Tag: Something Like a Filmography
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…