Firstly, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Lexi and I am writer and an actress and hopefully a film student in the near future. Kurosawa's films for me have been the introduction to the art of cinema and Japanese culture in general and I am very much indebted to his work.

I am posting here because I just joined this comm not too long ago ( Read more... )

Akira Kurosawa died ten years ago today. Rest in peace, sensei.

thoughts on Criterion's Roshomon...
the Kazuo Miyagawa extra was interesting yet it was the only bonus feature (+ a Robert Altman introduction...)

I've been lurking about in this community for a while now and have been meaning to post. A few items in my Christmas haul prompted me to do so, because now I'm excited. Apparently, my family really does pick up on things in which I'm interested ( Read more... )

Lena Hades A PORTAIT OF FIODOR DOSTOEVSKY
(1999)
via russian_art


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I haven't picked it up yet, but I'm DROOLING over the images posted in this review

A couple samples:

Here's a shot from the old Criterion release:


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good morning to all the communitees =)
not solong ago i've watched Ran.. and admired Tsurumaru. Takeshi Mansai was only 18 playing this... can you beleive?
i've searched for screenshots with him,but i couldn't find...
maybe you know some galleries with at least screenshots from Ran? my dream is to find photos from shooting area...

thankyou...

http://www.ryuganji.net/news/index.php?entry=entry060712-215606

Rashomon just started on the IFC.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0042876/
http://www.ifctv.com/

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• New cover artwork
  
• All-new restored, high-definition digital transfer
  
• Commentary by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Donald Richie and more
  
• Commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
  
• 50-minute making-of documentary, "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful To Create"
  
• Two-hour conversation between Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima
  
• New ( Read more... )