Scene from "Five Dedicated to Ozu"

[404sandmonkey]

To call this beautiful you must be deluded. Also, what has this to do with Ozu; where is the social commentary, the humour? How can leaving scene composition to luck compare to the strictly composited (one might even say 'Japanese') cinematography of Ozu? Experimental, yes, creative in any true sense, no. Ozu used fixed camera positions and invented a tatami-level eye view, Kiarostami has used static cameras (without being overly inventive). There the similarity ends.

[kostgian]

@404sandmonkey ....in my point of view the crucial point in the ozu work,is the montage-racord type einsenstein but with successives CUTS,and the crucial point [i.e a face/a leg/a hand etc ]of one finishing scene is the beginning of the new scene.......from einsenstein influence is also the triangle-faces-especially beautifuls women plan in ozu work .....

[jovossuck123]

not everyone likes the flavour of tofu

[front131]

Utterly unqualified as I am to criticise any director's work, but a lover of Ozu, for me, the scene doesn't work.

[lessegers]

Beautiful!