This was my favorite set of movies so far. I was a huge fan of kurosawa. i liked almost everything about his movies. I would have liked them a little more if they were in english that way i could pay attention to the hidden detail instead of reading subtitles, but o well. I really liked the setting of Ran and the main character of Yojimbo. i hope he combined the two at some point in his carreer. i found that his attention is due to the fact that he was some what of a samuri. He devoted each day of his life to perfecting his art and everything else he did trying to be the best at it. that in my opinion is the ultimate code of the samuri. Another thing that interested me about this director is his use of the same actors over and over. i found this to be odd because the normal hollywood director uses the same actor maybe three times, excluding sequals, through out their carreer. i think that this is a testamony to the work and respect japanesse actors had for Kurosawa, that they would work for him that many times.
I have decided that my ultimate Kurosawa movie has the passion of Murkami from Stray Dog, the comedy of Yojimbo and the epicness of Ran. i think that my best bet for that kind of movie is Seven Samuri, hence why i have decided to do it for my essay on tuesday. I don't know much about it only that it is extremely long, though i have to say my expectations are very high i feel like it will meet them without a problem. If the next directors are anything like Kurosawa in the sense of being awsome at what they do then the rest of this year will be great.
I have decided that my ultimate Kurosawa movie has the passion of Murkami from Stray Dog, the comedy of Yojimbo and the epicness of Ran. i think that my best bet for that kind of movie is Seven Samuri, hence why i have decided to do it for my essay on tuesday. I don't know much about it only that it is extremely long, though i have to say my expectations are very high i feel like it will meet them without a problem. If the next directors are anything like Kurosawa in the sense of being awsome at what they do then the rest of this year will be great.
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Mr. Heck, I also think that the combination of Sanjuro and the set of Ran would be something that would make for a great movie. I never really thought of him as a samurai, but now that you brought it up I agree completely. He is definetely a perfectionist and also his passion are things that samurai must value.
Matt-
Im surprised, really surprised, that you enjoyed his films. People are definitely proving me wrong in that I thought everyone disliked them. I would have to say that if the movie was in English, yes it would take away from the authenticity of the film, but it definitely would allow for us students to pay more attention to the art of the film, and what is actually going on in each scene. I think it'd be interesting if Klobs next year played one of them in English for the class just to see if they can take something more away from the film. Just a thought! -Laura
I'd be interested to know how you liked Seven Samurai. I agree that they're all really interesting flicks, though kurosawa is most def a better action film director than lame baseball movie director.
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