DVDPlanet seems to have confirmed that Yasujiro Ozu's materpiece, Tokyo Story, will soon be released in a nifty collector's edition from Criterion. Well, hot darn. I don't buy many DVDs these days, but this is a sure-fire must-have. Check out the specs:
2-Disc Set; New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; Audio commentary by Ozu-film scholar David Desser, editor of Ozu’s Tokyo Story; I Lived, But...: (1983) a two-hour documentary about the life and career of Ozu, featuring former assistant Shohei Imamura, critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, actors Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, and many more; Talking with Ozu: a 30-minute tribute to Yasujiro Ozu featuring reflections from directors Stanley Kwan, Aki Kurasmaki, Claire Denis, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Original theatrical trailer; New essay by David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema; New and improved English subtitle translation.
For more info, check out my friend Nick Wrigley's excellent Ozu site. And while you're at it visit Masters of Cinema, a new venture launched by Nick, Doug Cummings, Trond Trondsen, and Jan Bielawski.
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