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Sunday, December 08, 2013

Ozu

I wrote 3,300 words on Yasujiro Ozu and Tokyo Story's canonization. I would like you to read them. There is no dedication in the piece, but it would surely go to David Bordwell.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I just wanted to say that this is a terrific piece, and I can relate in some ways (my white whale would have to be Hitchcock), but most of all, the writing is deeply-felt. Thank you for a wonderful primer to Ozu's work (even if I don't agree with them, unique points of view on canonized film makers are always interesting).; December 09, 2013

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Peter Labuza is the host of The Cinephiliacs and the author of Approaching The End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film. He has contributed to Variety, Reverse Shot, Little White Lies, Indiewire, The Playlist, In Review Online, and Press Play. He serves as an editor for To Be (Cont'd), a columnist for The Film Stage, and a booklet editor for the UK Blu-Ray distributor Masters of Cinema. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California in the Critical Studies department where he is focusing on the late studio period of Hollywood between 1959-1966. Previously, Peter earned both a BA and an MA in Film Studies from Columbia University in New York City.

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