Transcendental Style In Film
Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
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The acclaimed director of Mishima, American Gigolo, Hard Core, Blue Collar, Cat People also the screenwriter for Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader here analyzes the film style of three great directors—Yasajiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, Carl Dreyer—and posits a common dramatic language by these artists from divergent cultures. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state with austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This important book is an original contribution to film analysis and a key work by one of our most searching directors and writers.
About the Author:
Paul Schrader is the acclaimed director of Mishima, American Gigolo, Hard Core, Blue Collar, Cat People and the screenwriter for Taxi Driver.
See the publisher website: Da Capo Press
Newer edition
Transcendental Style in Film (2018)
Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Theory
> From the same author:
Collected Screenplays 1 (2002)
Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper
Subject: One Film > Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper
Schrader on Schrader (1992)
& Other Writings
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Subject: Director > Paul Schrader
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