Talking with Ozu

1993
40m

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A tribute to director Yasujiro Ozu from 1993, featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim We... Read allA tribute to director Yasujiro Ozu from 1993, featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders.A tribute to director Yasujiro Ozu from 1993, featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders.

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- Kogi Tanaka
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6.8/10

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- Kogi Tanaka
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The shorter version (originally released on VHS in Japan) has interviews by the filmmakers (with burned-in Japanese subtitles) in the following order: Stanley Kwan / Aki Kaurismäki / Claire Denis / Lindsay Anderson / Paul Schrader / Wim Wenders / Hou Hsiao-hsien. This has been released on Blu-ray and DVD in America by the Criterion Collection on their release of "Tokyo Story".

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Movie directors talking about Ozu

Talking with Ozu (1993) is a documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. It was directed by Kogi Tanaka.

Seven directors speak about the Ozu films they've seen, and about his techniques that they have admired. Often, their comments are interspersed with clips from the movie scenes they're describing.

The directors were Lindsay Anderson (England), Claire Denis (France), Hsiao-Hsien Hou (Taiwan), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong), Paul Schrader (U.S.), and Wim Wenders (Germany).

It's clear that Ozu's work speaks to his colleagues throughout the world. Their insights are interesting and valuable.

This movie came as an extra in the Criterion Collection DVD of Ozu's Tokyo Story. The movie worked well on the small screen. This film is worth seeing if you love Ozu's work, or if you just like documentaries about cinema. It has a weak rating of 6.8, but only 28 people rated it. I thought it was excellent, and rated it 9.