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Something Like a Filmography: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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: A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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Something Like a Filmography: The Lower Depths (1957)

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: Kurosawa transforms Maxim Gorky’s classic proletariat play The Lower Depths, remaining faithful to the original with its focus on the … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Lower Depths (1957)

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Something Like a Filmography: Throne Of Blood (1957)

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: A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Throne Of Blood (1957)

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Something Like a Filmography: I Live In Fear (1955)

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: Both the final film of this period in which Akira Kurosawa would directly wrestle with the demons of … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: I Live In Fear (1955)

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Something Like a Filmography: Seven Samurai (1954)

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: One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Seven Samurai (1954)

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Something Like a Filmography: Ikiru (1952)

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: One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Ikiru (1952)

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