1 hr 11 min
Ep 5 // Tokyo Story Stereoactive Movie Club
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- Film History
It’s Alicia’s pick… ‘Tokyo Story,’ the 1953 film by Yasujirō Ozu, which filmmaker and critic, Lindsay Anderson, after seeing it in London in 1957 wrote a review for Sight & Sound magazine likened it to the Zen state of experiencing the world in the same way as before, but feeling as if you’re 2 inches off the ground.
The film has appeared several times on Sight & Sound magazine’s decennial polls of the “greatest films” most recently at #3 on the critics poll and #1 on the directors poll.
Also, with the horrific events recently in Atlanta and the overall rise in bigotry and violence toward our friends in AAPI communities, we suggest supporting groups Stop AAPI Hate. And for those who want to learn how they can assist people facing hatred and violence in person, we suggest looking into bystander intervention training with groups like Hollaback!
00:00 - Intro + the last good movies we saw
03:55 - About the show / expectations for ‘Tokyo Story’
06:38 - About the film / open discussion
55:50 - Favorite scenes or moments / the test of time / influence or relevance today
61:31 - Bonus question: What movie's setting made you want to travel there, and have you actually gone or not?
70:13 - Next week on Stereoactive Movie Club… / Outro
Produced by Stereoactive Media
It’s Alicia’s pick… ‘Tokyo Story,’ the 1953 film by Yasujirō Ozu, which filmmaker and critic, Lindsay Anderson, after seeing it in London in 1957 wrote a review for Sight & Sound magazine likened it to the Zen state of experiencing the world in the same way as before, but feeling as if you’re 2 inches off the ground.
The film has appeared several times on Sight & Sound magazine’s decennial polls of the “greatest films” most recently at #3 on the critics poll and #1 on the directors poll.
Also, with the horrific events recently in Atlanta and the overall rise in bigotry and violence toward our friends in AAPI communities, we suggest supporting groups Stop AAPI Hate. And for those who want to learn how they can assist people facing hatred and violence in person, we suggest looking into bystander intervention training with groups like Hollaback!
00:00 - Intro + the last good movies we saw
03:55 - About the show / expectations for ‘Tokyo Story’
06:38 - About the film / open discussion
55:50 - Favorite scenes or moments / the test of time / influence or relevance today
61:31 - Bonus question: What movie's setting made you want to travel there, and have you actually gone or not?
70:13 - Next week on Stereoactive Movie Club… / Outro
Produced by Stereoactive Media
1 hr 11 min