility that is rarely emulated by any other director. In order to delineate Ozu’s aesthetic sensibility, the chapter turns to the conception of sensibility advanced by art historian Roger Fry, who argues for a need to distinguish between sensibility in design and the sensibility in texture, the latter of which he calls “surface sensibility.” Such a distinction not only helps identify Ozu’s sensibility, but further explains the uneasiness in loosely employing the term “Ozuesque” in the discussion of directors who are influenced by, or pay homage to, Ozu. The latter half of the chapter examines Kore-eda Hirokazu, who is often compared to Ozu, not through formal terms, but instead via their shared, muted sensibility.

AB - This chapter considers “Ozuesque” as an individual sensibility that could be rooted in and extrapolated from the thematic and stylistic traditions of both Japan and Hollywood. Ozu’s austere yet ludic constitution comprises his distinctive sensibility that is rarely emulated by any other director. In order to delineate Ozu’s aesthetic sensibility, the chapter turns to the conception of sensibility advanced by art historian Roger Fry, who argues for a need to distinguish between sensibility in design and the sensibility in texture, the latter of which he calls “surface sensibility.” Such a distinction not only helps identify Ozu’s sensibility, but further explains the uneasiness in loosely employing the term “Ozuesque” in the discussion of directors who are influenced by, or pay homage to, Ozu. The latter half of the chapter examines Kore-eda Hirokazu, who is often compared to Ozu, not through formal terms, but instead via their shared, muted sensibility.

KW - Ozu

KW - Ozuesque

KW - Kore-eda Hirokazu

KW - Nobody Knows

KW - Tokyo Twilight

KW - dolls

KW - muted sensibility

U2 - 10.1093/oso/9780190254971.003.0006

DO - 10.1093/oso/9780190254971.003.0006

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780190254971

SP - 77

EP - 97

BT - Reorienting Ozu

PB - Oxford Univerity Press; Oxford

ER -