PREVIEW - #496 - An Autumn Afternoon

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PREVIEW - #496 - An Autumn Afternoon

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We're in a contemplative mood on this episode, and there's no filmmaker better suited for such a mood than Yasujirō Ozu. We discuss his final film, AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962), and how Ozu's seemingly narrow thematic and stylistic palette encompasses so much of the human condition.

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