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| quote: | Originally posted by djhaziel
What are you talking about he is the most respected and well known Japanese director that ever lived not only by his people but also by winning international awards like Palme D'or at the Cannes Film Festival for Kagemusha |
Oh, thanks for the reminder. Hype equals quality, how could I forget that.
| quote: | Originally posted by djhaziel
and what you said about stereotypes is absurd he was more into portraying the Japanese culture ( which is beautiful) into films , in the movies that he made you will see the inclusion of many elements like the Kabuki and Noh theaters which i am a very big fan of , giving it always a philosophical and psychological touch to it . |
Exactly - the reason why Kurosawa was so famous is because he gave foreigners precisely what they wanted! That's how non-Westerners get attention abroad, there's nothing new (or even praiseworthy) about it. Even in Japanese animation, Spirited Away was the first anime to win an Oscar - do you really think it's got anything to do with the quality of the animation itself? It was so Japper-than-thou I think I shat tofu for months after that! I could rant about this for hours, because this is far from being restricted to Japan. And it really saddens me (as you can see), because there's loads of good stuff beneath this grotesquely cheesy stuff.
Now back to Kurosawa: Rashomon is pathetic (where did he get those actors, for Christ's sake!?), and it struck me as outrageous because Akutagawa is so talented a writer, it felt like an insult to his work (if you speak Japanese, I strongly recommend the original version of his short stories: I usually read "The Spider's Thread" to my students, and I've seen some of them cry because of the depth of his message).
*dodges punch and hands you a copy of "After Life"*
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