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k40r1 in akira_kurosawa

hmmm

Apr 19, 2006 22:45

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biomekanic April 20 2006, 04:15:50 UTC

Wait till you see Seven Samurai.

k40r1 April 20 2006, 07:00:41 UTC

oooo!!! i have seen it la!!! i absolutely adore toshiro mifune, now because of that movie!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD!!!!

seejaye April 20 2006, 04:33:55 UTC

My two all-time favorite films are Ikiru and Seven Samurai. I love Throne of Blood as well. There's also the landmark "multiple-flashback" film Rashomon as well as Yojimbo, the birth of the modern anti-hero in movies. Don't forget the crime thrillers Stray Dog and High and Low also.

k40r1 April 20 2006, 07:06:46 UTC

what i'm really dying to see is rhapsody in august.... *sigh! i've seen clips, and the photography is gorgeous! the man is a friggin genius with color.

goblue April 20 2006, 12:41:07 UTC

I know you mentioned that you're not really big on films that were adapted from theater, but if you like Kurosawa's use of color then you will find at least one thing to like about "Ran". I think it's one of the most vividly colored films I've ever seen.

; D k40r1 April 21 2006, 00:11:41 UTC

indeed it is! i actually thought ran was really nicely done; i guess my fear of the stage to screen transfer is that it'll look stagey.
...is that george kostanza???? *loves!!!!!!!!!

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fnordx April 20 2006, 06:50:26 UTC

If you have problems with things being adapted from theater to film, then I'd suggest you see "The Lower Depths (Donzoko)". It's based off the play of the same name, and I was highly impressed with it. But, more than most movies, it wasn't punched up with a lot of new locations and great sets, it was filmed with one set, and several different camera angles. Very powerful.

hmmm k40r1 April 20 2006, 07:05:09 UTC

thanks for the tip! definitely, my goal now is to see all kurosawa films lol. i am completely obsessed.

elmocho April 20 2006, 15:28:13 UTC

I found Throne of Blood to be so different from its source material in style that it felt like an almost completely different story-- and I majored in English and specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama!

Seven Samurai still ranks as the best on my list, probably followed by Ikiru as a close second.

k40r1 April 21 2006, 00:13:16 UTC

i watched the first part of throne of blood today (had to leave the rest because i's tired; i'd just got out of class). it is very different!!!! whoa!

hard_knox_life April 20 2006, 16:49:19 UTC

dont forget the seven of course as well as roshemon and yojimbo oh wait different director sorry but good none the less
*sorry need coffee*

?? k40r1 April 21 2006, 00:15:50 UTC

those are bothe kurosawa.... i haven't seen yojimbo yet, but i got rashomon... that one is a piece of work la--it's like observation of human character; not really for entertainment value, or something. very interesting; film as philosophy.