tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586568821168314585.post1527378544190082074..comments2024-01-17T14:59:12.903-05:00Comments on Roslindale Monogatari: Watched July 16 - 22, 2007: -- Kinugasa, Imai, Ozu, To and KabukiMichael E. Kerpan Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14520243158889746324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586568821168314585.post-51364971922668306412007-08-17T20:21:00.000-05:002007-08-17T20:21:00.000-05:00Although I have an "honorary favorite" Ozu film (T...Although I have an "honorary favorite" Ozu film (<I>Tokyo Story</I>), in truth I find it all but impossible to play favorites with his works. So many of his 37 (surviving) films are so good -- and all are unique.<BR/><BR/>I see this film as Ozu's response to Naruse's <I>Repast</I>. It covers a lot of similar territory, but explores it from a different perspective. One hint that Ozu might really be doing this is his choice of Kumeko Urabe to play his heroine's mother (the same functional role she played in <I>Repast</I>).Michael E. Kerpan Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14520243158889746324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586568821168314585.post-21764990808528727892007-08-17T13:08:00.000-05:002007-08-17T13:08:00.000-05:00"Early Spring" is BFP's personal fav of all Ozu's ..."Early Spring" is BFP's personal fav of all Ozu's films that BFP has been able to see (Not a small number, and including the "great" ones.). To BFP, it typifies, with enormous emotional power, Ozu's archetypal theme of life being frustrating, and difficult. But Sugiyama and his wife learn it could also be far worse, especially if they are no longer together. Especially glad you highlighted the key role played by the Chisu Ryo character in Sugiyama's transformation.esco65https://www.blogger.com/profile/09414978383355233004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586568821168314585.post-60100790723276927122007-07-30T11:51:00.000-05:002007-07-30T11:51:00.000-05:00The moving shot of the waving grain (with the moun...The moving shot of the waving grain (with the mountain in the background) comes at the end of <I>Bakushu</I> (called <I>Early Summer</I> in English, but literally "barley harvest time", barley being the first major crop of the Japanese agricultural year).Michael E. Kerpan Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14520243158889746324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586568821168314585.post-9308480300175861722007-07-30T09:50:00.000-05:002007-07-30T09:50:00.000-05:00Is Early Spring the one that ends with the trackin...Is <I>Early Spring</I> the one that ends with the tracking shot of the country home behind the fields? Or is that <I>Early Summer</I>?Daniel Kasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090178978468389578noreply@blogger.com