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Tokyo Story 1953
I bet I'll love this movie when I'm 60.
In the meantime, what struck me most is how it functions as a repudiation of the notion of cinema as an extension of theatre. Usually family melodramas like this are primarily showcases of screenwriting and acting. Even Sidney Lumet who injected a deep attention to camera work into action-less pictures still took a very theatrical approach to showing how the drama unfolds. Yet here all elements of storytelling not unique to…
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Our Hospitality 1923
It takes about half the movie for the central bit to be set up, but it's such an incredibly good bit.