I roam the whole universe from here. - Han-shan
Kon Ichikawa
(1915-2008)
Japanese Film Director
Doesn’t this desire for a happy ending show how unhappy they really are?
Ichikawa’s comment about audience reaction
to his film, Manin densha [The Crowded Streetcar], 1957
Posted by sam of the ten thousand things @ 12:29 PM
Labels: film, films to live by
We make a harvest of loneliness and desiring in the blank wasteland of the cosmos. - Jack Gilbert
1 comment:
hi sam
thanks for posting this. a friend also just recently emailed me about ichikawa's passing. i've only seen two of his films and those both were so extraordinary.
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