I’m not much of a film guy—only time for so many things—so I can’t say that I’m familiar with Ozu. In spite of that, I enjoyed this pairing, with its prompt to think about the nature of art, quite a bit.
For myself I appreciated how Jean balanced the formal qualities in art with emotional participation. I feel like ”formalism” gets sort of a bad name these days; a lot of contemporary writing (the art I see most of) is much more focused on narrative and setting and authenticity of voice. I liked the door that she opened on using form and construction to deepen a work's emotional resonance. But as The Dude would say, just my opinion!
Ann, that's a very good point and nicely directs our attention back to the careful attention that artists give to the structural qualities of their work, which we often don't notice without deliberate analysis but which nevertheless influence our response to their art. Thank you (and thanks to Jean!).
I’m not much of a film guy—only time for so many things—so I can’t say that I’m familiar with Ozu. In spite of that, I enjoyed this pairing, with its prompt to think about the nature of art, quite a bit.
For myself I appreciated how Jean balanced the formal qualities in art with emotional participation. I feel like ”formalism” gets sort of a bad name these days; a lot of contemporary writing (the art I see most of) is much more focused on narrative and setting and authenticity of voice. I liked the door that she opened on using form and construction to deepen a work's emotional resonance. But as The Dude would say, just my opinion!
Ann, that's a very good point and nicely directs our attention back to the careful attention that artists give to the structural qualities of their work, which we often don't notice without deliberate analysis but which nevertheless influence our response to their art. Thank you (and thanks to Jean!).
very beautiful piece. thank you!
Thank you so much for reading!