Tokyo Story!

My Good News story today is to call your attention to a masterpiece from the past: "Tokyo Story," a movie made 68 years ago by the Japanese genius, Jasujirō Ozu.  I re-watched it last night and was reminded how timeless a work of art can be.

The story is not complicated.  An elderly couple visit their children who live far away.  We discover what their relationships have been when they were all younger and what they are today.  In simplistic but powerful language and actions the truth is revealed.

The way the film was made, a straightforward camera usually placed near the floor so that we look directly at the people sitting on tatami mats and often framed as a tight shot of someone's face, enhances this truth.

I saw "Tokyo Story" on a DVD from Netflix.  I recommend you give yourself a Good News gift and do the same.