Transcendental Style in Film Quotes

“The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

“This distinction between form and experience is not pedantic, but fundamental: a form can express the Transcendent, an experience cannot. A form can express the common ground in which all things share. An experience can only express one man's reaction to that common ground.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

“Wide angles are favored by slow cinema. A tableau, whether exterior or interior, offers multiple points of interest. One can see the action, the surroundings, the people talking, the people listening, the weather, and so on. The frame doesn’t direct the viewer’s gaze; it frees it to wander.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

“There is a fundamental difference between being slow to create mood and being slow to activate the viewer.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

“El estilo trascendental no es una experiencia, sino una forma. El estilo trascendental no pretende hacer que el espectador comparta las lágrimas de Hirayama; lo que intenta es purgar esas lágrimas e integrarlas en una forma más extensa.”
― Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer