Curiously Floating Weeds is just a remake of an early Ozu film of the same name But both versions (one shot on a mountain landscape in black and white, the other on a coast town with vivid colors) are masterpieces of the director

Boy do I miss Ebert

I love Yasujiro Ozu. He’s up there with Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese as one of my favorite directors. Also, I really love Roger Ebert’s commentaries. Decades in front of a TV camera really trained him how to perfect a conversational tone, so you feel as if he’s whispering into your ear in a movie theater.

@ElazarYershovFilms

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Kurasawa’s film; “Dreams”. It’s a masterpiece. It’s free on KZread

@cabau3876

2 жыл бұрын

Comparing Ozu to Scorsese is absurd.

@adikravets3632

2 жыл бұрын

Ozu is above and beyond Scorsese and Kubrick.

@themoreyouknowfools4974

2 жыл бұрын

@@cabau3876 I think even Scorsese would agree it’s absurd.

@fabmeyer_ch

Жыл бұрын

You *could* compare Ozu to Hitchcock. In terms of aesthetics, Ozu would surpass Hitchcock for sure however both were very influential on the history of cinema (Ozu in Japan and Hitchcock in the western world, respectively).

Ditto Richie: That opening bottle can be seen as a compositional device and also as Ozu’s ongoing devotion to the Sake bottle. Late Autumn can be looked as co-staring alcohol.

Love Ozu, Love Ebert!

I miss Roger Ebert for his brilliance and wit, but most of all for his humanity.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

Жыл бұрын

I didn't always agree with him (geez, he hated Blue Velvet!), but he was always the critic whose opinion I wanted to hear. (Now it's Mark Kermode.)

@nadiazayman779

Жыл бұрын

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 I haven't heard of Mark Kermode, but will check him out.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

Жыл бұрын

@@nadiazayman779 Check out the KZread channel "Kermode and Mayo's Take." They used be involved with the BBC, but I think they're independent now.

@annedwyer797

8 ай бұрын

Beautifully said...I agree with you! I felt a personal loss when he died, which is rare to say about a public figure.

Ebert lives on!

Ebert also did a brilliant commentary track for Casablanca. Wish he did a few more.

@HenryConway007

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Decades in front of a TV camera really taught him how to perfect a conversational, engaging tone.

Tokyo Story is a flawless film

@charlie-obrien

2 ай бұрын

Also, "Late Spring". Both part of the "Norika trilogy" which all starred the beautifully talented Setsuko Hara. A series of 3 films that at first seem very similar but each explores the ever changing Japanese experience in the years following WW2, although the war itself is merely invoked as background.

ozu towers over all

Ozu is a Giant !

I just love Ozu, true master

There is no blu-ray of Floating Weeds, it's only in 480p

@tedmills

5 ай бұрын

Now there is!

:) Vincent and Roger actually parted on amicable terms.

David Bordwell, please don't die this year, too.

Yeah, I was just fuggin around. :D

"Thumbs way up!" For the comment.

what was wrong with Ebert what he do

he made a bunch of nerds really mad one time when he said video games weren't art, that's probably it

@dbag3345

5 жыл бұрын

they ain't tho

@bradbailey5481

5 жыл бұрын

D Bag they are, but because the medium spends so much time mimicking film, it has yet to be elevated into a fine art the way film or painting has been. It needs to distinctly stand out. But medium is relatively young, but I’d argue that the medium is definitely fine art.

@risingrlyeh

4 жыл бұрын

@@bradbailey5481 Have you played many games that you would consider more than just a mimick of films?

@bradbailey5481

4 жыл бұрын

Rising R'lyeh absolutely, just pointing out that a large number of big budget/heavily marketed games follow that structure

@SuperiFox

4 жыл бұрын

@@bradbailey5481 You're 100% on the money sir

That you, Vince?

A lot of hate for Ebert here. Why so strong feelings?

He was 100% wrong about video games and Die Hard, but he had some brilliant insights on film. And his term "pillow shot" is a perfect description of the quiet, contemplative shot that is sometimes inserted in several Japanese films.

Nice but would be better to have an actual japanese film scholar except bordwell and richiw. Although ebert is humble enough to admit hes still an outsider.

@cmonman3639

Ай бұрын

Such a silly comment

The problem with this commentary is the same as with most art commentaries. Ebert tells us interesting stuff about Ozu's compositional technique . . . but then tells us nothing about WHAT DIFFERENCE IT SPECIFICALLY MAKES TO THE VIEWER AND WHY.

@BadMouseProductions

9 жыл бұрын

In my mind it creates a sense of voyerism and naturalism, we feel as though we are in the room with them together. The low angle and correct composition balances the shots perfectly so we never feel like the shot is too out of place or at a wrong angle/perspective. And the timing of each scene in the way it moves along, along with all the static shots of landscape and buildings, allows us to take a breath and prepare for the next scene, instead of just constant progression of one scene to another.

@skaplan1995

8 жыл бұрын

+greenrate Why would you want somebody else to think for you?

@thetramp123

8 жыл бұрын

Well Ebert mentions that Ozu liked creating pleasing compositions but he also mentioned two people that go into Ozu's work at great depth. Donald Richie whose book on Ozu follows through Ozu's process from writing through shooting to post production and he goes into the Zen Buddhist concept of 'Mu' a little as it relates to Ozu's work (even if as he says Ozu may have denied such intentional views). And David Bordwell. Bordwell's book Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema was offered to download for free online as a pdf last I knew.

@portland9880

Жыл бұрын

@@BadMouseProductions the legend himself is a fan of Tokyo Monogatari, fantastic. Love your content comrade.

@46metube

Жыл бұрын

That's for you to work out.

why do you still post videos in 480p, it's 2013

u mad?

A video easy that says nothing