Saturday, March 28, 2009

Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950)

I got this one, only because I wanted to get 'Seven Samurai' but it wasn't in. So I figured, why not see another Kurosawa film. 

I went into this one not knowing anything about it, or what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. It was a good story, and kept me watching and interested for the entire time. It was a beautifully filmed movie, surprising because it was in black and white. I definitely noticed the use of music to enhance the drama of the movie (probably because there wasn't a lot of dialogue in it). 

The interesting thing about this movie that I found out (okay...at least I thought it was interesting) is that there is now something called the Rashomon effect. (You can click on the link to find the Wikipedia entry...it explains better than I can.)

One word to describe Rashomon: Engaging.

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