I've only seen 2 Ozu films, Tokyo Story (twice) and Floating Weeds. I found them boring. Do you think I should give up or try other films?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Late Autumn is slightly pacier than most (only slightly though), Ozu films take a bit of getting used to though - I saw Floating weeds ages ago and thought it was boring, now I love it.
― Matt #2, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
if you found them boring, you should give up - his other stuff is not loaded with action - what he does is contemplative
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd leave it. you might come back to him, you might not, but i wouldn't keep reading a novelist if i didn't like them after three goes.
― Norway, that's where I'm a viking! (history mayne), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
As has been pointed out previously on this thread, Good Morning has lots of fart jokes. Slowly paced, but with farting.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
good morning is great, pretty accessible becauase of the fart jokes
― ⚡ You vike this. (dyao), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
fart jokes go a long way
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
You could try a slightly off-center Ozu if you felt like it, something like A Hen in the Wind.
― who's always getting head from the commissioner (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
think part of the prob w/ TOKYO STORY esp is that the original negative was destroyed in a fire, so even new prints are struck from dupes, often making the image muddy/less luminous than it shld be
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:57 (fourteen years ago) link
BFI have a blu ray of tokyo story out in the summer, will be interesting to see how that fares
― cozen, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:59 (fourteen years ago) link
even more off-centre: Dragnet Girl! it is a delight.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 08:14 (fourteen years ago) link
> I've only seen 2 Ozu films, Tokyo Story (twice) and Floating Weeds. I found them boring.
i was enthralled from the very first shot of Floating Weeds
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4525225877_8058195c52.jpg
was the first Ozu i'd seen in colour, and the colour served to make the black and white kimonos stand out more.
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the opening shots of an autumn afternoon are similarly spellbinding.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
It took Floating Weeds and Early Summer for me to "get" him.
― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
boy, is Tokyo Twilight bleak: an abortion, confrontation, and suicide.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
are there ppl who hate ozu
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
high schoolers
― tanuki, Monday, 16 January 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
Probably many are indifferent to him but they won't click on this thread
― Das Lexist (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
not ppl afaict xp
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
right....indifference is about the worst ozu inspires, even on the internet
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Tokyo2.JPG
― tanuki, Monday, 16 January 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
(maybe shouldn't say but "indifferent" was code for those who intentionally or otherwise bait Film Snobs #1 and #2 on any general purpose movie thread. Or go after film-snob-elect clemenza)
― Das Lexist (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
i love that still
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
how to frame a landscape in academy ratio
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
Good point
― Das Lexist (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
He was keen to experiment with colour yet he eschewed any frame wider than standard Academy ratio, saying that the wide frame looked "like a piece of toilet paper".
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
now you must have seen this thread while searching to wake up the current one
― Milton Parker, Monday, 16 January 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
i hate Ouzo -
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/ProductImage.aspx?pc=LIQ%2FOUZ1&w=270
― nostormo, Monday, 16 January 2012 10:14 (twelve years ago) link
is nothing sacred xp
― tanuki, Monday, 16 January 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
re that coca cola picture. i kinda expected the bfi (or whoever) to clean up that enormous scratch that persists for a good couple of minutes during this sequence.
― koogs, Monday, 16 January 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
I saw the silent "I Was Born, But..." the other weekend at Anthology. Such a beautiful and amusing film.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 16 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I've been meaning to watch Ozu for a while and I just finished my first one, Good Morning, which was utterly delightful. The low camera angles were great and and I found the setting so fucking charming. What should I watch next? Tokyo Story?
― lost ai weiwei (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 16 January 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
why not
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
milton -- this was bookmarked so i didnt see the other ozu thread
― nakhchivan, Monday, 16 January 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Chikage Awashima
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/chikage-awashima-1924-2012
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
man, it's instructive to read the start of this thread and see lamenting enrique, less than ten years ago, bemoaning the fact that the only ozu available for home viewing is tokyo story on vhs - now, in the uk at least, you can get beautiful blu-ray editions from the bfi for less than a tenner
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 16 February 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol that 'lamenting' ^ is strayand i'm sure inaccurately placed
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 16 February 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
And due to the extensive restoration you can get these shown on TV: it was lovely to watch Late Spring with the parents over Xmas.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 16 January 2012 17:33 (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hou's favourite, apparently, i'm gonna watch
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
the scene where they run amateur movies is the best
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
i have that sat in front of the tv waiting to watch...
last thing i watched was 'a mother should be loved' another ozu silent that was also missing the first and last reels. not a very satisfying watch it must be said.
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
koogs, re the scratch in Late Spring, it seems that Criterion heard you (see screenshot about halfway down this review):
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare7/latespring.htm
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
Been catching up with the Blu Rays of his late colour films, Floating Weeds, Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon. So great, I guess it makes me a heathen but I kinda wish all his movies had that same late fifties look and colour palette.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 23 September 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
was disappointed with the bluray of tokyo story : /
― skrill xx (cozen), Sunday, 23 September 2012 10:03 (eleven years ago) link
Oh really? I have it, but haven't watched it yet cause I'm going to see it at the NFT soon. That's a shame, what was it that disappointed you?
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 23 September 2012 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
(didn't think floating weeds was out until december 3rd? in the uk anyway (and eureka rather than bfi) but yes, lovely looking. and he keeps a lot of the clothes, especially the traditional dress) black and white even though he's shooting with colour film)
haven't bothered with the two silent BFI sets so far - i must admit i struggled with A Mother Must Be Loved and haven't yet watched I Was Born But...
― koogs, Sunday, 23 September 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
Ah yes, Floating Weeds was just the SD version. Aren't a couple of reels missing from A Mother? Or am I thinking of another, A Hen In The Wind looks pretty good, if a little grim.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 23 September 2012 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
there's an ozu silent gangsters box listed for april 2013 as well, i've just noticed.
yes, first and last reel missing from A Mother
― koogs, Sunday, 23 September 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/55956937
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
lovely
― koogs, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link