week of Nov 11

1950s world cinema

A Tokyo Story, Yasijuro Ozu, Japan 1953

ESSAY DUE FRIDAY- comparing It’s a Wonderful Life and A Tokyo Story 

MLA

5 paragraphs

CITATIONS

Questions to think about 

1.  How did television change the landscape of film?  
2. How was the fear of communism and the unknown showcased in horror films?
3. What can we learn from Tokyo Story? 

Showing: 

• I Love Lucy, (pilot) (1951-1957)
• Tokyo Story, Yasijuro Ozu, Drama (1953) 

clip from Godzilla, Ishiro Honda, Drama/fantasy(1954) https://archive.org/details/01Godzilla_201811