The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'
David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, discusses some of the key themes and stylistic qualities that define Yasujiro Ozu's work and The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, in this interview for The Criterion Collection.
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