There is Ozu magic.
It is something indefinable.
Japan suddenly seems fraternal and distant to us.
The films of Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) are classic, timeless.
They don't look like anything else.
Family stories, ground level camera, favorite actors, minimalism is his way.
It suited her wonderfully.
A box brings together his works in color.
Christmas continues.
As happiness never comes alone, the
Notebooks
he kept for the last thirty years of his life
are reissued
.
This high tonnage volume is unique in its kind, neither diary nor work manual.
Here again, laconism prevails.
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The disenchanted chronicles of Yasujiro Ozu
In 1933, the color was announced:
"Come to think of it, my ambition is to become a good craftsman."
The goal will be largely achieved.
Ozu is that craftsman no one has succeeded in imitating - one would have to be crazy to try.
Notes are rarely longer than three lines.
There is a lot of talk about the weather.
The menus are detailed (gluttony that can be found on the screen).
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