tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post4446601199935921570..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: Tokyo MonogatariKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-80852359251329213542010-11-09T06:10:19.098+00:002010-11-09T06:10:19.098+00:00The thing that struck me most about Tokyo Story wa...The thing that struck me most about Tokyo Story was how the children are never judged, and how this simple acceptance makes the story so despondent. It comes out in the old man's conversation with his daughter, and his understanding makes the melancholy very terrible and real. It is so easy to see traces of self in that indifference - the 'thoughtful' spa visit for ageing parents, the busy days at work, and those traces make it dangerous and menacing, because accepting it does mean that human relationships are futile and move towards a natural alienation.Madhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323335479301675432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-46641015916789809152010-11-05T18:35:38.114+00:002010-11-05T18:35:38.114+00:00Yes, the dangerousness is perhaps the end of cinem...Yes, the dangerousness is perhaps the end of cinema after watching his movies. I find his movies menacing to say the least. The quiet menace, perhaps the Japanese way?Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-7483573240316730742010-11-04T22:58:53.390+00:002010-11-04T22:58:53.390+00:00this also happens to be one of my favourite films,...this also happens to be one of my favourite films, those lists in my profile are not complete, in fact they are barely lists...<br />and indeed Ozu - it is hard to talk about him, i haven't seen any Ozu film that hasn't touched me beyond words. Late Spring, another love of mine.<br /><br />do you know this:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKctLpSxEJ8&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />and it reminds me now of what you wrote about Bolano, how one should stop writing after reading him... or making films after Ozu...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.com