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Ozu's "Early Summer:" a masterpiece.

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I won't bother to mention all the particulars but you will like life is good after viewing this film about a family's everyday life in post-WW2 Japan.
Ozu's films make me wish I could just jump into my tv and live amongst the characters.

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Yes, it's films like this that twisted my arm to visit Japan - grinagog 21:12:28 11/03/05 (4)
and 15 years later I'm still here ( ! )
While the quiet pace of Ozu's immediate Post-war world is harder to find, and I wasn't here in 1950 to compare then-with-now, there's still a level of charm that isn't hard to find
If I can paraphrase a Woody Allen line; "Just because you were born in the USA doesn't mean you grew up in a Norman Rockwell painting"
And the same with Ozu; the kids in his films don't pull each others hair at the dinner table and have fistfights over who's turn it is to do the dishes (not on camera, anyway!)
Not to belittle Ozu's films in the least, they remain timeless and wonderful
Grins
- Where do you live? My wife lived for six years in - tinear 11:46:19 11/04/05 (2)
  Konazawa (sp ?) and we'll probably visit there since it now sports a spectacularly designed museum.
  - Kichijoji which is west Tokyo just outside the 23 Wards - grinagog 15:35:06 11/04/05 (1)
    about 6-7 miles from Shinjuku
    It's a very popular place for shopping and lots of parks too
    Your wife would likely have lived in Kanazawa which is a bit more countryside; just had a friend move there to escape the Tokyo ratrace, he says you can drop one on the "0's" off the cost of living, and I can believe that
    There are indeed some spectacular museums, the Honda collection at Motegi has to be seen to be believed, the Osamu Tezuka Manga (cartoon) museum in Osaka, dedicated to the father of Japanese manga is quite something too
    You'd enjoy your visit, Japan's very different!
    Grins
    - It's high on our list as soon as our little - tinear 06:22:41 11/05/05 (0)
      4-yr. old matures a bit more. That long flight currently would be hell.
      Yeah, she lived in KAnazawa and says it's a very old city, very historical. You should check out the new museum there: it prominently was featured in several architectural zines.
      Oh, she says Kanazawa was MUCH cheaper than Tokyo when she lived there, too...
- I don't know, remember the "I hate you!" line? Or the kicking - tinear 04:28:35 11/04/05 (0)
  of the bread loaf over the disappointment it wasn't train track?
  Sure, it's a bit idealized but we can sense there are more serious problems, too.
  For me, one of the most enjoyable parts was the teasing between the married and the single women: I laughed so hard I almost fell off the sofa.
Re: Ozu's "Early Summer:" a masterpiece. Wow. Great insight! - Colin 17:54:18 11/03/05 (1)
Just keep posting from BFI/Sight and Sound top 100! But cripes, steal a little of the essays too! How about Paul Schrader (Transcendental Style,) Don Richie, Ray Carney or Bordwell books on Ozu?
- What's your problem? - Victor Khomenko 18:13:48 11/03/05 (0)
  People come here and talk about their experiences, likes and dislikes. So far all you have done was a few pre-adolescent snide remarks aimed at the other people's opinions... nothing about films, about what YOU like or don't.
Tokyo Story - also really fine film - ToshiroofKreplachastan 16:53:54 11/03/05 (1)
Tin,
Two movies in one week that we agree on.
Pinching myself.
Don't let this go to your head on 'Outside'
:-)
Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
- Yeah, another Ozu masterpiece. "Floating Weeds," one of his earliest - tinear 17:25:47 11/03/05 (0)
  films and silent, is excellent, too.
  The problem with watching all these great films is that one cannot stand watching too much stuff that's mediocre.

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