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Good review. Ozu's films are near perfection, so wise. His co-writer Kogo Noda wrote movingly about An Autumn Afternoon (from Richie's study): While he was shooting Kohayagawa [Me: The End of Summer], Shochiku [Me: the studio] was already after him for the title of his next film. So he...

I noticed this irony and have been thinking about the interaction between the off- and on-screen, the strange mimicry of art and life, how one envelops the other, how roles and the direction of roles often leave an insidious residue capable of disintegrating real-life. There are numerous...

It is encouraging to see a community's perceptions and enjoyments generally shift for the better. Not too long ago, in this forum, a couple of nitwits derailed a Satyajit Ray thread and nearly drove away one of HTF's supreme contributors. --- The following is in reference to the Charulata...

I will be happy to, Pascal, but please wait until next week. The notes are presently not with me...

Pascal, I have actually met and spoken with Charulata, the actress Madhabi Mukherjee. I took notes on her thoughts about the film among other topics. If you're interested, I'll dig out and post some of her thoughts here.