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

[Maria Flutsch]

Thank you for this work. I will be giving my students projects 
incorporating  the study of this site.
Regards,
Maria
At PM 06:29 02/12/04, you wrote:
 >>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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Maria Flutsch
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