tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post4070509814327924252..comments2023-10-22T17:40:51.323-04:00Comments on Tativille: New Film: Still Walking & BirdsongMichael J. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-10110040232823040402009-03-17T19:41:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:41:00.000-04:00I think I like all of Kore'eda's films so far pret...I think I like all of Kore'eda's films so far pretty much equally. ;~}<BR/><BR/>I just watched a Korean film (finally released after a 3+ year long delay) that felt rather like a cross between Hong Sang-soo and Kore'eda -- Sa-kwa (which means both Aplle and Apology). It deserves to be better known -- but I suspect it may never get much attention.Michael E. Kerpan Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14520243158889746324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-49479520029719809852009-03-16T11:22:00.000-04:002009-03-16T11:22:00.000-04:00More than almost anything I saw in the previous tw...More than almost anything I saw in the previous twelve months (see this list on my other site: http://tenbestfilms.blogspot.com/2009/03/ten-best-films-of-2008.html) "Still Walking" really sticks with me as well, very much in the same way that Ozu often does. Socially, if not aesthetically, this is very much an inheritor to the later phase in the director's art obviously ("Late Spring" onward).<BR/><BR/>On the epilogue, I am happy to hear that it didn't bother you, as I have been actively attempting to convince myself that it has an organic purpose (and thus, that it shouldn't bother me). Really, I just didn't like the unexpected voice-over, which is only a minimal, impressionistic criticism worth very little. This is a rich work, certainly one of Kore-eda's best.Michael J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-81112833003352922052009-03-16T00:03:00.000-04:002009-03-16T00:03:00.000-04:00Excellent discussion of "Still Life". Like Ozu's ...Excellent discussion of "Still Life". Like Ozu's films, this quiet film continues to resonate long after one has watched it. BTW -- I didn't mind the epilogue one bit. ;~}<BR/><BR/>Have you gotten to see "Funuke: Show Some Love You Losers" yet. A very different (and much darker) take on Japanese family life. A little bumpier than "Still Walking" -- but very well made -- and with some wonderful performances (especially that of Hiromi Nagasaku -- also great recentlly in "Don't Laugh at My Romance").Michael E. Kerpan Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14520243158889746324noreply@blogger.com