Otsu reminds me of Hou Hsiao-hsien

Coralie 2022-04-22 07:01:54

"I want to live with you, even marriage can't give me this kind of happiness." Ozu's married daughter seems to repeat the same sentence all the time, describing her own fears and explaining her life. From "Late Spring" to "The Taste of Autumn Saury", he spent his entire life focusing on only one moment and telling only one story - when children and parents have to separate on the fork in life, the life brought about by changes is a sight to behold Lonely in the end. Through the lens of stability and adherence to the rules, what you can see is Ozu's life. He is introverted and conservative, unwilling to endure the torment of change, unwilling to leave the nest with his mother, and use all his strength to exploit all the minor details. Rather sacrifice the latitude of character building to present a moment of separation that is pure to extreme. His shots are always calm and restrained, but the proposition that echoes his life ends up in a cuckoo-like hoarseness because of such minimalism and circulation. "Late Spring" is by no means the best among Ozu's married daughters, but it opens up more soft corners of the heart. Sometimes I think about it, if Ozu lived in a more tolerant lifestyle today, would he still be so persistent in creating such a married girl?

Francisca 2022-03-27 09:01:21

Noriko is a typical example of traditional oriental women. She is considerate of her father and does not marry. She thinks remarriage is indecent, and she takes the initiative to cut off her love when she gets engaged. Noriko's final marriage is a process of gradually breaking free from the shackles of her mind, which means the beginning of a new family and the disintegration of the old one. With a smile like flowers and hazy eyes with tears, Noriko has entered a new stage of life, and her father has also started a lonely life in his later years. The shot of cutting the apple fully expresses the feeling of loss in addition to happiness.