Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu

“I also was curious about some of the Eclipse series. One of them that I had my eye on was the Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu, and it’s got Early Spring, Tokyo Twilight, Equinox Flower, Late Autumn, and The End of Summer. I’ve seen some of these recently on the big screen, restored, as part of a retrospective at the Academy Museum in LA, and the color work is so shockingly beautiful, so to have these in my collection is going to be really meaningful.”

“Ozu box set. Nick Tanis, Language of Film, Ozu. When I moved to New York as an NYU film student, talk about getting shown this in the NYU theater with Nick's laser pointer just dissecting how amazing every single frame that Ozu does, is put together, how intentional it all is, how the framing tells the story. I just didn't realize movies could look like this. I didn't realize they could be so poignant and quiet and subtle and powerful at the same time. It's amazing to be reminded by Ozu and by so many filmmakers that you don't have to do much photographically to, to, to say everything.”

“And an Ozu, too. Late Ozu.”

“Late Ozu. Oh, Late Ozu. -Have you got that?”

“[Translated] I love a lot of Ozu's films, but there's another one I don't think many people know of. It's called Tokyo Twilight, or Tokyo Boshoku in Japanese. I recommend this one too. Ozu films are usually very light, but this one is really dark. I really like that about this film, so I highly recommend it.”