Our next film in Season 4 is 1931’s JIROKICHI THE RAT, the second in our chronological journey through a century of martial arts films. Sam’s a little luke-warm to start with, but is won round in the end — via discussions of cinematic archetypes, innovative camera techniques, and what it means to be a samurai.
Next Week The next film we take on is the directorial debut of an auteur we featured on the podcast last year, Akira Kurosawa: SANSHIRO SUGATA (1943). Watch it through the BFI Player/Amazon, here: www.amazon.co.uk/Sanshiro-Sugata-Denjiro-Okochi/dp/B07116L3MQ/ref=sr12?ie=UTF8&qid=1548627698&sr=8-2&keywords=sanshiro+sugata
This Week’s Media IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE (2016): Ti West, Ethan Hawke, Taissa Farmiga LES MISERABLES (2018): Tom Shankland, Adeel Akhtar, David Oyelowo
Recommendations RONIN (1998): John Frankenheimer, Robert De Niro, Jean Reno ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981): John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef RASHOMON (1950): Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969): George Roy Hill, Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Footnotes First, we should link to an explanation of so-called ‘tendency’ films, for which the director (Daisuke Itō) was famous at the time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendencyfilm. This is a good book on the various changes in Japanese cinema around the time that OROCHI and JIROKICHI THE RAT were made, and the cultural aftermath of these: books.google.co.uk/books/about/AHundredYearsofJapaneseFilm.html?id=s7-Gon5-a0C&rediresc=y. On the innovative use of camera movement in films, this is a good article: www.filmcomment.com/article/game-changers-camera-movement. Finally, this is an engaging piece about the idea of ‘the hero’s journey’, which Rob mentions this week (but which, actually, is a trope these films seem to undercut!): venngage.com/blog/heros-journey.
2.29 - HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART ONE (2010) & Friendship
2.28 - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (2009) & Desecration
2.27 - HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (2007) & Alternative Facts
2.26 - HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005) & Transition
2.25 - HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004) & Transformation
2.24 - HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002) & Purity
2.23 - HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (2001) & Introductions
2.22 - 2016 - Review Of The Year
2.21 - ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997) and Captivity
2.20 - ALIEN3 (1992) & Sacrifice
2.19 - ALIENS (1986) & Gender
2.18 - ALIEN (1979) & The Thriller
2.17 - EVIL DEAD (2013) & Supernatural Memes
2.16 - ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992) & Genre Mashup
2.15 - EVIL DEAD II (1987) & Comedy
2.14 - THE EVIL DEAD (1981) & The Unknown
2.13 - THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003) & Choice
2.12 - THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) & Free Will
2.11 - THE MATRIX (1999) & Spectacle
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