Still Lives

"A certain pattern of shots is repeatable within an Ozu paragraph, a certain pattern of Ozu..."

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:28:10 -0500

“A certain pattern of shots is repeatable within an Ozu paragraph, a certain pattern of Ozu paragraphs is repeatable within an Ozu film, and a certain number of Ozu films are repeatable within an Ozu career.”

- Paul Schrader

Early Spring (1956) 17:13, Tokyo Twilight (1957) 51:29, Equinox...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:48:00 -0500

Early Spring (1956) 17:13, Tokyo Twilight (1957) 51:29, Equinox Flower (1958) 7:49, Equinox Flower (1958) 56:13, Good Morning (1959) 36:22, Late Autumn (1960) 39:31, An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 1:44:48, An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 1:47:15

The Only Son (1936) 24:05, Early Spring (1956) 12:12, Good...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:45:17 -0500

The Only Son (1936) 24:05, Early Spring (1956) 12:12, Good Morning (1959) 22:45, Late Autumn (1960) 1:26:51, The End of Summer (1961) 11:17, An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 51:27

Early Spring (1956) 1:06:09, Tokyo Twilight (1957) 2:17:09,...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:24:50 -0500

Early Spring (1956) 1:06:09, Tokyo Twilight (1957) 2:17:09, Floating Weeds (1959) 20:20, The End of Summer (1961) 1:00:57

Passing Fancy (1933) 00:12, A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:12:57 -0500

Passing Fancy (1933) 00:12, A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) 46:46, The Only Son (1936) 1:09:20, There Was A Father (1942) 1:15:40, Tokyo Story (1953) 1:31:01, Early Spring (1956) 59:19, Equinox Flower (1958) 1:55:52, Good Morning (1959) 1:33:44

Tokyo Story (1953) 1:10:56, Early Spring (1956) 2:14:03

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:59:00 -0500

Tokyo Story (1953) 1:10:56, Early Spring (1956) 2:14:03

The Only Son (1936), 44:29

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:34:12 -0400

The Only Son (1936), 44:29

"Ozu cared a great deal about visual style and made up the picture in his head before a shoot. Since..."

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:53:52 -0400

“Ozu cared a great deal about visual style and made up the picture in his head before a shoot. Since composition was his foremost consideration, performances were required to fit into his compositional scheme.”

- Chishu Ryu

Floating Weeds (1959), 1:04:58

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:10:40 -0400

Floating Weeds (1959), 1:04:58

Late Spring (1949), 1:45:56

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:39:43 -0400

Late Spring (1949), 1:45:56

An Autumn Afternoon (1962), 50:27

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:07:05 -0400

An Autumn Afternoon (1962), 50:27

Tokyo Story (1953), 2:12:03

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:16:48 -0400

Tokyo Story (1953), 2:12:03

Late Autumn (1960), 39:28

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:36:53 -0400

Late Autumn (1960), 39:28

Tokyo Twilight (1957), 15:38

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:42:36 -0400

Tokyo Twilight (1957), 15:38

"Similarities … are many, and differences few in the extraordinarily limited world of the Ozu..."

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:40:32 -0400

“Similarities … are many, and differences few in the extraordinarily limited world of the Ozu film. It is a small world, closed, governed by rules apparently inflexible, controlled by laws that are only to be deduced.”

- Donald Richie, Ozu: His Life and Films

Equinox Flower (1958), 1:57:24

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:12:42 -0400

Equinox Flower (1958), 1:57:24

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934), 1:25:48

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:47:47 -0400

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934), 1:25:48

Floating Weeds (1959), 1:58:41

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:02:02 -0400

Floating Weeds (1959), 1:58:41

There Was a Father (1942), 32:02

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:40:45 -0400

There Was a Father (1942), 32:02

Good Morning (1959), 56:20

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:44:00 -0400

Good Morning (1959), 56:20