“And then, at that moment, weirdly, the sun came out for a fraction, and it seemed to work perfectly with the mood of what was happening, so I left it in there… In this moment I was telling James not to cry, not to cry, not to cry, don’t cry. And he was really trying to hold it in. And I felt it would maybe have some bad repercussions for him later if I didn’t let him. So as I was ready, as I felt we had the shot, I said ‘All right, James, you can let it go now’ and that’s when he started crying, and that’s the moment we ended up using.” — Joe Wright, Atonement (2007) director’s commentary.
Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)





