well i've never been a huge fan of ozu, i mean i like him and all. and kurasawa hasn't ever interested me either. so with that i hardly gave it a real chance. so i decided to change that. i got 'empire of passion' which i loved and then i bought 'pigs, pimps and prostitutes' as well which has been incredible. so with that i am starting to change my tune.
If I was a praying man, I would. For you. To see the light.
I'm with you on Kurosawa though. He's great -of course; but only very rarely does he really reach me. Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Seven Samurai were all fun. Rashomon is a hot lump of hysterical actor crap.
Is it too obvious to say that terms like 'Asian Cinema' are ridiculous and unhelpful?
I watched Oshima's 'In the Realm of Senses.' I didn't care for it, so I'm excited to hear that some of his other films are decent.
yes tokyo sonata looks awesome and i would love to see it. i am sorry to offend you matt about ozu. i will say that i loved 'late spring' and 'tokyo story' a little bit. but other than that. nothing. outside of japan i guess there's wong kar wai and hou hsien. i probably spelled them wrong. but i am sure dave will let me know. i really like those guys a lot actually. i have yet to be dissapointed by them. it's tough because my heart belongs to the french. always. and i have had a hard time branching out. and so finally i am trying.
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of course you are
what do you mean by that? you better watch the attitude buddy.
What do you mean, you "never thought this day would come"? Really?
What's turning you around?
I told you so. I'll be there tomorrow to watch you eat your words.
well i've never been a huge fan of ozu, i mean i like him and all. and kurasawa hasn't ever interested me either. so with that i hardly gave it a real chance. so i decided to change that. i got 'empire of passion' which i loved and then i bought 'pigs, pimps and prostitutes' as well which has been incredible. so with that i am starting to change my tune.
The fact that you spelled Kurosawa wrong tells me you still have a ways to go.
Masters of cinema just released a movie called Tokyo Sonata by Kyoshi Kurosawa it looks great.
OZU! What!?!
If I was a praying man, I would. For you. To see the light.
I'm with you on Kurosawa though. He's great -of course; but only very rarely does he really reach me. Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Seven Samurai were all fun. Rashomon is a hot lump of hysterical actor crap.
Is it too obvious to say that terms like 'Asian Cinema' are ridiculous and unhelpful?
I watched Oshima's 'In the Realm of Senses.' I didn't care for it, so I'm excited to hear that some of his other films are decent.
We haven't left Japan yet.
yes tokyo sonata looks awesome and i would love to see it. i am sorry to offend you matt about ozu. i will say that i loved 'late spring' and 'tokyo story' a little bit. but other than that. nothing.
outside of japan i guess there's wong kar wai and hou hsien. i probably spelled them wrong. but i am sure dave will let me know.
i really like those guys a lot actually. i have yet to be dissapointed by them.
it's tough because my heart belongs to the french. always. and i have had a hard time branching out. and so finally i am trying.
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