Wednesday, October 20 2010
Kurosawa 101: Day Eight, 1963 - 1970
These three films by Kurosawa represent the end of one phase of his career and the beginning of another. High and Low is a police procedural that is regarded as one of his greatest films, while Red Beard represented the end of his so-called "Creative Period".
Thursday, October 14 2010
Wide-Screen, Big Ideas: The Wide-Screen Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
After eschewing innovations like color and wide-screen filmmaking, when Akira Kurosawa made the conversion to a wider screen, he did so by making six consecutive films in wide screen, with a degree of success that was as resounding as it was influential.
Friday, August 22 2008
High and Low
Criterion supersedes its 2002 edition of Kurosawa's 1963 suspense masterpiece with this two-disc set, replete with feature-length commentary, a making-of documentary, and interviews.
