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Kurosawa doing film noir?

posted 17 years ago by AlanSquier
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I hadn't known bout this one, but film noir by Kurosawa? That's all I need to know to go hunting for it.

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[–] Suzume-san 17 years ago

Yes, you could say that. Where are you, Alan? If you're in Region 2, there's a nice BFI edition, if you're in the US you'll have to wait for Criterion to get to it.

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[–] AlanSquier 17 years ago

I'm in the U.S., pal, so I'll just hafta be patient and wait for Criterion.

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[–] Jimadagga 17 years ago

Or check your local library for a copy on VHS. My library has such a copy randomly.

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[–] Jimadagga 17 years ago

I actually haven't picked it up yet.

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[–] Mlle_S 16 years ago

I was just about to mention this! It's definitely a noir-ish film, much of a thriller than Drunken Angel. I think The Bad Sleep Well is another one of Kurosawa's under-appreciated films.

[–] deanowest 16 years ago

kurosawa's high and low is film noir too. its on criterion

[–] TheKGun 16 years ago

High Low, is one of my top 5 noir films. All I ever watch is noir, french gangster & some nouvelle vague. Hitchcock/Melville/Goddard/Wilder

[–] timmy_501 15 years ago

Definitely not as much so as The Bad Sleep Well, Stray Dog, or even High and Low. Not every film with a criminal is a noir though.

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[–] oldmotem 15 years ago

Just what I thought. It is / was on IFC last night and possibly during the month. I dvr'ed it. I had the same impressions as others, I think. A very NOT OLD Mifune. And mos def NEW-R. That's noir for most people.

I have seen high and low. This strikes me as more noir than that one. Have not seen the others mentioned. This one's shot more darkly and starkly than High and Low. It just looks more noir.

Non-Samurai. Nice. Not dissing those either. Seppuku was one of the best films of all. Talk about a horror story. You can't think up stories that horrid if you're not Japanese!

[–] franzkabuki 12 years ago

Actually, with the likes of Drunken Angel, Stray Dog and High And Low under his belt, Kurosawa looks like one of the very best film noir directors. Up there with Robert Siodmak and Fritz Lang as far as I´m concerned.

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[–] ibbi 10 years ago

I'd say Stray Dog is even more in that kind of territory, and certainly the better one between the two.

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