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The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) 8 September 09
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd-mine
I don’t know how many times I have seen this film. It is rich and poignant enough, yet there is more to see… in many scenese there is a deep focus, flattening the image and echoing Japanese woodcut styles.
And I never fail to be moved when Kyuzo and Kikuchiyo are shot by the bandit hidden in the hut.
- Title: The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- Writing credits: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
- Starring: Shimura Takashi, Toshiro Mifune (Kikuchiyo), Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Kato, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi (Kyuzo)
- Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai
- Year: 1954
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Imagine: John Lennon 1 September 09
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd-mine
Rewatching Andrew Solt’s documentary on Lennon. Forgotten how good it is.
- Title: Imagine: John Lennon
- Directed by: Andrew Solt
- Writing credits: Sam Egan and Andrew Solt
- Starring: The Beatles, of course
- Year: 7 October 1988
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Even Money 23 August 09
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd
- Title: Even Money
- Directed by: Mark Rydell
- Writing credits: Robert Tannen
- Starring: Kim Basinger, Kelsey Grammer, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Jay Mohr
- Year: 2008
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The Soloist 15 August 09
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd
A sober and touching movie. It could have easily gone south as an attempt at a socially redeeming entertainment film, but its intelligence and humility saved it, as well as the presence of Robert Downey Jr.
- Title: The Soloist
- Directed by: Joe Wright
- Writing credits: Susanna Grant (screenplay), Steve Lopez (book)
- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, and more
- Year: 2009
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