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Rashomon (1951)
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Rashomon Iconic or what?
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"'Very Rashomon' ,or 'Rashomonlike' has become a shorthand movie term,of course...and it's not difficult to see why...the concept of the multi-perspective story, entered the mainstream cinema language...Some of the aspects of some of the story threads may seem arcane ,or incredibly corny,but that would be to critcise them completly out of context...drawn together by the three 'misfits' sheltering from the rain,the conclusion is incredibly contrived,but ,somehow,also, amazingly moving "
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“We are all witnesses.... We sh ...
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"Witnesses, the latest film by Vinko Bresan, has been compared to Rashomon. It is not the first film to draw comparisons to Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, but it is one of the few films for which the comparison is more than superficially apt. Set amidst the Serbo-Croatian conflict, Witnesses is a deeply affecting work that shines a harsh light upon the moral relativity which, though ever present in society, becomes even more ambiguous in times of war. Utilizing the fractured, non-chronological, overlapping storytelling which has unfortunately come dangerously close to becoming a cliché, Bresan utilizes Kurosawa’s revolutionary device of portraying an event from several different viewpoints. This has been done countless times since, and has become a calling card for directors as diverse as Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu and Quentin Tarantino, but for Bresan, it is a means to a different end. For the two aforementioned directors, the device is used primarily as ... "
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True Truth: The 24th Day
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"Pretty early in The 24th Day, it becomes apparent it was taken from a play, a dodgy proposition at best. Adhering to a key location, as plays often do, can be a successful approach, or it can crash and burn. Very slowly. It depends on the nature of the piece. The 24th Day has, essentially, two characters and it can be difficult to transfer a prolonged confrontation to the big screen. In a theater, we can see how they stand in relation to each other, our eyes instinctively find the face or physical dynamic that warrants our attention. In a film, the director chooses for us, deciding whether it's more important to see the expression of the man speaking or reacting. Tony Piccirillo, who wrote the play in question, and directed the film, has here carried it off. Scott Speedman (Tom) and James Marsden (Dan) hold our focus, without Piccirillo's shot manipulation feeling intrusive or neutral. Which, of course, is exactly the idea.Like Rashomon or 13 Conversations About One Thing, The 24th ... "
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Strange Flowers: Proteus
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"Proteus is an historical drama, shot directly on video in the style of many past PBS specials, more comparable in experience to theatre than film. In the wrong hands stiff and self-conscious, in the right ones understated and dynamic. Filmmakers John Greyson and Jack Lewis have found in actual records of incidents emerging from Robben Island, a penal colony of Cape Town, South Africa, intriguing metaphors (or barometers) for the politics of masculinity that suffused Amsterdam and South Africa in 1725. What makes Proteus ingenious, is how easily it applies to contemporary culture. Like To Kill a Mockingbird, it says more about the community than the accused. Informs by the questions it raises in the audience’s minds. Questions the characters never ask. A possible theme of Proteus might be grotesque consequences of the unspoken: particular acts that are untranslatable in Christian society. Professions of love that even the subtitles refuse to transmit in English.Proteus opens w ... "
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