tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post5705443232490986644..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: Warm Water Under a Red BridgeNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-80983031614103994012009-08-13T21:48:30.098+01:002009-08-13T21:48:30.098+01:00Thanks for the comments, guys.
I can kind of see ...Thanks for the comments, guys.<br /><br />I can kind of see why Imamura has earned the anthropology/entomology label, but that kind of categorisation smacks of <i>Sight & Sound</i> style film writing. And it's also a bit short sighted to suggest that a director with a scientific or philosophical bent can't also be a visual stylist. As austere as Ingmar Bergman or Andrei Tarkovsky are, both have created genuinely iconic cinematic images. <br /><br />I must confess that 'Warm Water' is the only Imamura film I've felt completely at home with, certainly in terms of writing about it for the blog. I think I need to live with his other work for a bit longer before I get enough of a handle on it to feature it on The Agitation of the Mind. It helps that 'Warm Water' is perhaps his most "playful" film, plus I'm just a sucker for the visual beauty of it ... hence the sequence of screenshots I've posted as a sequel to the article.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-9979768920688064042009-08-13T13:57:05.114+01:002009-08-13T13:57:05.114+01:00Very nice. I often find Imamura's work diffic...Very nice. I often find Imamura's work difficult to talk about, but Neil, you have seemed really to key in to his work. My hat's off to you, sir. Keep up the great work.Hans A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11328243469224993459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-31339209194248522632009-08-13T04:46:58.103+01:002009-08-13T04:46:58.103+01:00It surprises me to see an Imamura film described a...It surprises me to see an Imamura film described as poetry after reading all about how he's the arch-anthropologist (or entomologist) of Japanese cinema, but I've seen enough of his stuff by now to believe your claim. I haven't seen anything from him later than <i>Ballad of Narayama</i> and I definitely want to see his late films and his documentaries. Thanks for recommending this one.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com