Sunday, August 31, 2014

The Munekata Sisters in The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Quotes of Ozu's The Munekata Sisters, in The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary.
Pages 99-100

THE FATHER
And the Moss Temple! The light made the moss even more splendid.
SETSUKO
And the camellia on the moss, too.

THE FATHER
Oh, did you notice? How beautiful it was! (Pause.) There are beautiful things in Old Japan. (Pause.) Insisting that it's all bad...I find that outrageous.   

SETSUKO,her face radiant  
Tell me, Mariko, why are the mountains of Kyoto violet?
MARIKO,mischeviously
It's true. They look like azuki bean paste. 
SETSUKO,smiling
It's such a lovely color.

SETSUKO
True novelty is that which does not grow old, despite the passage of time.

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