the heart ofJapan. He really got to the heart of what ordinary people were like. In order to do that, he had to useJapanese-style rooms with shoji screens, futon pallets and tatami mats, all straight lines and right angles. Low camera angles are best for filming a setting like that. Then, he confined living beings within these rigid forms. I think he was trying to express his ideas through that. That's why he never panned or moved the camera. No high-angle shots either. The camera angles with which he was most comfortable bound him within narrow limits. If you don't have strict limitations, you probably won't think your ideas through so carefully. Those limitations make you condense your thoughts into a more concentrated form. That creative process is something you can't do without. On April 2, 1934, Ozu's father, Toranosuke, died of a heart attack. He was 69 years old. In There Was a Father, in the scene where my character dies, Ozu directed me to act it out in the same way his father died. He showed me just what it was like. THERE WAS A FATHER Father! Get a doctor. Father! Take off my coat. I feel strange. SHOCHI KU FI LMS - OFUNA STUDIOS In 1936, Shochiku Films moved its studio from Kamata to Ofuna. Ozu moved into a rented house with his mother and his brother Nobuzo. Ultimately, both the Kihachi series and the college series ended up dealing with the difficulties between parents and their children. This is a theme he pursued throughout his life.: the circle oflife. Focusing on this subject, The Only Son is central to his work. This was the first Mohara System talkie. It was also an important film in the history of Shochiku Films, the first one made at their new Ofuna Studios. You should go to high school. I thought it over last night. Four of your classmates are going. You're class leader. If you don't go, it will be awkward for me. So you're going to go to junior high. Senior high, too. Study hard and be a great man. Mother, do you like Sugiko? Why not? She seems like a good girl. I was worried about whether you'd like her. What did you think I'd grow up to be? Aren't you disappointed? Why? This isn't how I expected it to be. I wish I hadn't come to Tokyo. I'm sorry I can't be more, even after graduating. Maybe it wasn't worth it to go to school in Tokyo. I've caused you so much hardship. What makes you think that? How can you feel that way, when your life has only just begun? Perhaps you're right, but chances are this little game may already be coming to an end. How do you expect me to react to such careless talk? I wish I lived with you in the country. These larks are really singing. JAPANESE ARMY CLASHES WITH CHINESE ARMY The China Incident occurred in July, 1937. On September 9, Ozu was drafted. Two weeks earlier, on August 25th, director Sadao Yamanaka was drafted. He came to say good-bye to Ozu. His last film was released that same day. Ozu was shocked by Yamanaka being drafted. But when his turn came, he smiled and said, ''I'm going to go to war for a little bit. '' He waved to those who had come to see him off,and then he left. In January 1938, on his way back from maneuvers, he visited Corporal Yamanaka near Nankin. ''There wasn't much time for conversation. He asked me if I'd like to make war films. I answered that I didn't know. It was our last meeting. '' Due to an illness contracted on the front, Yamanaka died the following September 1 7th. A Chinese priest wrote the character mu ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст 101 далматинец на английском - текст Ранняя весна на английском - текст А зори здесь тихие на английском - текст Морозко на английском - текст Конфискатор на английском |