this doesn't accord with my limited knowledge of ozu, but there are so many questions begged i don't see how it ever could. if the family is an agent of 'oppression', whence that oppression? if you wanted a film that showed 'the individual vs the family', then 'rebel without a cause' might be a better place to look than ozu, but even if it were true of ozu, counterposing the individual to the collective unit is hardly incompatible with conservatism, which is all about the realization that social obligations cause suffering. which conservatives argue for *more* social obligations?
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― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 15 May 2006 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
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― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link
I need to see more.
― ¯\(º_o)/¯ (Chris Piuma), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/movies/homevideo/16dvd.html
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
It's funny how people fuss about the low camera angles, when the characters sit on the floor so often.
I liked that guy who usually plays fathers in the mid- to late period. You know, that guy.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sons Of The Redd Desert (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link
The parent-child plots are so similar I have trouble distinguishing unless I see a bunch of them in succession.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link
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the way the lighter than usual for ozu subject matter plays with his trademark cinematography is absolutely effervescent!
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
http://scoopsnoodle.com/future/futurepix/GoodMorning.jpg
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2006 06:54 (eighteen years ago) link
The latest batch!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes! I ordered and have mine on the way. Can't wait to watch them.
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
criterion/eclipse is doing some silent ozus.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I know Tokyo Story is supposed to be moving. But it just isn't for me. I don't know if it's because everyone in it is generally so stoic?
The best dialogue is near the end: "Life is disappointing, isn't it?""Yes, it is."
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 22 September 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
It's behind Early Summer and Floating Weeds for me – it takes a while to realize why Ozu ping-pongs the couple from child to child – but it's one of those movies that the rewatching of which really makes you love it.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 22 September 2008 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
An Autumn Afternoon has the most shattering conclusion of any Ozu film; I did weep.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.familylosangeles.com/blog/uploaded_images/CinefamilyNovDec-743705.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 20 November 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
what's that from?
― jed_, Thursday, 20 November 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
hi jed, the comics reporter site pointed me to this link:
http://www.familylosangeles.com/blog/2008/11/did-you-know-this-is-out.html
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 20 November 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
The Eclipse series of Criterion has released a shitload of early and late Ozu, some of which have never even gotten a VHS release. I just got Equinox Flower from the library.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I watched Equinox Flower last night and it was excellent!
― fit and working again, Friday, 13 November 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
that ware poster is amazing. need a copy.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
So I have finally seen some Ozu films - Tokyo Story and his last one. I was somewhat surprised by them - I had picked up the idea (largely from this thread) that they would be a bit, er, boring. But they are very eventful, even if on a global scale not that much happens in them. I also loved how good natured they are.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I was going to revive this thread because Early Spring looked enticing at the library a few minutes ago.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/january_seasons/yasujiro_ozu
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 21 January 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I recommend Late Autumn, probably my second favourite after Tokyo Story.
― Ork Alarm (Matt #2), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Equinox Flower is my favorite of the color ones; the color accentuates the sadness and fatalism.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
great article in sight & sound this month about ozu's unseen early genre flicks. didn't know so many - at least 16 iirc - of his films were lost.
― schlump, Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
have tickets to see tokyo story this weekend - psyched
― WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! (dyao), Friday, 22 January 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Feeling awful how I've not seen any one thing from this yet :-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 14 February 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
the flavour of green tea over rice is worth seeing
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 February 2010 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link