Calligraphy

[Mark Nornes]

Yes, this film did not escape my notice. In fact, I am going to meet  
Yoshida next week with a handful of frame grabs to talk about the  
calligraphy here. It is really a beautiful scene.

M

(Sent from my iPod, so please excuse the brevity and mistakes.)

On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:09 PM, "Mathieu Capel" <mathieucapel at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> dear Markus,
>
> Talking about Yoshida, the finale of Jôen/The affair shows a beautif 
> ul piece of calligraphy, written by Okada's character (well, I assum 
> e it's not really her, for we only see hands at that time) on the sh 
> ôji of her summer house - and I think it has a strong meaning regard 
> ing the plot and the rest of the film. I mean, here calligraphy - or 
>  let's say the act of writing - seems to be related to the death of  
> her love affair, and the end of her dreams of freedom... I wonder if 
>  one could not link that to Derrida and Karatani when they talk abou 
> t "Ecriture", etc. (?)
>
> Best,
>
> Mathieu Capel
> 2010/4/30 Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
>
> <thomas.lamarre at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> it's not actually calligraphy but talismanic writing plays a central  
> role: Onmyôji.
>
> Why isn't it calligraphy?
>
> M
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mathieu Capel
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