Description: With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state by means of austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This seminal text analyzes the film style of three great directors-Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer-and posits a common dramatic language used by these artists from divergent cultures. The new edition updates Schrader's theoretical framework and extends his theory to the works of Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia), Bela Tarr (Hungary), Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey), among others. This key work by one of our most searching directors and writers is widely cited and used in film and art classes. With evocative prose and nimble associations, Schrader consistently urges readers and viewers alike to keep exploring the world of the art film.
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EAN: 9780520296817
UPC: 9780520296817
ISBN: 9780520296817
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Book Title: Transcendental Style in Film : Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Film / General, Film / Genres / General, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / Direction & Production
Publication Year: 2018
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Paul Schrader
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
