Jeeez, you'd think after all of the thought that went into the making of this movie, that the film making team would have taken much more time and put much more thought into making all that movie blood look a bit more realistic, rather than like magenta house paint!
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Lol. By that logic Picasso to you is flawed cause his paintings aren't realistic ?
shareAnswer: Mmm, nope not really.
Comparing the lack of realism in Picasso's much more intentionally abstract works of art, which were never intended to mirror life, is not akin to disparaging the lack of realism of "movie blood". They two are not directly analogous.
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They aren't directly analogous but the concept is the same. There are paintings that strive for realism and others that don't. That applies to films and all kinds of art.
The scene you focused on, it's blatantly obvious the director didn't aim for realism. It's Kurosawa, someone known for being absolutely obsessed with details but even without that knowledge, just on its own the amount of blood is a clear hyperbole.
So it was clearly intended and not lack of thought or time as you initially said. Beyond that, whether you like it or not, that's subjective. I can see how it could put someone off but for me personally it fit well. By that time I absolutely hated that character and that swift and extravagant killing felt satisfactory.
It probably helps being accustomed to it as I had seen similar scenes in previous Kurosawa films.
There was so much blood-letting in this film, that one could not help but notice how much it / the movie-"blood, looked like magenta house-paint, LOL
Seemed like an ornamental over-sight to me.
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For me, it was clearly intentional and not an oversight. You don't have to share my opinion though, if that's what you believe it's cool.
shareAgreed! Thank you :) I think fake-looking movie "blood" is really one of my true film gaffe, pet peeves. The others are: Dirty costuming, Bad tailoring to name but two. There are many others.
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I like it. Kurosawa and Tarantino have used it frequently and they are two of my favorites filmmakers.
shareI could do without all the blood-letting in their films. Too much violence, and splatter-gore, feels gratuitous to me, and always has. For some peculiar reason, the blood in Scorsese's films has never bothered me as much. For example, I adored "Goodfellas" and I still do.
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Depends on which copy you own of the film.
All DVDs and old Blu-rays have a terrible pinkish color timing.
The new 4k restoration is a bit more grey, blue and turquoise.
I just saw this lovely film, fully restored, in 4K. I saw it in a cinema with a great projection system. The movie "blood" looked like magenta house paint. I swear. Put me off, a bit.
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Film coloring back then was not what it is today. It was a very fine balance, and it took a lot of work beforehand to make sure that the colors of all the materials on screen would be harmonized and compensated for any film processing later.
The color of the fake blood was probably chosen as to keep with the vibrant color scheme of the film, so that it would show up on film better, instead of using the usual gooey corn syrup stuff. It also seemed to be more watery, so it could "spray" better.
A lot of people have never actually seen large amounts of blood outside the human body. It actually turns bright red because of its exposure to the atmosphere. And it is quite opaque too, in sufficient amounts.
I recall reading that Kurosawa wanted the blood to be bright resembling the artwork from the time.
shareIt's a stylistic choice. The whole film is full of unrealistic bursts of vibrant colour. The viewer knows that all the death and blood in the film isn't real, so why not make the blood vividly bright red? On a visual level, it looks incredible.
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