it's hard to pick a favorite Mifune performance, but I think he was really good in Yojimbo
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 December 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
Throne of Blood for me
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 December 2019 05:09 (four years ago) link
saw Red Beard for the first time and thought it was fantastic, such a humane story and memorable Toshirô Mifune role
it has been really interesting to watch Kurosawa’s films in order and see the evolution of Mifune’s performances
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:47 (four years ago) link
Dodes’ka-den is not the most interesting of Kurosawa’s films narratively, but its style is fascinating. It feels like a real break from his previous work
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
it was his first color film, with brightly painted surfaces reminiscent of Red Desert. Also it had his first use of zoom lenses and cycloramas
― Dan S, Friday, 17 January 2020 01:43 (four years ago) link
the stylization of it kind of overwhelmed his previous social realism
― Dan S, Friday, 17 January 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
Dersu Uzala is another really great Kurosawa film.
Gary Arnold in the WP in 1978 had a very dismissive review of it as “a pastoral epic about the inherent superiority of a man who lives alone and in harmony with nature” which “reflects a decline in dramatic power and a doting, futile taste in sentimental hero-worship.”
I don’t think that describes it at all. The kindness of it reminds me of Red Beard, and it has a lot to say about our current disrespect for other people and our disregard for the environment.
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 00:38 (four years ago) link
Takashi Shimura's role as the lead samurai in SEVEN SAMURAI is a beautiful work of art
― budo jeru, Saturday, 2 December 2023 19:53 (nine months ago) link
huh, who knew we even had a separate film board. well, at least i don't have to worry about anyone responding to my post
― budo jeru, Saturday, 2 December 2023 19:54 (nine months ago) link
Ha, it’s cursed, like one of those storefront locations that Jerry Seinfeld once referred to as “a black hole of retail.”
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 December 2023 23:36 (nine months ago) link