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Saw this in Black And White


... And its great. The story's the same, obviously, but the mood is, I must admit, darker. I felt like the whole ambivalence of the lack of color, so to speak, elevated the performances all around, amplifying the ambiguity in those characters.

If you ever have a chance of seeing this film in B&W, do try it out. Its a great endeavour, and allows the film to connect better with Yojimbo and Sanjuro, too.

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Very interesting. I just purchased this film the other day and plan on watching it soon. I'll see if there is a way to change my TV from color to black and white.

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I tend to watch samurai movies in black & white as well. It's silly but I like pretend that they too came from the golden days of jidai-geki and chambara.

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