@avinashthamal
Today is the film’s actress Setsuko Hara’s birthday. She was born hundred years ago today. What better day to upload this wonderful video.
@thegeminidk
To the people talking about the pronunciation of vase, My grandpa says the difference between a vase and a "vahs" is about $50.
@erikforsell6605
My immediate reaction was that the moment she realizes that her father is asleep the cut goes to the vase (or a spece with innanimate objects) rather than back an forth between the two people, because she is no longer talking to her father, she is essentially talking out into the room. When she realizes she is alone, the smile goes away and she lets out her sadness. She was keeping up apperances for her dad.
@SMBBM92
"Lmao this vase shot is gonna mess with a bunch of people" - Ozu probably.
@Ardaaldemir
I thought the vase represents the “tradition” the same one that forces people to make decisions that they don’t want like that marriage. As she asks her father that question he was sleeping and the question stays in the air. Then, we cut to the vase. As if the vase, the “tradition” answers in his place, by just being there, motionless. So the girl’s face becomes bitter from the silent answer. I got that same sensation when in 2001: A Space Odyssey at the end the protagonist screams for help and then we cut to the red light of HAL that doesn’t answer anymore. No dialogue, no movement. That’s what I felt in this scene and i think each one of us can have a different feeling and meaning!
@classiclife7204
A pal in film school told me, "Kubrick is high school, Ozu is college."
@ellorakothare2827
"They're doing what neither of them want but what both feel the other needs and expects." Captures the root cause of so many instances of miscommunication.
@superarisu
A couple of thoughts: one I remember dimly from my Japanese film class in college is that Ozu liked graphical matches that silently suggest that one thing is like another. In that moment, the vase is Noriko: beautiful, silent, and alone. Another thought is that what you can see in the scene is not the whole of the story, because you can also hear Chishu Ryu's character snoring, which Noriko can also hear. This must also be poignant for her, because if she is getting married and leaving her home, she will not be able to listen to her father snore again like this, or find comfort in the sound.
@randomchestpain
I had to think of that "me crying in the shower - the shampoo bottles watching me" meme. The vase kind of becomes a character of the scene.
@ARock603
"Sh*t we lost the footage of Noriko, what should we do???" "Just film a vase"
@MrMysteryman00
When Ozu’s editor just messed up and is then praised as a genius.
@JustJunuh
There's something inherently evocative about cutting to a still shot of an environment, and I think people often miss one of the reasons why. Think back to the last time you had a serious conversation with somebody. Maybe it was at night, around a fire, or maybe it was on the couch in the day with no one else around. Either way, try and think back to where *your eyes were looking* during that conversation. I can guarantee you that your gaze was not fixed on the other person's eyes the entire conversation. Often times, when things get heavy, we break eye contact and stare at everything but others and ourselves. We break eye contact to release some intensity of the moment. When we do so, our minds begin to wander. We start to absorb what is being said and look at things that might ease that process of understanding. So when we see that cut to the vase, part of it is that we're seeing what she's *focusing* on. We're getting a peek into her mind. Her focus left her father, moved to the environment, and returned to herself.
@feelyourlines
Late Spring's closing scene and the swell of music with the water after it is my favourite ending of any film, I think
@movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS
I love this late stage of Nerwdriter. You've already used up all of the 'traditional' video essay topics, and now you wonderfully stroll around any niche idea you come across, and it's as wonderful a viewing experience ever.
@laranansi
nerdwriter adding the very same effect that they are dissecting at 6:40 is very... aah i love the videos on this channel
@brian-beeler
"For Ozu, marriage can be a kind of death..." For a man that was never married he sure had a great insight about it. =)
@HistoryDose
This channel is a gift. In the age of redundant clickbait and youtube algorithm-gaming, I'll always respect Nerdwriter's willingness to expose his audience to subjects he's truly interested in.
@joenorton2070
I'm a simpleton who had never heard of ozu or the vase until watching this video. I still watched the whole thing because I love your passion. I love the depth you expose in art and life itself. Thank you.
@vb2388
Floating Weeds by Ozu is probably my favourite Japanese film of all time.. There is an umbrella scene where the shot composition was absolutely phenomenal...it was a good listen with Roger Ebert’s commentary as well..
@sujalthapa8188