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Trees and Other Entanglements

I told him I wantedto study with him, and he said, "Well,it's gonna be difficult for a...

I told him I wanted
to study with him, and he said, "Well,
it's gonna be difficult for a foreigner to come over
here and study with me." So, um, I ended up
writing him a letter every month for about two years, asking him if I
could study with him

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I told him I wanted to study with him,
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and he said, "Well, it's gonna be difficult
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for a foreigner to come over here and study with me."
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So, um, I ended up writing him a letter
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every month for about two years,
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asking him if I could study with him.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:19
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Vermilion Films

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Movie Summary

Irene Taylor crafts a poetic meditation on nature, mortality, and the passage of time in her exploration of our symbiotic nexus with trees.
(reading Japanese) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:13
(reading Japanese)
You know, they think about the Karate Kid and Mr. Miyagi - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:08
You know, they think about the Karate Kid and Mr. Miyagi
Ryan: During that first meeting, he made one statement. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
Ryan: During that first meeting, he made one statement.
"It doesn't matter where you eat, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
"It doesn't matter where you eat,
It's just a matter of whether you show up the next day." - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:08
It's just a matter of whether you show up the next day....
We get maybe one day off a month, maybe two. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
We get maybe one day off a month, maybe two.
So... I-I don't really have any place to go. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
So... I-I don't really have any place to go.
The first three months, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
The first three months,
It sucked. It was terrible. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
It sucked. It was terrible.
So much of my apprenticeship, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:10
So much of my apprenticeship,
Not many people are willing to be that nasty. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
Not many people are willing to be that nasty.
(inaudible) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:10
(inaudible)
For six years, the dialogue about me was, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:08
For six years, the dialogue about me was,
You don't have it. This is a Japanese art form." - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:09
You don't have it. This is a Japanese art form."
But with Mr. Kimura, it mattered to me - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
But with Mr. Kimura, it mattered to me
And towards the end of my apprenticeship, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
And towards the end of my apprenticeship,
I was doing all of the work in the garden. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
I was doing all of the work in the garden.
When I went back three months later, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
When I went back three months later,
Irene: Did you ever see trees as art? - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
Irene: Did you ever see trees as art?
I wouldn't say so. No. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
I wouldn't say so. No.