I didn't really take to any others of Ozu (maybe I didn't give them enough time), but this masterpiece is one of the greatest of all:
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I didn't really take to any others of Ozu (maybe I didn't give them enough time), but this masterpiece is one of the greatest of all:
I think his movies (for the most part) are too similar. Even the same actors playing the same kind of characters. But I'm still a fan, although it's difficult to differentiate most of his movies, especially with similar titles (seasons)
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Last I saw, Noroi is on YouTube in full.
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I destroyed the dastardly dairy dame! I made mad milk maid mulch!
I hate insomnia. Oh yeah. Last year I had four cases of it, and each time it lasted three months.
I destroyed the dastardly dairy dame! I made mad milk maid mulch!
I hate insomnia. Oh yeah. Last year I had four cases of it, and each time it lasted three months.
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I think his movies (for the most part) are too similar. Even the same actors playing the same kind of characters. But I'm still a fan, although it's difficult to differentiate most of his movies, especially with similar titles (seasons)
For me personally though Late Spring is where he nailed it:
Late Spring (1949) 9.75
Wow.
It's a really beautiful story. A journey with this family, or the few members of it who we are shown (I love that one or two key characters, we never actually see). Even today it is an insight into the feelings and connections in a healthy family unit.
Just looking through my list of greatest films, I'm not sure that there was anything to this date of a similar nature in terms of how it made us privy to the bonds and love of this family, and the journey of emotional passage. Maybe Gone With the Wind or La Belle et La Bette, but not really to this extent. This film makes a real connection.
Also no doubt it would have been a revelation in Japanese society in the way it was prepared to depict topics such as divorce and 'disrespect'/dissent to elder family members. I can easily believe this was very edgy and I suspect it had its dissenters in Japan.
The acting is superb. Every performance is perfect, but especially the lead actress whose emotions radiate. I suspect that the actors became like family for the rest of their lives, and never forgot the experience of making this film together.
Visually it's a masterpiece; not only gorgeous shots, but groundbreaking perspective (some of the stills below do not do justice to the moving image), that the likes of Antonioni and Godard would later try to emulate/replicate, and imagination and thought that has gone into the arrangements. In addition, some of these shots with depth aren't only visual masterpieces, but they reflect and metaphorically portray the motion, passage and cycle of life which is at the heart of the film.
No doubt this film is a masterpiece of cinema.
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Done a Letterboxd list of what I reckon are the best 100 movies free on youtube.
Someone else has done it on Rotten Tomatoes, also dated this month. I know that 2 of the top 11 aren't on there for free though.
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com...outube-movies/
I think their list is complete bull in fact!
Someone else has done it on Rotten Tomatoes, also dated this month. I know that 2 of the top 11 aren't on there for free though.
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com...outube-movies/
I think their list is complete bull in fact!
Last edited by Robert the List; 12-21-24 at 08:01 PM.
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Done a Letterboxd list of what I reckon are the best 100 movies free on youtube.
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Can you post it here?
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