ive been watching old japanese movies from netflix. just finished watching “twenty-four eyes”, a 1953 film about a liberal teacher in japan in 1928 who watches her students grow up to suffer or be cannon fodder. it’s called 24 eyes because she has 12 students. also recently wacthed yasujiro ozus TOKYO STORY (brilliant!) and GOOD MORNING (less brilliant but also good). mainly, these old movies make me think about the vagaries of fortune, and how major reversals can occur. people int he movies who were doing great are often not doing well ina short span of time. this is probably not a good way to invest, expecting revresals of fortune…a nd perhaps money and returns on money are far less important in such circumstances. although in 24 eyes, there are lots of winners and losers too. one family prospers while another goes bankrupt, young kids are forced to work, while others do better. next up, ozu’s LATE SPRING. I expect this will also cause me to make poor investment decisions.
i am extremely pleased to live ina society where i can get vintage japanese movies sent to my home by netflix for really not all that much money. I feel wealthy just being able to get them for a few bucks. in the old days, how would i ever get to see such amovie.
