rashomon
first, not understood. there was an accident on the way. no,
the wind is the cause!
using the passage of silent time as the dialogue between the
characters.
with kurosawa, it's not so much an influence of silent films
as it is the understanding of silence. and the significance of action.
talkies were so fascinated with voice, it became all noise!
clint eastwood owes his existence to kurosawa's
understanding. curious name there too when you don't think about it.
the secret to the code of rashomon. everything bad is
forgotten. everything good is remembered. everything forgotten is remembered as
good.
but what is no recollection?
how great is it when she begins to laugh maniacally? you go
girl!
is rashomon actually a radically feminist film?
as a sidenote, well aware of the vagaries of all
translations, i'm always suspect of the accuracy of subtitles in foreign films.
when her laughter stops, it gets real.
the dream is driven by fear and not anything else.
maybe the best interpretation of a swordfight ever!
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of
passionate intensity.
Surely some
revelation is at hand"
is the bystander really innocent?
aka. the witness.
"i don't want this place to be hell"
kurosawa must have been like an adult among children who
thought they were adults
ah, now comes the pearl of the story!
god i love seeing long unafraid silence in a movie as if the
director is so confident in one's inspiration, we can't wait. but we must.
now comes the monk's story. hmmm.
so. the entire story is that of the monk. very interesting.
and so. either completely true or false. your call.
the ending which appears to be a beginning?
great movie deserving of reputation. nothing is revealed.
side note, interesting that some of the tics of mifune character appear in
yojimbo
end rashomon. or is it?
it's all about what you believe. which is why
ultimately it's all about having no belief about belief.
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