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5 items from 2012
Review: Takeshis' (Personal Favorites #75)
18 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
What would happen if a director made a film about himself? And how would that film be affected if this director just happened to be a real multi-talented control freak? You don't need to look any further than Takeshis', Takeshi Kitano's (Hana-Bi, Kikujiro no Natsu, Achilles to Kame, Kantoku: Banzai!) ultimate cinematic experience where he finally takes the time to scrutinize his own self. The result is every bit as schizophrenic as you'd expect it to be.Takeshis' is a very difficult film to judge. A lot depends on how familiar you are with the work of Kitano (even outside the realm of cinema). Takeshi Kitano is a complex character, an ever-present force in the Japanese media who does everything from designing games to writing novels, »
Review: Hana-bi (Personal Favorites #90)
26 April 2012 1:09 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
If you haven't seen any Takeshi Kitano (Kikujiro no Natsu, Achilles to Kame, Kantoku: Banzai!) films yet, Hana-bi is probably one of the best starting points in the man's oeuvre. It's one of his more accessible films, but it still goes a long way in highlighting his various skills. While still very unique and different from Western cinema, there are enough elements to pull in people not quite familiar with Asian film making.Back in 1997 Hana-bi earned Kitano a Golden Lion (Venice International Film Festival). Even though he needed the help of Shinya Tsukamoto to convince the jury of Hana-bi's qualities, the film went on to become Kitano's big break-through in the West. A break-through that was already imminent when he released Sonatine a couple »
Daily Briefing. Bergman's Videos, Antonioni's Docs and More
6 April 2012 10:11 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Both the Directors' Fortnight (May 17 through 27) and Critics' Week (May 17 through 25) have presented the posters for their 2012 editions — here and here, respectively. Neither is quite as classy as the poster for the Cannes Film Festival itself (May 16 through 27), but each captures the spirit of its strand pretty well.
In the works. Ingmar Bergman left behind a VHS collection of more than 1500 titles, including works by the likes of Tarkovsky, Buñuel and Truffaut but also more popular fare such as The Blues Brothers, Jurassic Park and Ghostbusters. As Jorn Rossing Jensen reports at Cineuropa, film critics Hynek Pallas and Jane Magnusson and journalist Fatima Varhos "are currently finishing Bergman's Video, a 90-minute documentary (for theatrical) and a 6x60-minute television series which will offer 'a new insight into the genius of Bergman and portraits of great filmmakers of today.' With focus on six themes: fear, silence, comedy, death, adventure and »
Review: Kikujiro No Natsu (Personal Favorites #83)
8 February 2012 4:23 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
So far I've been ignoring the work of Takeshi Kitano (Achilles To Kame, Kantoku Banzai), but as I'm slowly revisiting my all-time favorite films there really is no way around Kitano's impressive body of work. So let us start with what is probably Kitano's most accessible film to date, Kikujiro no Natsu. A perfect cure for winter blues and the perfect entry film for people not acquainted with the signature style of Kitano.Kikujiro no Natsu follows all the praise Kitano received for Hana-bi, a film that won him the Golden Lion in Venice (helped by the support of Tsukamoto) and immediately launched his international career. Even though Kitano dabbled in different genres prior to releasing Hana-bi (A Scene At The Sea, Getting Any), to the »
Outrage
27 January 2012 9:01 AM, PST | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
Takeshi Kitano, aka “Beat” Takeshi, returns to the yakuza genre with Outrage, his fifteenth film. First known as a TV comic, Kitano has carved himself a space in the upper echelons of the art house film world, perhaps most notably with his 1997 Venice Golden Lion-winning Hana-bi (Fireworks). He’s made a variety of films, all with his patented humor and often with deadpan silence and his singular brand of flashy violence. »
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