The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 24 – Kinoshita and World War II
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English - January 19, 2015 13:00 - 49.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTV & Film Arts Performing Arts dvd film movie cinema criterioncast ozu bergman eclipse series criterion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
David and Trevor discuss the newest addition to the Eclipse Series, five films that launched the career of a great, but under-appreciated, Japanese filmmaker.
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 41: Kinoshita and World War II.
About the films:
Hugely popular in his home country of Japan, Keisuke Kinoshita worked tirelessly as a director for nearly half a century, making lyrical, sentimental films that often center on the inherent goodness of people, especially in times of distress. He began his directing career during a most challenging time for Japanese cinema: World War II, when the industry’s output was closely monitored by the state and often had to be purely propagandistic. This collection of Kinoshita’s first films—four made while the war was going on and one shortly after Japan’s surrender—demonstrates the way the filmmaker’s humanity and exquisite cinematic technique shone through even in the darkest of times.
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Timeline for the podcast:
Introduction/News/Background (00:00:01 – 00:20:19)
Port of Flowers (00:20:20 – 00:34:01)
The Living Magoroku (00:34:02 – 00:44:29)
Jubilation Street (00:44:30 – 00:56:03)
Army (00:56:04 – 01:19:07)
Morning for the Osone Family (01:19:08 – 01:31:19)
Conclusion (01:31:20 – 01:47:57)
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EPISODE LINKS
Director Overview:
Kinoshita biography on Wikipedia
Kinoshita 100 Project on Shochiku.co.jp (visual filmography)
Film Society of Lincoln Center Kinoshita Retrospective
Hollywood Reporter review of Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story by Clarence Tsui
Box Set Reviews:
Battleship Pretension review by West Anthony
DVD Savant review by Glenn Erickson
DVD Talk review by Matt Hinrichs
CageyFilms review by Kenneth George Godwin
Movie Metropolis review by Christopher Long
J!-ENT review by Dennis Amith
Parallax View review by Sean Axmaker
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Next time on the podcast: Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa