When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
After having begun the movie yesterday, I found it unbearable to finish it quickly. This is a quiet, meditative and intimate movie that captures the feeling of yearning that we all have to find a place and to escape the degradation that accompanies modern commercial society. The portrait of a bar hostess working in the Ginza district in Tokyo and forced to reflect uneasily on the pressures of modern life is unforgettable. This quiet aesthetic in move making, capturing a society in transtion, is compelling, and speaks to the deep uneasiness that I feel as well.
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