Articles tagged "tatsuya nakadai"

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High and Low

by Zeth Lundy

[22.Aug.08] :. 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.

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High and Low: Film Forum Presents: Nakadai

by Michael Buening

[27.Jun.08] :. New York’s Film Forum offers an ambitious and inspired film series this summer, dedicated to the films of Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. The series is as entertaining, provocative, and intricate as its subject.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 4: Challenging Convention

by PopMatters Staff

[21.Jun.07] :. As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 
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Ran (1985/2000)

by Michael Abernethy

Kurosawa achieves an almost perfect fusion of storyteller and painter.

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