MI FALLOUT was fucking dope.
Been watching a lot of criterion collection films lately to study the directing.
We talked about Japanese new wave the other day and I don’t know shit about that era. I’m all about Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi;etc. Basically pre-New Wave. So how can I get started on Japanese new wave? What are the main directors and films if the era? And how does it stand out compared to French or even American new wave?
per your MULTIPLE requests via pm. disclaimer, i haven't seen many of these films in over a decade and i viewed a majority of them through either shitty bootlegs or rips sourced from asiandvd so i won't be going too in depth because my memory is shot and i hate googling shit. if you want to learn more, just google japanese new wave or any one of these directors names of films followed by midnighteye, which no longer is actively updated given the sad state the japanese film industry is in.
the two major directors attached to japanese new wave are imamura and oshima but neither of these new wave films are as accessible nor as well known as suzuki in the west so i'd start there
suzuki's
tokyo drifter and
branded to kill are good primers on japanese new wave cinema and i guess more akin to french new wave in structure and style yet still very japanese, so it's immediately more approachable. these two films were quite regularly referenced on neogaf
i'd avoid most of oshima's earlier work and skip right to
in the realm of senses. death by hanging is prob the better film though. i don't know
it's hard for me to pick an imamura film whom i personally put above all others from that era along with teshigahara so i'd just suggest picking from any of his films featured in the
eureka collection. actually, do yourself a favor and just skip over that shit and just watch intentions of murder and black rain
moving on,
woman in the dunes is a rare masterpiece that is arguably the best film from that generation and a personal fav. pitfall and the face of another are great as well
funeral parade of roses could speak to you as it's centered around a love triangle featuring transvestites, amongst other things. it's most famous for influencing kubrick's work on clockwork orange which will be apparent within minutes of watching it. gender politics has elevated the film recently, breathing new life into it, thankfully. it's largely focused on visuals rather than on structure and plot, so it's a difficult watch. i'm not sure if a current day me would love it as much as the pretentious fuck i was fifteen years ago but i still respect it for what it is. it's also gay af
go, go, second time virgin is the pink genre classic and in my opinion, an essential from that era
i'm missing a few others but there's a good primer. good luck
