Review of I Was Born, But... (1932) by Tim H — 23 Apr 2008
Yasujiro Ozu started his career in the late 20s. This is for sure his first masterpiece in his prolific career. By the time of this film Ozu was young and his films are very focused on social problems rather than the Zen Contemplation that we saw in the "Old Master Phase".
The thing I saw in this film is it lacks the poetry that we saw in the Later films but even though The film has some of the most beautiful moments. There are some very beautiful and very clever managed travellings, something that he will eliminate in his later films.
This film is focused on comedy, the formality is still there but the attitude is more social concerned. This one is not more universal than his well known masterpieces and it doesnt have the Zen slow transcendental pauses, it is in fact a very fast film.
This review of I Was Born, But... (1932) was written by Tim H on 23 Apr 2008.
I Was Born, But... has generally received very positive reviews.
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