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.
3.38 - KILL LIST (2011) and Ritual Punishment
3.37 - DOWN TERRACE (2009) and Family
3.36 - THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) and Decadence
3.35 - AUSTRALIA (2008) and Epic
3.34 - ROMEO + JULIET and Playfulness
3.33 - STRICTLY BALLROOM and Convention
3.32 - THE BEGUILED (2017) and Gendered Values
3.31 - MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006) and Anarchy
3.30 - LOST IN TRANSLATION and Benign Isolation
3.29 - THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and Teenage Memory
3.28 - THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE (1976) and Class
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3.27 - THE NEON DEMON and Beauty/Consumption
3.26 - DRIVE and Tension
3.25 - VALHALLA RISING and Answers
3.24 - PUSHER and Consumerism
3.23 - CHI-RAQ and Violence
3.22 - BAMBOOZLED (2000) & Satire
3.21 - DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) & Morality
3.20 - SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT (1986) & Choice
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