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Something Like a Filmography: Ran (1985)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Ran (1985)

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Something Like a Filmography: Kagemusha (1980)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, and then finds himself haunted … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Kagemusha (1980)

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Something Like a Filmography: Dersu Uzala (1975)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: THERE IS MAN AND BEAST AT NATURE’S MERCY. THERE IS AWE AND LOVE AND REVERENCE. AND THERE IS … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Dersu Uzala (1975)

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