Tokyo-ga

Wim Wenders
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I went to watch the documentary film, "Tokyo-ga", by Wim Wenders yesterday.
It made in 1983, but I could feel the diretor's respect to "Tokyo Story" and Ozu Yasujiro who was a famouse japanese movie director of "Tokyo story".
Tokyo Story is about a life of an old man who went to Tokyo from Kyoto to visit his son and daughter.
Tokyo-ga is started and ended in the same of way of Tokyo stroy. Director pursues Ozu Yasujiro's vestige. He found Ozu's tombstone in KitaKamakura. there is not his name but "無"(mu:), means emptiness, nothingness. Another example ; he copies the way of Ozu, uses 50mm standard lens and lower a camera like Ozu. But Wenders recognizes how ridiculous the coppied shot is.
Ozu' way to take a shot is just his own. It is the simplest and easiest way to take a shot but most difficult and complex to be understood. And in it we can realize the way is the best for the movie and get impressed.

After showing there was a GV section with Wim Wenders. HongJun Kim presided it. he is also a movie director and fan of Wim Wenders. When Wim Wenders come to Seoul in 1977, HongJun Kim was a student and met him. after 30 years they met again.
By the way I listened to Wim Wenders about Tokyo-ga. He still respects Ozu Yasujiro and his films.
GV is very good.
His first impression of Seoul was that Seoul is like a parking town. He said If takes Seoul to film, It will be that a person in the luxury car speaks over the cell phone, and find a parking lot. :)
And he was asked "what is cinema for you?".
Wim Wenders said, "Everything".
Immediately I applauded him for his answer. wow...He is a reallllly cinearste. I never forget his answer.

After GV, at the outside of the theater, I could get his autograph. I think asking autograph bother him a little(he had to go to the airport soon), but I can take the chance to talk to him even for a short while.
I was very happy yesterday. ^^