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[omaha_red]

I've got High and Low coming this weekend while we're on the topic of Kurosawa.

excellent again. have you seen "the bad sleep well"?

I haven't seen any non-period piece Kurosawa yet, except for Ikiru.

My scores look like this:

Seven Samurai: 10
Rashomon: 9.5
Ran: 9.5
Yojimbo: 9
Red Beard: 9
Sanjuro: 9
Ikiru: 8.5
Kagemusha: 7
Throne of Blood: 6.5

i'm pretty close with you there.. if you do want to try the more modern day kurosawa's..

stray dog
the bad sleep well
the quiet duel
dreams
drunken angel
red beard

are all fantastic and if you get into all the social and political and post war japan type stuff
they're full of that..

[lukethedrifter]

I'm in the middle of Dead Man right now. I just can't get in to most Jim Jarmusch films. His pacing always seems off, and the dialog is boring.

I loved Dead Man. I think the pacing is one of the reasons.

I've got Neil Young's soundtrack as well which is basically him noodling around on his guitar while watching the images.

[ghostrunner]

I'm in the middle of Dead Man right now. I just can't get in to most Jim Jarmusch films. His pacing always seems off, and the dialog is boring.

I loved Dead Man. I think the pacing is one of the reasons.

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I love Michael Wincott's (think that's the name) part in that. He's the gravelly voiced member of the posse who talks too much.

He got wasted in a lot of movies. I remember him being onone of the few bright spots in Costner's Robin Hood, playing Alan Rickman's sidekick. Apart from that he always got typecast as a bad guy, but he's a great character actor.

[The Third Man]

i'm pretty close with you there.. if you do want to try the more modern day kurosawa's..

stray dog
the bad sleep well
the quiet duel
dreams
drunken angel
red beard

are all fantastic and if you get into all the social and political and post war japan type stuff
they're full of that..

Bad Sleep Well is high on my list of stuff to watch, and I'll definitely get to the others at some point.

[cards2468]

I'll have to order Seven Samurai

On netflix almost everybody gave it 5 stars. The only low ratings were people POed that Netflix only sent them part 1 of the movie.

[omaha_red]

I'll have to order Seven Samurai

On netflix almost everybody gave it 5 stars. The only low ratings were people POed that Netflix only sent them part 1 of the movie.

it's funny.. it's "allegedly" his best.. but it's far from my favorites by him

[JL21]

I'll have to order Seven Samurai

On netflix almost everybody gave it 5 stars. The only low ratings were people POed that Netflix only sent them part 1 of the movie.

it's funny.. it's "allegedly" his best.. but it's far from my favorites by him

Agreed. It's really, really good, but hell- everything I've seen by him has been good.

If I were choosing five, I'd probably go:

-Ikiru
-Rashomon
-Yojimbo
-High and Low
-Throne of Blood

Fun fact: "Hidden Fortress" influenced "Star Wars" a bunch, and Lucas considered Toshiro Mifune for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobe.

[Richie Allen]

I'll have to order Seven Samurai

On netflix almost everybody gave it 5 stars. The only low ratings were people POed that Netflix only sent them part 1 of the movie.

it's funny.. it's "allegedly" his best.. but it's far from my favorites by him

Not being argumentative, just pointing out it's my favorite of his.

Third Man, I like your ratings but, for me, would have to give Yojimbo a point or more higher than Sanjuro. Perhaps Yojimbo 9.5 Sanjuro 8. I need to see Red Beard.

Rented four movies from the library yesterday. Powell and Pressburger's The Small Back Room. Film they made right after The Red Shoes. I'm about 25 minutes in and very interested. Tunes of Glory, a Ronald Neame film starring Alec Guinness and John Mills. The Friends of Eddie Coyle, from 1973, starring Robert Mitchem. And Pygmalion, the original My Fair Lady, starring Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard. Three Criterions and one Janus Essential Art House. Should be a nice weekend for movies.

[The Third Man]

Yer both crazy.

[JL21]

Don't get me wrong. I think it's an amazing movie. I just prefer those others more.