hard or as painful for me as this one. I so dearly, dearly wished that he were still alive. He had always been such a strong pillar of support for me. Ozu once said, ''The end of a film is its beginning''. He died on his birthday, almost as if to say in real life, too, the end is the beginning. Yasujiro Ozu lived a full life and then returned to the nothingness of mu. THE ENDA SHOCHIKU FILM An artist creates his own style, and this style reflects the man himself and his character. Yasujiro Ozu had his own themes, his own style, his own way of seeing. From the perspective oflow camera angles, he observed the world of parents and children. Just as one who avoids raging torrents, instead preferring calmer waters, Ozu did not engage in turbulent dramas but preferred to tell subtle stories.: a daughter getting married and leaving her parents behind, aging parents left alone, awaiting death. Ozu never tired of observing these things. He never tired of searching for an order in his world, just as a monk never tires of striving for enlightenment. What kind of person was Ozu, then, to choose such a rigorous path? Why was he so dedicated to portraying marriage and family? Inscribed on his gravestone at the Engakuji Temple in Kamakura is the character for mu, or ''nothingness. '' What does this ''nothingness'' finally mean? I LIVED, BUT... A BIOGRAPHY OF YASUJIRO OZU Produced by SHIZUO YAMANOUCHI Written by KAZUO INOUE Cinematography by YUHARU ATSUTA and KITARO KANEMATSU Edited by KEIICHI URAOKA Music by KOJUN SAITO Narrated by JO TATSUYA Directed by KAZUO I NOUE So your first role was in I Flunked, But... ? CHISHU RYU -ACTOR I got a script for the movie, the first I ever received. I was happy about it. You played the one who graduated? Yes, the heroes were the ones who flunked. That scene where you asked Kinuyo Tanaka for bread. Yes, Miss Tanaka. Miss Tanaka and Mr. Saito? Yes, they played the principal roles. Then, in I Was Born, But... you played a company clerk who helps his boss move. I was also the one who ran the film projector. You played that role, too? Which role most impressed you? - Our last silent film in 1 936- - College Is a Nice Place. That was a big role for me. I had to do so many retakes. Then The Only Son? Yes, that was Ozu's first talkie. You played a teacher. Yes, that role helped my career. Then you got the lead in There Was a Father. Right. That film was made in 1 942? That's right. It was a big role. I was on screen from beginning to end. I was surprised that Ozu offered me such a large role. He said, ''Come here, Ryu. Let's talk. You normally go like this when you're happy, and like this when you're sad, right? Those expressions won't work in There Was a Father. So just act as if your face were a Noh mask, okay?'' That's what he told me to do... and thinking of a Noh mask was good. Yasujiro Ozu's first film was The Sword of Penitence in 1 92 7. By the time he made An Autumn Afternoon in 1 962, he had made 54 celebrated films in the 35 intervening years. What was he searching for during the 60 years ofhis life? Could it be that all of his fame and masterpieces somehow came to ''nothingness'' in the end? The answer to that question can be found only by examining his life and works. Filmed in 1 932 I Was Born, But..., opens with the subtitle.: ''A Picture Book for Adults.'' When children look at ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Питер Фм на английском - текст Крокодил Гена на английском - текст Настоящий гений на английском - текст Клуб «Завтрак» на английском - текст Окраина на английском |