Jason Callen
17Dec12
I need to watch more of his films but they honestly affect me so much that I find myself avoiding them. He is amazing.
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Kyle Lewis
9Sep12
The most essential filmmaker their is. On a desert island all I would need is a box set of his films.
Johnny DuBiel
23May12
The more I watch the less I'm convinced that I'm not watching the work of the greatest filmmaker of all-time.
Alexander Peacock
11Apr12
His quote is amusing because he DID imitate other filmmakers while starting out - Lubitsch and Lloyd in particular.
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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.
Movies Nick
17Mar11
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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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
27Mar10
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
21Mar10
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
11Mar10
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
6Mar10
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
11Nov09
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.