Wes Anderson & Yasujiro Ozu: A Visual Essay
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2015
- Wes Anderson is known for his whimsical films with dry humour, bright colour palettes, and for his distinct narrative and visual style. Yasujiro Ozu, arguably less well-known to mainstream audiences, made a name for himself as the "most Japanese of all film directors", known for his calm, minimalist approach to film and his tendency to revisit the same kinds of stories over and over again. The relationship that exists between these Anderson and Ozu, if any, might not be immediately tangible, so the purpose of this essay is try and draw some visual, thematic, and narrative parallels between these two extraordinarily distinct artists. Anderson and Ozu are two of my favourite directors, so it seemed only natural to pay tribute to them and their incredible filmographies. Enjoy!
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Brilliant. I'm learning more about movies from UA-cam videos than I did from the handful of cinema courses I took back in college.
Its a shame these types of videos arent more popular. Film and art examination is really fascinating and always helps me in developing my own style.
This is the best Wes Anderson analysis video on UA-cam.
this is amazing. I love Wes Anderson's artworks, but this is the first time I know about Yasujiro Ozu. you make me want to watch Ozu's movies. Thank you for letting us know about brilliants masterpiece. good luck!
This was an outstanding video essay! Great job! First of all, I'm pleased to see someone do something in-depth on Ozu, but to show his similarities to a modern-day filmmaker (and someone from another culture and background) is truly unexpected and refreshing to see. I cannot over-stress how much I enjoyed and appreciated this video!
great stuff, you are really good at this, make more videos please! we need more people like you who understands cinema
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the positive feedback. I'll definitely be making more in the future!
Excellent, great artists become great by learning from each other, sometimes seeing through each other’s eyes the same subject. Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum
Absolutely LOVE this video. Never realize these little similarities between them, loved it.
This is so wonderful. Very insightful, informative and innovative recount of the two directors!
NOT in a thousand years could I have found a link between these masters! This is really GENIUS!
So glad I found this video! Recently discovered Ozu and I couldn’t help but to feel some connection between him and Anderson, whom I also adore. Thank you for your work, it gave me enough food for thought
I'm so glad I stumbled on this video. Just got into Ozu and this really makes me appreciate his work. Great to see the parallel between him and Anderson : )
What a wonderfully in depth analysis! Your attention to detail regarding multiple aspects of cinema is befitting of two directors who share that quality as well. Thanks for this.
It's 2023 and I just learned about Ozu in this video. Thank you for this video, that will continue to educate people for years.
I am so happy to discover this video! Thank you so much!
PLEASE keep making more videos like these. You're exceptionally talented at visualizing and analyzing the art of film. It's 4 in the morning right now and this kept me entertained. Don't give up!
After watching Ozu's Autumn afternoon and stumbled on this video...allows me appreciate cinematic charm created my these two directors much more.
This is so gooood. The first time I heard of Yasujiro Ozu, I kept thinking of how much his work must have inspired Wes Anderson, but I never really looked for indications. I'm happy to see someone talk about this!
Muy bonito, gracias por presentarme a Yasujiro Ozu
I watch this video over and over again and have for years
These types of videos are so enthralling. You're awesome.
wonderful - thanks
There are only 5 directors that I know every film will be wonderful - Ozu, Anderson, Kurozawa, the Coen Brothers, and Tarantino
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you for posting!
Check this out guys! Two of my favorite directors XD You don't need any fancy crane shots, you can do a simple animation using the same technique and beautiful shots. Enjoy some inspiration :D
Wes Anderson is highly influenced by Ozu, he has said it before. Great video.
I really loved it. Thanks for this Anna.
thank u for the inspiration, I love ozu so much...
Many thanks for this video. I'm just discovering Wes Anderson's films, very much charmed by his humor and and and...
Thanks to you, and this video I'll hope to discover Yasujiro Ozu's films as well. Thanks once more!
Great UA-cam channel. I'm looking forward to watching your future essays.
Well done, a very good analysis and "questions for study and discussion" for a 10 minute piece. Thanks
Excellent video essay, it's really made me aware of the nostalgic flare I put in my own writing. Whenever I learn something new about film, I always apply it to whatever I'm working on at the moment to see if it fits, and my current project is definitely a story of nostalgia and memory. Plenty of classic rock as well.
This was so lovely to watch. Very informative and a beautiful way to show it! please make more
Excellent work Anna , hope to see more from you
This is a lovely tribute to Wes Anderson and Yasujiro Ozu.
Thanks for your visual essay.
I hope you can make more videos like this.
You are great Anna Catley.
Greetings from Asia, Indonesia :)
great one. Looking forward to another.
I just learned about Yasujiro Ozu yesterday on another video. My first thought was that Wes Anderson's style is very similar to this. The next day, your video pops up in my feed. Great job @Anna Catley.
Thank you for making this. The comparisons made were great! I like the idea of a "Visual Essay", not that normal essays or written material can't be just as articulate, but the way you formatted all of the points with a voice over and visuals made it really digestible. Thanks again, made me really interested in watching all of those films.
I loved this little piece of insight. Beautiful.
This was great. Thank you.
This is beautiful, thank you so much!
absolutely amazing !!! thank you so much !!!
Very thoughtful video. Thank you for posting this.
From one film buff to another, thank you! Keep up the good work!
Great video and analysis!! Loved the use of examples too. Didn't realize two of my favorite directors had much more in common than I thought.
This made me melancholic. Thank you for this.
very insightful. i enjoy your essays, please produce more.
Congratulations ,that was a solid video essay. Two really "visual" artists one really ahead of his time and the other really vintage. I am sure if Ozu was here ,he 'd be a W. Anderson fan too.
Yessss, very very well put. You made a great analysis
This is wonderful, thank you
Enjoyed this very much, thank you.
Kind regards,
A big Wes Anderson fan.
Amazing essay, thanks for this wonderful video
two thumbs up! a magnificent salute to the cinematic genius of east and west.
Congratulations! Very interesting, well-made and though-provoking video
i've been watching film analysis video essays and reading blogs for quite a while and you're the first girl i've seen. thanks man 💛
came across this now - that was amazing!
Great job, Anna!
You are brilliant. Beautiful observation. Please make more. :)
so well done.
thankyou for this anna.
This is a fantastic visual essay! Thank you!
Thank you for this essay. I think I'll go watch FLOATING WEEDS now. Cheers!
Awesome. Just loved your video essay. Two great filmmakers that I adore! =)
This was really great, really enjoyed it, thanks!
This essay alone makes me want to step up my game! Killer video.
This is awesome! Thx 4 sharing!
This was really good! It was so easy to follow and the emphasis on the way both directors explore themes of family was fantastic! Moving beyond the visuals of the medium and studying the use of the medium in films of both directors was presented so neatly, loved it!! Thank you!!
Thank you for this!
Fantastic. Really insightful.
Dude! MAKE MORE of these video essays!!!!!!
This is really great stuff, It's clear you spent a lot of time on this.
thumbs up!
Wow! this is really impressive! Please keep making more videos, I really enjoyed watching this :) Excellent work!
Thanks, very nice analysis...when I've watched a couple of weeks ago at the cinema my first Ozu film (Good Morning) I thought that there were something in common with Anderson..I didn't expect so many things!
Fabulous.....very critically investigated.learnt a lot of things,which I never thought before......
Great video essay on 2 great legends
i understand and agree uif every think you sad but i wouldn´t be able to express my self that comprehensible. it´s cind of a relief to watch your video. great stuff wuld love to relief more!
what a great video, thanks a lot!
You should really keep up this amazing work, I'm so interested in these comparisons and analysis; I think that your videos are made with a really nice touch, greetings from Italy.
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I didn't mind the mix. It forced me to pay closer attention. Very insightful. Thanks for posting.
This is great, well done!
Phenomenal. Great visual essay.
Fantastic video essay, Anna. You have made me more interested in Ozu's oeuvre than before.
I am glad to have found another film-centred video essay channel to subscribe to.
This is really well done, you can tell you really spent some time on this. As a fan of both directors, this makes total sense. I wouldn't have paired the two on my own, but this will be interesting when I watch their films again.
Great stuff. I'm glad you focused on the more broader similarities in approach rather than trying to draw direct comparisons - look forward to more videos
Love this, what a great analysis really great stuff!
The first thing I thought when I saw Ozu, is how Wes took so much inspiration from him.
Thank you so much I love the comparison
So disappointing that you don't have more videos. This is a really good video essay.
"The core of this cinematic relationship is an exploration of themes and narratives." Grammatically speaking, that is an excellent sentence, and a concretely stated thesis. Bravo, young lady.
Whatever are you talking about (?) "Relationship" . . ."themes" . . . and "narratives" are all ABSTRACTIONS. There's no concrete meaning in this sentence whatsoever. And how can "an exploration" be the core of a relationship (?) That's rhetorically very un-excellent. At the minimum, is should be "the exploration" . . .
That was a very fun video to watch. Thanks for the effort. I was looking into Wong Kar Wai then Hsiao-Hsien Hou, and that brought me to Ozu whom I'd never heard of before, which brought me to this video. I'd love to see a video or read something from you on Wong Kar Wai.
Well-done. Loved it!
Excellent!! Muy interesante, me suscribi al canal esperando que sigas produciendo este tipo de material, gracias, saludos desde Buenos Aires
Hidden Gem. Great video keep it up
this video is par excellence!
Had something really interesting happen today. Was looking for a good thanksgiving movie to watch and after typing in "autumn" in HBO Max, I stumbled across vintage japanese films due to his movies having seasons in them. I figured there must have been some connection and surely, after seeing they all had the same director, that's how I learned of Ozu. So excited to view his films.
this was amazing
Very well done.
I loved this. I am a long-time Ozu fan, but your excellent observations have got me wanting to check out more Anderson. Thank you.
great work anna!
Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
subscribed presuming you'll keep producing analysis this sharp
wow this is an amazing video essay. great job. please make more like these.
you just got a new subscriber