Akira Kurosawa is awesome!

Lyla 2022-04-20 09:01:41

huge! It's huge! Akira Kurosawa combines commercial films with art films very well, and the large scenes and scenes satisfy visual stimulation and bring commercial elements; the script of "King Lear", one of Shakespeare's four major tragedies, has brought a strong sense to the film. Theatrical properties and the properties of artistic films. If Feng Junhao, who was concerned before, focuses on the nation, then Akira Kurosawa's films are undoubtedly world and human. This film explores a very simple question, which is what King Lear explores. "God, are you so cruel that you make humans cry? - God is crying too! Human beings are guilty of cannibalism!" I suddenly thought of my grandfather's birthday this year. When he said his wish, he only said one sentence: I want you to unite. At the time, I didn't think it was such an incredible wish, but looking at Chaos and King Lear, this wish is actually quite heavy! After talking about the topic, there are still many things worth discussing in this film. First of all, let’s talk about photography. It’s the first time I watched Akira Kurosawa’s color film. Wok, the picture is so beautiful and the colors are very comfortable. The storyboard, as such an old movie, is extremely comfortable, reasonable and coherent, like a textbook. Storyboard Design! Then when it comes to Fuhuadao, the high-saturation design of clothing is obviously separated from the environment. It is a good practice to strip the characters. Makeup when the protagonist is crazy, it is no different from the storyboard, and it really makes people crazy. It's shown, the props, and the setting has to be played. It costs a lot of money to burn it... Then when it comes to the scene scheduling, the extra actors invited in this scene are even more numerous, and the distance is also very large. How to arrange such a scene Many actors are a test of directing skills, and I have to admire Akira Kurosawa! Finally, I want to mention two characters. Apart from the lord and Saburo, the most impressive ones are Mrs. Feng and Heijin. Mrs. Feng is determined to avenge the family, and she has a lot of means. Dalang drove away the old master, and then after Dalang died, he used beauty and means to successfully confuse Erlang and directly cause the city to collapse. All these means are ultimately for revenge. Then there is Heijin. Heijin is a character with both loyalty and righteousness. Because of his loyalty, he assisted Erlang to kill Dalang with a cold shot. Because of righteousness, he did not want to listen to Mrs. Feng to kill Mrs. Erlang. In the social environment at that time, Heijin was He is a very capable courtier, and the same is true of the old master's counselor. In the end, Hei Jin still said something similar to Erlang that I will never give up... All in all, Chaos is an awesome movie! A master is a master!

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  • Carolyne 2021-11-20 08:01:41

    [78%] Kurosawa Akira’s color use textbook, Zhang Yimou’s "The Great Wall" did not even learn the fur. The scheduling has reached the extreme, and the large and mid-range shots are particularly prominent, coupled with the typical sports shots, it is really shocking. It is also very interesting to insert close-ups of astronomical phenomena from time to time. The play is the framework of Shakespeare's "King Lear", which is very interesting: Kurosawa removed the part of the story that was too drama in the beginning, rationalized the cause of the story, but added more drama in the ending. I like the setting of the characters like Madam Mo's younger brother and Madam Feng, but for other parts, there is not much resonance. However, for such a work, the play may not be so important.

  • Tressie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    ! Edited to blow up. Compared with the two-line structure of King Lear, it is not simpler, and after the concentration, more Shakespeare emotions are put into it. The hesitation caused by the killer's order, the peculiar melancholy among men, the ecstasy brought by power, and the ambiguity of the public and private fields, Shakespeare's plays constantly test the confusion and tragedy brought about by this ambiguity. The role of women is politicized rather than dwarfed, and the vision of a wife as a courtier has both the East and the West. The two women are like two paths. The contrast of colors in the natural environment and the integration of dreams, the blind and the lunatic have become Japanese symbols without abruptness, the Stoics are more open after enduring reason and replaced by Buddhism, the harlequin, the jester, the scourge, and the slave are both existing and growing... It is a very fitting Japanese strife and family hardship and chaos in the imagination. Shakespeare is so good, there will be a kind of sadness of the times after reading it. Good drama is the question, not the answer.

Ran quotes

  • Hidetora: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone.

    Jiro: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort.

    Hidetora: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.

  • Kyoami: Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you'll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard.