331 Late Spring

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stroszeck · #26 Post by **stroszeck** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:37 pm

YES! Late Spring WITH Tokyo Ga! Best "EXTRA" (if that's what you wanna call it) since Werner Herzog eats his shoe on Burden of Dreams. So I guess this means we won't be getting any Ozu box sets as once predicted.....

#27 Post by **zedz** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:47 pm

I'm as pleased to be getting a bonus Tokyo-Ga as the next guy, but it's hardly the definitive Ozu documentary. In fact, I don't think I'd even classify it as an Ozu documentary (just as I wouldn't classify Sans Soleil as a Hitchcock documentary), so I don't think we should be reading anything about Criterion's long-term Ozu plans into its inclusion here. I'm still idiotically expecting that Ozu silents box set sometime around 2017.

SHOCKMASTER · #28 Post by **SHOCKMASTER** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:44 am

Wasn't there a commentary recorded for THE ONLY SON by Donald Richie that was suppose to be for criterion? What ever happened to that?

skuhn8 · #29 Post by **skuhn8** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:36 pm

double discer! Nice, but nothing to suggest "More!"

Matango · #30 Post by **Matango** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:46 am

Finally Tokyo-ga =D> I had the privilege of visiting Ozu-san's grave last September... An Autumn Afternoon, if you will. Any fellow pilgrims on the board?

King of Kong · #31 Post by **King of Kong** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:02 pm

While amazon.com doesn't have Late Spring listed as a DVD just yet, End of Summer and Late Autumn are (listed, but nothing much in the way of details). I may be overexcited, but what the hey - can we expect anything?

yukiyuki · #32 Post by **yukiyuki** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:56 am

I noticed that there are many Ozu DVDs out there on ebay released by Boying, of course they are bootleg, but they are pretty good (I have some)

Jimaku · #33 Post by **Jimaku** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:46 am

King of Kong wrote:While amazon.com doesn't have Late Spring listed as a DVD just yet, End of Summer and Late Autumn are (listed, but nothing much in the way of details). I may be overexcited, but what the hey - can we expect anything?

Those are definitely not Criterion releases. CC doesn't give product info to Amazon that far in advance (after all, Late Spring isn't up on Amazon yet even though it's already on their Coming Soon page).

backstreetsbackalright · #34 Post by **backstreetsbackalright** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:29 pm

I'm very encouraged by those Amazon listings (I especially love Late Autumn), but there's really nothing conclusive we can take from this. Take for example this Amazon listing for Rosetta, which has been up since 2002.

ellipsis7 · #35 Post by **ellipsis7** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:47 am

Street date of 9th May and product page up at criteriondvd.com...

What A Disgrace · #36 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:29 pm

Back cover art.

#37 Post by **kinjitsu** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:23 pm

Vincent Canby review of Tokyo-ga, NYTimes, April 26, 1985

#38 Post by **cdnchris** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:04 am

What A Disgrace wrote:Back cover art.

Mmmmm. I can't explain why, but I could really go for a Coke right now.

Matango · #39 Post by **Matango** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:05 am

Just picked mine up. Looks good...we're back to the original double cases (no postcard). Going to revisit my Kamakura trip with Tokyo-ga first.

#40 Post by **kinjitsu** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:39 pm

Some caps.

There are more but will add links rather than add them here, unless...

#41 Post by **zedz** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:48 pm

Wow! I hope those are representative, because I never imagined I'd see this film looking so good!

HerrSchreck · #42 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:14 pm

Very, very beautiful. I can't believe how good it looks, windowboxed or no.

#43 Post by **kinjitsu** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:59 pm

zedz wrote:Wow! I hope those are representative, because I never imagined I'd see this film looking so good!

That there are a few rough patches is to be expected considering the film's age, but have to say that overall, this is a very lovely transfer.

#44 Post by **zedz** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:06 am

This reminds me how emotionally powerful it is when we first see Setsuko Hara in her wedding dress. What a magnificent film this is!

#45 Post by **kinjitsu** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:50 am

zedz wrote:This reminds me how emotionally powerful it is when we first see Setsuko Hara in her wedding dress. What a magnificent film this is!

Indeed it is, and Hara breaks my heart every time.

Okay, here are a few caps from Tokyo-Ga and then it's off to my little cinema...

Be happy!

ellipsis7 · #46 Post by **ellipsis7** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:29 am

Looks sublime...

Narshty · #47 Post by **Narshty** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:07 am

A lovely transer, but is anyone else bemused/baffled/depressed at the fact they only windowboxed the feature and not Tokyo-Ga? As if Wenders can somehow take the cropping but Ozu can't?

Matango · #48 Post by **Matango** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:08 am

I also wonder if this is the only feature-length film they've put out with no subs.

HerrSchreck · #49 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:33 am

???

All japanese & no subs on a CC? April 1 was a month ago.

Matango · #50 Post by **Matango** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:42 am

No, I mean on Tokyo-Ga. It's mostly in English, but still, CCs always have a sub track.