There's enough in Yi Yi to make the Ozu comparison valid. The ending is similar to Tokyo Story, and there are a few other moments which I think are explicitly inviting the comparison. It might actually be more prominent during the sequence in Japan, where there are some shots that use the classic Ozu framing (static, low camera height), and even a location in common with Tokyo Story, the seaside in Atami. But on a deeper level I'm not sure I could say what the connection is. I don't think it's the key to understanding that movie or anything.
― jmm, Friday, 26 August 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
The most overt Ozu homage in the last decade or so is Hou's Café Lumière; it was practically a summoning of his ghost.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 August 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link
Looks cool. I haven't seen that yet. I only started getting into Hou Hsiao-Hsien films this year after being mystified by The Assassin (in a good way - I want to watch it again soon).
― jmm, Friday, 26 August 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
I think the biggest Ozu homage I've seen recently is Liu Shumin's The Family. It's basically Tokyo Story, except 4 hours long, and in China. Kinda a masterpiece.
― Frederik B, Friday, 26 August 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
Just saw this today: http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-week-happy-hour/
Ozu and Yi Yi, its like the plague!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
Happy Hour is less like Ozu than The Family :) I watched them a couple days apart.
― Frederik B, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
I think Yi Yi is also far enough away from Ozu. Thought it used it as a template but veered significantly from it, which is why I was excited about it at the time beyond the execution being all-round amazing too!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
Hou's Cafe Lumiere and Kiarostami's Five were both dedicated to Ozu and released in the centenary year of Ozu's birth (2003) - the Kiarostami especially is quite an oblique response to Ozu
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 26 August 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
i think the way yang contemplates the tension between individual will and the pressures of family is oz-like
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 26 August 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
er, ozU-like
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 26 August 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Jonathan Rosenbaum's list:
https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2017/06/my-25-favorite-films-of-this-millennium-so-far/
― Eazy, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 05:07 (six years ago) link
JR counting on another 983 years of cinema
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 11:03 (six years ago) link
FIN DE ROSENBAUM
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 11:12 (six years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
nice list, tho Bernie & Fernanda Hussein, ai yi yi
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
no cloudy with a chance of meatballs no credibility
― total eclipse of the beefheart (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
MacGruber
― Chris L, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
When in doubt, the answer to most questions is MacGruber, I find.
― I Love It When They Call Me Big Pharma (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
I remain mystified by his affection for Down with Love.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
This never made its way into the thread: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/film-comments-end-of-the-decade-critics-poll/
I like this list because There Will Be Blood is all the way down at #5.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
Loads I need to see on the Rosenbaum list
― imago, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
what the FUCK do critics see in Million Dollar Baby?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
Down with Love also a fave of the erstwhile ilxor KJB
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
Data point: I saw Alexander Payne do a Q&A last month, and he said the only masterpiece of the 21st century so far was Amour.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
He's half right in that Alexander Payne has directed no masterpieces this century.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
he's half right in that Amour is the closest thing to a great movie directed by Haneke.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
noooooooooo
Time of the Wolf, maybe
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
Code Unknown. This isn't hard, people.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
I know. Yet you insist on making it so.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
So long as we all know it's not Benny's Video.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
Code Unknown.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
Cache
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
i've seen 6, none w/in shouting distance of great
but looks good next to Gaspar Noe
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
You've between you named all the postmillennial Haneke besides the best one
― imago, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
His 90s stuff is better anyway.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
His 90s stuff is without merit.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
besides the best one
Funny Games 2.0! Oh, wait.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
(haven't seen The White Ribbon tbh)
― Eazy, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
Haneke sucks.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
No eye for composition! Couldn't work his way around a camera with two hands and a map!
― Eazy, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
I like a couple of Haneke films but hus superior/hectoring tone is a real liability when it takes over
speaking of beloved movies I loathe, down with The Turin Horse beyond the opening shot
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
Force Majeure!
― mintap, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.),
isn't The Turin Horse a long opening shot
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
Hoberman's
http://j-hoberman.com/2017/06/25-for-21/
The Clock would definitely be on mine, but i saw maybe 30% of it.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
He lists four Cronenberg movies and can't make room for more than one Kiarostami post-2000?
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
I must watch Down with Love (Reed). I love that JR uses the serious "surname only" format in his brackets.
I think I probably saw 30% of The Clock too. It was a fine few hours, but I'd rather not think of it as a film.
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
If one allows O.J. Made in America, one must allow The Clock.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
And the "Single Ladies" music video.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
and Jerry Lewis' last telethon monologue about p0rn
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Embrace of the Serpent should start making it onto some lists imo
― jmm, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link