Description
'Late Spring, directed and co-written by Yasujiro Ozu, was released in 1949, which makes it an old film, or a film that has been new for a long time...' So begins this remarkable essay in narrative reconstruction. Film-critic, novelist and essayist Mars-Jones gives a virtuoso performance as the lost figure of film explainer, drawing out a host of meaning from the reticence of Ozu's classic Japanese movie.
'So long after its first release Late Spring is still limber and elusive,' enthuses Mars-Jones. Noriko Smiling breathes new life into both Ozu's film, and film studies as a whole. There has never been a film book like this.
About the Author
Adam Mars-Jones has written non-fiction (Blind Bitter Happiness, 1997) and fiction including Lantern Lecture (1981), The Waters of Thirst (1993), Pilcrow (2008) and Cedilla (2011). He is currently working on the third novel in the Pilcrow series, to be called Caret. He reviewed films for the Independent between 1986 and 1997.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907903458
Author Adam Mars-Jones
Format Hardback
Page Count 246
Imprint Notting Hill Editions
Publisher Notting Hill Editions
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 120mm * 150mm
