The Fate of Kinema Club Website/ Mizoguchi-Ozu-Kurosawa

[David Putnam]

>Please take a look and tell me what you think:
>http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmurphy/New/title/title_index.htm
>>email list and on the internet help to ensure that my courses are up to 
>>date and engaging in present day debate.

Great site, I think and it made me think about this undefinable "japanese 
style" again. I just came from seeing Mizoguchi's silent movie "Taki no 
Shiraito" (1933) and the Japanese audience just didn't seem to "get" into 
the vibe and innovativeness of Mizoguchi's dynamic style. People fell 
asleep, or even walked out. But when I saw Kurosawa's "Shichinin no Samurai" 
in Japan, the cinema was so crowded and every one was highly alert, although 
it went over 3 hours (I, as european, had to fight staying concentrated). So 
to my findings so far, Kurosawa still apeals widely to the japanese mass, 
whereas Mizoguchi (although his outward style seems very japanese) is one of 
the most exotic japanese directors. Ozu is somewhere in between...

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