Good Morning (#84)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozuās perennial theme of the challenges of interĀgenerational relationships,Ā Good MorningĀ tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighborsā new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozuās own silent classicĀ I Was Born, But . . .Ā to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- I Was Born, But . . .,Ā Yasujiro Ozuās 1932 silent comedy, with a 2008 score by Donald Sosin
- New interview with film scholar David Bordwell
- New video essay on Ozuās use of humor by critic David Cairns
- Fragment ofĀ A Straightforward Boy,Ā a 1929 silent film by Ozu
- PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
New cover by Tatsuro Kiuchi
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A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozuās perennial theme of the challenges of interĀgenerational relationships,Ā Good MorningĀ tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighborsā new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozuās own silent classicĀ I Was Born, But . . .Ā to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- I Was Born, But . . .,Ā Yasujiro Ozuās 1932 silent comedy, with a 2008 score by Donald Sosin
- New interview with film scholar David Bordwell
- New video essay on Ozuās use of humor by critic David Cairns
- Fragment ofĀ A Straightforward Boy,Ā a 1929 silent film by Ozu
- PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
New cover by Tatsuro Kiuchi
