edwards drive-in

ugetsu, directed by kenji mizoguchi was made in black and white, 1953. it reminds me of the korean film spring, summer, fall, winter…and spring which came out in 2004. both movies seem to function as parables and in that they seem simple at first.

ugetsu is one of those movies that gets better and better the farther you get away from it. the music sounds japanese but it has a rhythm I’ve never heard in a japanese film. the camera is showing very traditional scenes at times but it’s always moving and low to the ground. the story alternates somewhere between reality and fantasy and somehow works precisely on that level. there is no way you could not describe this movie as a fable and yet when it’s over you feel like you’ve watched a story of real events that happened to real characters.