In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa’s life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called
The Ocean Was Watching.
Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century’s greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. His
Rashomon—one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language—was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the world’s attention. Kurosawa’s films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of
Rashomon to the moral dedication of
Ikiru, from the naked violence of
Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of
Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of
Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of
Sanjuro.
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa’s life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called
The Ocean Was
The Ocean Was Watching.
Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century’s greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. His
Rashomon—one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language—was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the world’s attention. Kurosawa’s films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of
Rashomon to the moral dedication of
Ikiru, from the naked violence of
Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of
Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of
Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of
Sanjuro.
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa’s life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called
The Ocean Was
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Donald Richie (1924-2013) was the Arts Critic for The Japan Times.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 280 ● ISBN 9780520341784 ● Dimensione 29.2 MB ● Casa editrice University of California Press ● Pubblicato 2023 ● Edizione 3 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9229859 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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