Yasujirō Ozu Quotes
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I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.
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I don't know anything about this. I only know how to make tofu. I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu.
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I tried to represent the collapse of the Japanese family system through showing children growing up.
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The wide screen reminds me of a roll of toilet paper.
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I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.
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About this time [late 1950s], CinemaScope was getting popular. I wanted to have nothing to do with it, and consequently I shot more close-ups and used shorter shots.
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Watching Fantasia (1940) I understood we could never win the war. "These people seem to like complications", I thought to myself.
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I consciously did away with fade-ins and replaced them with the cut. Henceforth, I never used such editing techniques again. In fact, neither dissolve, fade-in nor fade-out can be regarded as 'the grammar of film,' they are no more than characteristics of the camera.
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Although I may seem the same to other people, to me each thing I produce is a new expression and I always make each work from a new interest. It's like a painter who always paints same rose.
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I have formulated my own directing style in my head, proceeding without any unnecessary imitation of others.