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The Truth Lies "At The Gate Of The Ghost"
29 April 2013 6:29 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
As long as films are going to be remade (as trends suggest that they will), you could actually do worse than Rashomon. While it's unlikely that any reinterpretation will ever dethrone Akira Kurosawa's classic, its themes are universal enough that they can bear reexamination. To its credit, At The Gate Of The Ghost never pretends to be anything but an updating, taking the original set-up and dramatizing with the benefit of what must be a better budget and the technical resources of the modern day. Even if it doesn't make the same impression, it's a suitably sturdy interpretation.
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- Anders Nelson
DVD Review: ‘Gate of Hell’ Gets Extra-Free Criterion Release
29 April 2013 6:28 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Beneath every honorable warrior is a cold-hearted opportunist hell-bent on dominating his victimized prey at all costs. That’s a theory indelibly illustrated by Teinosuke Kinugasa’s revered 1953 classic, “Gate of Hell,” a melodrama populated by such frustrating characters that it nearly loses the viewer’s interest before its admittedly splendid finale, when the tale takes on grand dimensions of Greek tragedy.
The real—and, regrettably, only—reason to seek out Criterion’s new release of this long-forgotten landmark is to marvel at the new digital master of a 2011 2K restoration that brought Kôhei Sugiyama’s vibrant color photography back to life. This was not only one of the first color pictures in Japanese cinema, but one of the first films to utilize color with the arresting vibrance of a truly painterly eye. The golds, reds and blues pop with such potency that they would’ve felt right at »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Blu-ray Review: ‘At the Gate of the Ghost’ Offers Fresh Take on ‘Rashômon’
17 April 2013 7:48 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Two short stories conceived by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa were brilliantly fused in Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 masterpiece, “Rashômon,” a picture destined to eternally rank alongside the all-time greatest films. Like “12 Angry Men,” it’s the sort of universally relevant morality play that can be adapted countless times and still retain its power in full.
Though “Rashômon” could be considered an amorality play, since it views a hideous crime from different perches, it’s the revelations that occur through the ever-shifting perspectives that allow the judges (and audience) to find enlightenment. M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul’s “At the Gate of the Ghost” is a deftly compelling version of the classic tale that evokes some of Kurosawa’s visual majesty in its painterly compositions, which achieve pristine splendor on this gorgeous Blu-ray release.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Instead of a priest, Dhewakul’s protagonist is a young monk (Mario Maurer, frozen in a state of solemn »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Trailers from Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on Akira Kurosawa Masterpiece 'Rashomon'
9 April 2013 8:00 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Akira Kurosawa Week is rolling right along at Trailers from Hell, with director Brian Trenchard-Smith introducing Kurosawa's 1950 masterpiece "Rashomon."Rasho-mon is the name of the gate to the city of Kyoto, the medieval setting of the film that brought director Akira Kurosawa to international recognition. Despite daily battles with his unsympathetic studio backers, he produced a worldwide hit that rejuvenated Japanese cinema on the world stage, although it was less appreciated domestically. The concept of the unreliable narrator as it relates to the real nature of truth was not appreciated by Kurosawa's peers, nor was his introduction of multi-camera coverage. »
- Trailers From Hell
‘Seven Samurai’ brings humanism to the action film
3 April 2013 12:22 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
1954, USA
Last Saturday marked the birthday of visionary director, Akira Kurosawa, on what would have been his 103rd birthday. For years, I have known the high regard reserved for Kurosawa but have never seen any one of his films all the way through. I vaguely remember falling asleep during Ran and Rashomon during my early teens. With so many films to choose from, I decided to watch Kurosawa’s winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival nominated for two Academy Awards, Seven Samurai (1954). The film is Kurosawa’s most popular in the West and has spawned dozens of remakes since its release.
This story of sixteenth century feudal Japan is deceptively simple: a poor farming village is terrorized by bandits who threaten to steal their entire crop and raze the village. The villagers »
- Katherine Springer
Fay Kanin obituary
1 April 2013 2:22 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Blacklisted screenwriter and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The screenwriter Fay Kanin, who has died aged 95, was the only female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in its 86-year history (apart from Bette Davis, who resigned after two months in 1941). She served as president from 1979 to 1983, for the maximum of four consecutive one-year terms. Kanin, who committed herself to the preservation of early Hollywood movies, was first elected president by a board consisting of 34 men and one woman.
"I'm a big feminist," she declared at the time that her play Goodbye, My Fancy opened on Broadway in 1948. "I've put into my play my feeling that women should never back away from life." The serious comedy, with Madeleine Carroll as a powerful congresswoman revisiting her alma mater to receive an honorary degree, ran for more than a year and was made into a 1951 film starring Joan Crawford. »
- Ronald Bergan
Fay Kanin obituary
1 April 2013 2:22 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Blacklisted screenwriter and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The screenwriter Fay Kanin, who has died aged 95, was the only female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in its 86-year history (apart from Bette Davis, who resigned after two months in 1941). She served as president from 1979 to 1983, for the maximum of four consecutive one-year terms. Kanin, who committed herself to the preservation of early Hollywood movies, was first elected president by a board consisting of 34 men and one woman.
"I'm a big feminist," she declared at the time that her play Goodbye, My Fancy opened on Broadway in 1948. "I've put into my play my feeling that women should never back away from life." The serious comedy, with Madeleine Carroll as a powerful congresswoman revisiting her alma mater to receive an honorary degree, ran for more than a year and was made into a 1951 film starring Joan Crawford. »
- Ronald Bergan
Seven Films To Watch and Celebrate Akira Kurosawa's Birthday On Hulu
22 March 2013 12:17 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Tomorrow, March 23, is Akira Kurosawa's birthday. The iconic and influential director would have been 103-years-old had he lived long enough to see it, but that isn't to say he hasn't left a lasting legacy keeping him alive in the hearts of cinephiles. To celebrate the occasion, Criterion and Hulu have made available 24 of Kurosawa's films on Hulu free of charge to nonsubscribers (with commercial interruptions, and only in the U.S.) through midnight Sunday, March 24 and it includes all the hits and then some. Now I haven't seen all of Kurosawa's films, but I would like to at least offer up some suggestions for those of you looking for a starting point, or just a diversion from all this Ncaa Basketball. 1.) Seven Samurai - The obvious starting point is Seven Samurai. It's the film most everyone immediately associates with Kurosawa even if it isn't necessarily one they consider his best or their favorite. »
- Brad Brevet
Akira Kurosawa Criterion Films Free to Watch on Hulu Until Sunday
22 March 2013 11:05 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Last month, Hulu made the entire Criterion Collection available for a few days, and now they're giving cinephiles another treat from the esteemed feature film collection. In case you didn't know, legendary director Akira Kurosawa's birthday is on March 23rd, and to celebrate the occasion, Hulu and Criterion have made all 24 of his films in the line-up available to watch for free from now until Sunday at midnight. This includes classics like Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Yojimbo along with his final film Madadayo. Sounds like the perfect opportunity for people to get acquainted with Kurosawa's filmography. Here's George Lucas talking about the influence Akira Kurosawa had on him from Hulu: All of the films total about 44 hours, so you can watch all of them if you're dedicated enough. Here's a list of the other Kurosawa films available for viewing: Drunken Angel, The Bad Sleep Well, The Hidden Fortress (which »
- Ethan Anderton
Watch: Alex Cox's 1999 Documentary 'Kurosawa: The Last Emperor' With Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Verhoeven & More
18 March 2013 8:25 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
When you're one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, your life is likely to be thoroughly documented by others, and that's certainly the case for Akira Kurosawa. The director behind "Seven Samurai," "Rashomon," "Ran" and many, many more seminal works has been boxed, written about, discussed at and more, all at length, but his work is so rich and influential, there is always more to discover. And for those looking for a bit of a film class to start of their week, you can perhaps spend your lunch hour on this. Alex Cox's 1999 documentary "Kurosawa: The Last Emperor" has surfaced online, and while it's brief at only 50-odd minutes or so, the participants are fairly heavyweight. Directors John Woo, Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Verhoeven are among those who share their thoughts on Kurosawa. The doc may not be comprehensive, but among the topics discussed are »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Your new Presidents' Day plan: watch the Criterion Collection on Hulu for free
15 February 2013 9:07 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Great news for cinephiles and wannabe cinephiles alike: From now until Feb. 18, every single one of the Criterion Collection’s streaming titles on Hulu is available to watch whether you’ve got a Hulu Plus account or not.
To clarify, this doesn’t mean that Criterion’s entire collection of some 910 films is streaming for free. But even if only a portion of that selection is available on Hulu, there are still tons of high-quality films to choose from — meaning that it’s fairly daunting even to figure out where to start. Thankfully, Criterion itself has a suggestion:
Wondering where to start? »
- Hillary Busis
Akira Kurosawa to Receive Writers Guild Award
29 January 2013 9:03 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) announced on Thursday that it is honoring Japanese filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Hideo Oguni with its Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
The Jean Renoir Award, which is the Wgaw’s lifetime achievement international screenwriting award, is given to international writers who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures through the years and who [have] made outstanding contributions to the profession of screenwriter.”
Kurosawa (1910-1998) directed more than 30 films and wrote or contributed to more than 70 titles, including many classic films such as Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, Ran, Red Beard, and High and Low.
Kikushima (1914-1989) contributed to more than 60 films and collaborated with Kurosawa on Stray Dog, Scandal, The Last Fortress, High and Low, Yojimbo, The Bad Sleep Well, and Red Beard. He also worked on Tora! Tora! Tora! with Oguni, and Willful Murder, the latter of »
- Vesna Sunrider
A Fistful of Ronin
24 January 2013 9:05 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
A lone warrior comes across a town held hostage by two competing gang leaders. He meets the keeper of a local inn who explains the situation and warns him to leave as soon as he can. Our rogue, a man with no name, decides instead to play the two sides against each other and make a quick buck. This description applies to two films released in the early sixties, the latter directly influenced (some would say stolen) by the former.
Written by: Ryozu Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1961
Written by Victor Andrés Catena, Jamie Comas Gil, Sergio Leone
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Italy 1964
Aside from the similarities of plot between these two films, the productions themselves bear a similarity with an iconic actor/director team. Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood and Akira Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune are names that are inescapably linked in the history of film. »
- Jonathan Marsellus
A Fistful of Ronin
24 January 2013 1:09 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
A lone warrior, a rogue, comes across a town held hostage by two competing gang leaders. He meets the keeper of a local inn who explains the situation and warns him to leave as soon as he can. Our rogue, a man with no name decides instead to play the two sides against each other to make a quick buck. This description applies to two films released in the early sixties, the latter directly influenced (some would say stolen) by the former.
Written by: Ryozu Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1961
Written by Victor Andrés Catena, Jamie Comas Gil, Sergio Leone
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Italy 1964
Aside from the similarities of plot between these two films, the productions themselves bear a similarity with an iconic actor/director team. Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood and Akira Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune are names that are inescapably »
- Jonathan Marsellus
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