Comments on: Composition and Mood: A Scene from Ikiru

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:56:08 +0000

Joe, I think that “Ikiru” is every bit the movie as “Ran” and “High and Low”, and I’m sure you’ll love it.

“Rules of the Game” is fabulous, isn’t it? You can watch it time and again and still see new things.

By: campanella.joseph

campanella.joseph — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:57:08 +0000

Rick-

Last week I read a post about Renoir, and subsequently queued up 5 of his movies. One being, THE RULES OF THE GAME, which I watched and loved!

Now, I have to get IKIRU asap. It is one of those classic Kurosawa films that I never got around to. I adore RAN and HIGH AND LOW, along with all the other classics. If this is half as good as those (and it looks like it is based on your shot analysis) I can add it to my list of Criterion Collection’s on my shelf.

Great post by the way. I love this.

By: Cinexcellence

Cinexcellence — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:54:16 +0000

The main thing that I noticed was the scene from Ikiru at the beginning when the women are trying to get through all the endless paperwork. Parallel that in Brazil when the main character is trying to find the woman.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:41:13 +0000

And Striderdemme: I never noticed the similarities before. Gonna have to watch Brazil again. Unfortunately, all I’ve seen is the butchered theatrical release.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:37:15 +0000

Thanks, Ib … Kurosawa was a fabulous director. And Shimura — I’m always amazed that this is the same guy who plays Kambei in Seven Samurai just a year later. What an actor!

By: Cinexcellence

Cinexcellence — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:27:44 +0000

I’m curious what Brazil would be like if it hadn’t been for Ikiru. Some strong influences there.

By: Ibetolis

Ibetolis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:05:47 +0000

This is brilliant Rick, I had never thought of it that way.

The worse Watanabe’s discomfort the closer he gets to the camera, until that point at the end of your clip where his despair is filling up the majority of the shot.

I’ve always wondered why I’ve wanted to put my hands through the screen and give him a big hug at this point.

I so adore this film, as my banner will testify, thanks for shedding new light on it for me.