One thing that really stands out is the use of weather. Kurosawa did a great job of relating and playing the weather into the scenes of his films and certain parts.
For example: The wind was vicious in Yojimbo. Especially when both of the groups were in the middle of the street facing each other.
In Ran the clouds were a big factor. We might not have covered this aspect in class but the clouds could represent how peaceful it was before the three different groups started fighting. Because, you know, everybody thinks clouds are peaceful, unless they're tornado clouds, because those things are really scary.
But in conclusion, the weather plays a major role in all of the Kurosawa movies we watched and probably the others he made that we didn't see...
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Ya Dave I also noticed how much Kurosawa used wind in his movies, and when we talked about it in class. It really makes his scenes more dramatic and somehow gives them more realism. I also think if Kurosawa had used rain during all the fighting scenes it really would have been just crazy, which he wouldn't do because he can't control the rain.
yea i noticed the weather too and wrote about it. i think the wind is what all the films really had in common.
I don't like how you are already forming conclusions about Kurosawa's movies that you haven't seen. Maybe there isn't any weather at all, how would you know, you haven't seen them. I think your stereotyping him or something. I don't like people who stereotype. I did notice that the clouds were nice and fluffy at the beginning of Ran symbolizing fertility and what not, and by the end all the clouds were dark because everyone screwed the kingdom up. BRAVO!
"cause those things are really scary" ????? wow dave, i think i see some tornado clouds forming... go grab your blankie and hop in bed with your mom.
sorry about that. I really really liked the Yojimbo scene you alluded to, simply because of the way the two enemies enter the scene; from diagonals, and also how the scene is semetrical plus the wind factor emphasizes the fact that they are indeed samurai warrriors out under the elements still.
I didn't ever notice the clouds in that film. But looking back the film did seem to get cloudier(if that is a word) and cloudier throughout the entire film also setting to the mood or tone of the story. good observation for an idiot... just kidding but seriously
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