Posted by: Chris
Far too late to do a full recap, but briefly, Ikiru was the movie where you really felt Kurosawa full firing on all cylinders. Even more so than Rashomon. So sez me, anyway. More indelible images throughout...shots, compositions, performances that are hard to forget. Mifune may be Kurosawa's Kinski, but Shimura was, without a doubt, the Bruno S. of the canon, capable of deep, subtle, near-inaudible epiphanies (granted, the metaphor doesn't hold up perfectly, as Shimura was in more of Kurosawa's films than any other actor, including Mifune, and Bruno S. only acted in two films EVER. Still...).
Strap in, folks, Seven Samurai first thing tomorrow! Oh, and congratulations to Phineas, who won a copy of I Live in Fear, and Andrew, who won the Rashomon script book. Nice job, guys! You're ineligible to win any other nightly prizes, but you're still in the running for the Donald Richie book at the end of the festival. C'mon out, everybody! People really DO win at Stiff-Legged Film Festival dot com!
G'night! More soon!
1 comment:
Yes! Ikiru is the best! And Shimura is incredible. I love your idea for the Kurosawa Fest.
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