{"id":1303,"date":"2015-02-19T07:39:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2015-02-19T07:52:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:52:40","slug":"melodrama-screening-and-discussion-23rd-of-february-5-7pm-in-jarman-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2015\/02\/19\/melodrama-screening-and-discussion-23rd-of-february-5-7pm-in-jarman-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Melodrama Screening and Discussion, 23rd of February, 5-7pm, in Jarman 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333\">All are very welcome to join us for our next screening and discussion session, which will take place on the 23rd of February, 5-7pm, in Jarman 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a style=\"color: #333333\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/files\/2015\/02\/Late-spring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1304\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/files\/2015\/02\/Late-spring.jpg\" alt=\"Late spring\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>We will be showing Michael&#8217;s choice, <em>Late Spring<\/em> (1949, Yasujiro Ozu, 108 mins).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333\">Michael has very kindly provided the following introduction:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Once obscure, now f\u00eated, Yasujir\u014d Ozu directed comedies and melodramas that portrayed everyday life in post-war Japan. In <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><i>Late Spring<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: medium\">, Shukichi Somiya, a widower, lives with his daughter Noriko who takes care of their household. This domestic harmony is disrupted by the anxiety of Shukichi&#8217;s sister that Noriko ought to marry. Noriko is dismissive. She has become the double of her mother &#8211; even to the extent of a jealous disregard of her father finding a new companion. Shukichi is torn between his affection for Noriko and his realisation that since his loss he too has become dependent on his daughter. The stillness of Ozu\u2019s style belies emotional undercurrents that lead to one of the most enigmatic shot sequences in the history of world cinema.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333\">Do join us if you can, and please note that due to the film&#8217;s length we will be starting promptly.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All are very welcome to join us for our next screening and discussion session, which will take place on the 23rd of February, 5-7pm, in Jarman 7. We will be showing Michael&#8217;s choice, Late Spring (1949, Yasujiro Ozu, 108 mins). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2015\/02\/19\/melodrama-screening-and-discussion-23rd-of-february-5-7pm-in-jarman-7\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50575],"tags":[100123,100124,20536,100154,100122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}