Bordwell on Ozu's "Late Spring" query

[Michael Kerpan]

Yes -- Bordwell's book appears to have a typographical error here.  It is indeed Shukichi Somiya (Chishu Ryu) who has a few drinks with Aya at the tavern -- and then comes home to his Noriko-less home and peels the apple.

I wonder if Bordwell will be able to eventually fix typos of this sort in the online version of the book?

MEK

----- Original Message ----
From: Lewis Cook <lcoqc at earthlink.net>
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:14:55 PM
Subject: Bordwell on Ozu's "Late Spring" query


On p. 311 of Bordwell's _Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema_, third  
paragraph from the bottom of the page, Bordwell writes "Ozu cuts away  
from Aya and Hattori to the empty tavern..." In the next paragraph he  
writes "Hattori comes home ... peels the apple..."

I haven't viewed the film in two years and am not sure, but even from  
the context of Bordwell's analysis, I assume we should read "Somiya"  
for "Hattori" in both of the above cases.

Could anyone who has Bordwell at hand help me with this? (I ask only  
because I want my students to read this analysis, but don't want them  
confused.)

I'd appreciate any help.


Lewis Cook 




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