Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪2d ago
I have watched Yasujirô Ozu’s 1959 “Good Morning” (“Ohayô”) and thought it would work well with “Mon Oncle” and “Playtime”. Similar themes of miscommunication and misinterpretation, adult world vs children world, advent of consumer society (with particular emphasis on the TV), and, not least, one of the musical melodies (written by Toshirô Mayuzumi) present in Ozu’s film uncannily echoes Tati’s.
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Show threadIngrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪2d ago
I would be surprised if #Ozu watched #MonOncle. But some (coincidental) resemblances are in this 1959 movie: Good Morning. Musicwise (Romans), contrast old/new world at the beginning of this fragment, the children seem dressed as mailmen (Jour de Fête), subtle smile evoked although I do not understand the language, 'establishing shots',....
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@IngridHbn I noticed similar things! (Though elucidated it less clearly than you...) https://boxd.it/5L14qH
A ★★★★ review of Good Morning (1959)

The first time I watched this movie (Letterboxd notes it was ten years ago, but for some reason I didn't log the date), I gave it three stars. After watching "I Was Born, But..." I decided to revisit "Good Morning" which, while not a remake, does come back to some similar themes and plot elements. My first thought was "this feels so Tati" and looking at the other reviews of "Good Morning," I'm not the first to have that thought. At points, the soundtrack felt almost directly lifted from Tati. I noted a similar thing about "Floating Weeds," which came

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Show threadIngrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪1d ago
@laze well, I copied my own elaboration from years ago.. so it was a reproduction of an old post of mine ( in my own Hulot devotion group )