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Jack Lehtonen
19Jan12
My Favorite Director. More than a poet, a philosopher, a chronicler, he is a mentor. Yet all I can keep thinking of is the character for "Nothingness" left on his grave. Only this artist of sake, tea kettles, tables, Hara's smile and Ryu's sigh could be so enigmatic. Every time I watch one of his films, I have to relearn every other one from scratch.
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Movies Nick
16Mar11
Perhaps the greatest director of all time, and a master of how families behave and combat the inevitable passage of time. Brilliant.
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Rohit Apte
22Feb11
An Ozu film is your favorite dish that you love relishing time and again! It leaves you with a full stomach, just like good home cooked food.
ruby stevens
17Feb11
ironic that perhaps the greatest chronicler of family life never married or had children
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Devon Hansen
5Jun10
Alas, the only two of his films on Netflix instant are already in my past. Perhaps it's time for some...rar hunting?
Japan Society Film Program
26Mar10
I agree with Subodh, that these are films which do deserve a theatrical setting for maximum enjoyment, but I'd like to think that Ozu-san would embrace new cinematic technologies, and perhaps these shomin-geki (family dramas) are quite well suited for incursion by quotidia such as whistling kettles, etc.
Subodh Kumar Maratt
20Mar10
What an absolute genius Ozu was....it was as though the camera offered me its little finger and led me on a journey through a memorable human experience - unique and irreplaceable. The only other film maker who probably gets close to what Ozu did is Robert Bresson.I guess these films ought to be seen in a theatre or an auditorium - watching it on a dvd/super TV with the phone ringing and the tea kettle whistling etc will steal the essence of what Ozu or Bresson conveyed.
Jack Lehtonen
14Mar10
As of late, Ozu has been rising dramatically on my personal favorite directors list. Truly one of cinema's greatest artists, and I truly love exploring his work.
Genaro Navarro
10Mar10
yeah, Ozu is a god of cinema, he created an alternate universe of cinematographic language, like another universe with "other" physical properties, like no gravity or none universal expansion, maybe a more organized, beautiful and accurate one, in other words, he is better than God.
Genaro Navarro
5Mar10
Ozu es el supremo anarquista del cine, el inventó sus propias reglas cinematográficas, rompió el orden o convenciones establecida por el cine occidental.
Genaro Navarro
12Nov09
THERE WAS A FATHER and RECORD OF TENEMENT GENTLEMAN are missing and they are important Ozu. WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET? is amazing too. DRAGNET GIRL is interesting enough to be here.
John
10Nov09
There are many more imaginative directors but Ozu was certainly one of the most original. No one developed such a style as his & no one gave as many great human insights as he. That's why his work will stand the test of time; even if they appear like conservative works on a changing society.