So now the Pulitzer Prize means nothing because of Janet Cooke and we're wishing Ebert were dead. I suppose many now would say the Nobel Prize means nothing because of Jimmy Carter. This is very illuminating discourse.
Don't put words in my mouth--I never said I wished Ebert was dead.
As far as the Nobel Peace prize, it was tainted by giving it to Kissinger for ending a war he helped to orchestrate. I admire Jimmy Carter, however.
Let's get this thread back to Kurosawa and away from Lightwizard's silly digressions. I saw KAGEMUSHA on tape last night and was again struck by what a strong film it is. Probably it would have been even better with Mifune playing the impersonator, but it is a very fine piece of work as it stands. The night battle and the concluding battle which wipes out the clan are among the best action sequences Kurosawa ever shot. I particularly admired the scene where the impersonator is thrown out of the castle--it has a Shakespearean quality, even more so than anything in RAN which is consciously modelled on KING LEAR.
I just saw Kurosawa's last film, MADADAYO. It is a small gem. Very touching. Apparently it was never released in the US but it is available on tape.
Saw IKIRU and SANJURO. IKIRU didn't live up to its billing as one of Kurosawa's greatest, but SANJURO was hugely enjoyable--a sort of sequal to YOJIMBO.
I guess I'm a ding bat, but did anybody mention that "Magnificent Seven" was inspired by Seven Samurai?
Maybe I should change my avatar to a picture of a ding bat---whatever that would look like....
No, Bluxx, so far as I know nobody mentioned that. You are not a ding bat. Welcome!
No, Bluxx, so far as I know nobody mentioned that. You are not a ding bat. Welcome!
