{"id":264,"date":"2006-05-21T16:07:06","date_gmt":"2006-05-21T23:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2006\/05\/21\/floating-words\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T21:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T04:31:14","slug":"floating-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2006\/05\/21\/floating-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    \n(Kyo Machiko and Ganjiro Nakamura in Floating Weeds directed by Ozu Yasujiro)<\/p>\n

    Finally saw Early Summer<\/a> and Floating Weeds.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Ozu \"Early and “Early Summer”.<\/p>\n

    Setsuko Hara (right, from the photo above) was Ozu’s muse and Susan Sontag’s favorite Japanese actress.
    \n (Both Ozu and Setsuko Hara remained single, Ozu was most likely gay and Setsuko was Garbo like, read more about her     here, The Enigma of the ‘Eternal Virgin’.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    Hara Setsuko doll <\/a> or droll.<\/p>\n

    Contrary to received opinion, Yasujir\u00f4 Ozu does sometimes move his camera. And when he does \u00ad as is usually the case when filmmakers do something in an exceptional way (i.e., Mizoguchi’s rare close-ups) \u00ad it is wonderful, because it is fully motivated, even if not strictly necessary. (From Rouge, Miguel Marias)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Move your mouse and animate the film stills<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    TV film critic Roger Ebert was selected to do a commentary for “Floating Weeds’ Criterion DVD collection. It was a case of floating words by constantly repeating the few things he knew about Ozu. <\/p>\n

    Floating Weeds \"Floating (image source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    Speaking of words, we might explore and learn a few catchy
    \nJapanese phrases, (    onomatopoetic<\/a>) and play on last names of a film master and a famous Japanese actress. <\/p>\n

    Japanese Sound effects and what they mean<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Ozu Ozu<\/strong> – means nervous, diffident, sheepish <\/p>\n

    Hara Hara<\/strong> – uneasy feeling, thrilling, scary <\/p>\n

    Hiso Hiso <\/strong>– whispering, hiding something like Cheney and his oil gang.<\/p>\n

    Butsu Butsu<\/strong> – mumble (Bush talk), erupting pimples <\/p>\n

    Bu Bu\/Bou Bou<\/strong> – grumble, complain, pig sound (Bush talk)<\/p>\n

    Bera Bera <\/strong>– glib, jabber, Roger Ebert film talk, floating words – including Hara hara (scary) and Ozu Ozu (insecure feeling) – <\/p>\n

    Pera Pera<\/strong> – fluent like Takeshi Kaneshiro <\/a> who speaks in Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese and Tawaian dialect<\/p>\n

    Waku Waku<\/strong> <\/strong>or Doki Doki<\/strong>– happy excitement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (Kyo Machiko and Ganjiro Nakamura in Floating Weeds directed by Ozu Yasujiro) Finally saw Early Summer and Floating Weeds. Ozu and “Early Summer”. Setsuko Hara (right, from the photo above) was Ozu’s muse and Susan Sontag’s favorite Japanese actress. (Both Ozu and Setsuko Hara remained single, Ozu was most likely gay and Setsuko was Garbo … <\/p>\n

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