Ozu.

by Marc Pautrel

"Ozu sait qu'il ne mourra pas, il en a eu la révélation très tôt, à l'âge de douze ans lorsqu'il a vu son premier film de cinéma, un des tout premiers projetés au Japon, images muettes en noir et blanc, lumière toujours vivante et toujours recréée, millions de photons rebondissant sur une simple toile tendue sur le mur."

Ce roman de Marc Pautrel est inspiré de la vie de Yasujirô Ozu (1903 - 1963), cinéaste Japonais. Un des plus grands.

157 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2015

Reviews

[Bougon Yves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ozu Yasujiro, the famous Japanese film director, deserves more than this quickly novel of little merit. One learns nothing, and the author seems to know only little about Japan, a lot of clichés and common description picked up in travel guides and wikipedia. Who could pretend that summer is the best season in Japan and that spring is rainy? He's also doing the "tour de force" to describe scene in bullet trains in 1956, eight years before they actually appeared. Last but not least, Setsuko Hara, Ozu's most favored actress, was never in love with the director. It took me less than two hours to read it... I'd rather watch one of Ozu's movies again...