Yasujirō Ozu

and Self-Service: Key Thoughts of Varda and Ozu A sound comparison one could make between Agnes Varda’s and Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpieces is that each presents a question key to feminist theory through the lives of their singular female protagonists: what is the effect of societal pressures on a woman finding her identity? As the titular character Cleo in Agnes Varnas’ Cleo a 5 de 7 rejects her role as an object of the public gaze, and Noriko of Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring grapples with her fate to

Yasujiro Ozu in Film culture. Yasujiro Ozu is a fantastic film director who directed Tokyo Story, and this was the first film that I have screened by this director. The techniques and camera work that Ozu used often were not as widely accepted like the Rashomon effect was in western cinema, however this doesn’t mean I think Kurosawa was more successful. While the story telling techniques that Kurosawa introduced are still used today in modern blockbusters, I don’t think anyone has gotten as close

Yasujiro Ozu has created many films which have garnered critical acclaim from top directors such as Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon. The themes that he focuses on in many of his films include the interaction between generations and families. The films that Yasujiro Ozu makes is social commentary on the middle class family life in Japan and comparing between the generations. Social commentary is the act of using metaphorical means to give commentary on problems in a society. Although films often

always be underestimated or beyond correct then the other. In Yasujiro Ozu’s film Tokyo Story we see constant clashing of the elderly and the youth. Ozu’s message of how the generations have changed is a way of him defining to us what the human struggle is. Due to the character’s actions in the way they treat each other we can pick up on the struggles that they are having and see the human struggle in the film. At the start of the film, Ozu shows us two of the main characters of the film; Shukichi

to anniversary of family’s dead son. In the Still Walking his style of portraying has similarity to Ozu’s way of family, people’s situation in life. Director Hirokazu Koreeda got his fame by people calling him new Yasujiro Ozu of the Japanese cinema. If we consider the importance of Ozu in Japanese Film history Koreeda’s fame would seem more considerable. Ozu’s film approach is among other two important Japanese director Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi most realist one if we could say. His materpiece

Pool.’ is a quirky short film from the Land of the Rising Sun. For decades, Japan has been a breeding ground for some of the most unique and innovative filmmaking in the history of the industry. Directors like Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, and Yasujirō Ozu are considered visionaries, and filmmakers today use their work as inspiration for their own. Even today, many Japanese movies manage to achieve high acclaim, even outside of its borders. The films of Takashi Miike, “Beat” Takeshi Kitano, and others

Film festivals are always an interesting experience for me, as I often find them hit or miss. The good news is: SXSW was definitely a hit! While there, I saw at least 10 films, and attended various keynote speeches, most of which revolved around film topics. What sets the festival apart from any other that I’ve attended is that not only does it revolve around the latest and greatest of the film industry, but also the music industry, amongst many other creative industries. With that in mind, I

The movements of German Expressionism and Japanese pre-war cinema produced trends greatly influenced by its historical context. These contexts contributed to shaping their own stylistic styles captured throughout the theme, mise-en-scene, and cultural ideologies. Although these two movements occurred in fairly similar time periods, they both occurred in different parts of the world which had a fundamental role in generating key contrasts between these movements. Both occurring in pre-war periods

How did the Paramount decision of 1948 change the U.S. film industry? To what degree did the decision alter the way the industry did business? The Supreme Court ruled against the Hollywood’s monopoly of the film industry of the United States, directing that the production and distribution of movies be separated from movie exhibition practices. The ruling marked the death of studio era and led to numerous changes in film industry decades later. The paramount decision pushed the Twentieth century