Sunday is the 6th installment (to my knowledge) of "Great Directors," a series at DIVA (Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts), and Tom Blank will be playing three films of Yasujiro Ozu. Late Spring, Tokyo Story, and Floating Weeds are the three slated to play.
On my own I've watched The End of Summer, An Autumn Afternoon, and I Was Born, but... So far all of these films has surprised me in a very good way, and I'm so happy that I'm able to discover these gems by little-known (at least here in the States) directors.
Today I'm finishing up Tokyo Twilight, and its quite a handful. Abortion, abandonment, poor communication, this film conjures up all that is bad in everyday human existence, especially post-war Japan.
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