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Podcast: There's Sometimes a Buggy
Episode: Special Subject - Silent Proto-Noirvember with Ozu â WALK CHEERFULLY (1930), THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (1930) and DRAGNET GIRL (1933) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)
Description: For our Ozu Noir-vember Special Subject, we look at three silent films by YasujirĹ Ozu, Walk Cheerfully (1930), That Night's Wife (1930), and Dragnet Girl (1933), that not only bear a fascinating relationship to each other but also seemingly inaugurate the gangster film in Japan and anticipate (we argue) American film noir more closely even than French poetic realism, as well as the Nouvelle Vague. Join us as we marvel at Ozu's rapid evolution as a stylist and storyteller in the space of three years, and stick around to listen to our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment on Scorsese's Killers of the Flowe...