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FLIX PIX (932): “THE 47 RONIN (of the Genroku Era)”
THE 47 RONIN (directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, 1941) **** (out of 5) . > This stately film is a widely celebrated, highly respected work of Japanese cinematic art, and I can certainly see why. . Though I did not find it … Continue reading
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Tagged 47 Ronin, arts, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, Genroku era, Harakiri, historical drama, ideas, Japan, Japanese cinema, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, loyalty, movies, opinion, reviews, ritual, sacrifice, tradition
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KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020
. SEPTEMBER 2020. Amid the global pandemic horror, the cinematic bounty overfloweth! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 Days, 47 Ronin, A Dry White Season, aboriginals, action, adventure, Alps, Alvarez Kelly, Ann Sheridan, Anya Taylor-Joy, apartheid, Australian cinema, Authur Laurents, Autumn de Wilde, Bill Nighy, British politics, Carey Mulligan, Cary Grant, Civil War, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, divorce, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Ed Oxenbould, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Emma., empowerment, endurance, equality, F.W. Murnau, families, farce, feminism, Fred Astaire, Fred Schepisi, Greek cinema, Harakiri, Henry James, High Heels, historical drama, history, Howard Hawks, humor, I Was a Male War Bride, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jane Austen, Japanese cinema, John Cleese, John Entwistle, Johnny Flynn, Julie Delpy, Kathleen Turner, Keith Moon, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kirsten Dunst, Laurence Olivier, Maiden, Man With the Gun, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Monty Python, music, musicals, mysteries, native populations, Nobel Prize, parody, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, performance, period pieces, Pete Townsend, Peter Cook, Peter Lawford, politics, racism, Richard Widmark, Robert J. Flaherty, Robert Mitchum, rock and roll, Roger Daltrey, romance, Royal Wedding, Sam Shepard, satire, silent films, Sofia Coppola, South Africa, south seas, Spanish cinema, Spencer Tracy, sports, survival, taboos, Tabu A Tale of the South Seas, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Kids Are Alright, The Last Hurrah, The Nightcomers, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Prize, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Virgin Suicides, The Who, thrillers, Tracy Edwards, tragedy, tribal rituals, Turn of the Screw, violence, Vivien Leigh, Volker Schlöndorff, Voyager, westerns, Whitbread Round the World Race, wildlife, William Holden, World War II, yacht racing, Yorgos Lanthimos
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FLIX PIX (47): “HARAKARI and the Fall of the Ronin”
HARAKIRI (directed by Masaki Kobayashi, 1962) ***** (out of 5) . > The first 5 -star classic I’ve seen in a quite a while, this black and white Japanese film deals with the fate of mercenary ronin-laid-off samurai warriors at war … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, criticism, drama, films, Harakiri, ideas, Japanese cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Masaki Kobayashi, movies, opinion, reviews, samurai
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KPK on the CINEMA (4): The Films of April 2012
. I saw the following 25 films in March of 2012. Here are my comments on the latest crop. (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in … Continue reading
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Tagged A Girl Cut in Two, Bertolt Brecht, Bully, Chalk, cinema, Color Me Kubrick, entertainment, Ferdinando and Carolina, film criticism, films, Grbanvica The Land of My Dreams, Halle Berry, Harakiri, High Sierra, Hour of the Wolf, Humphrey Bogart, Ingmar Bergman, Into the Abyss, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, John le Carre, John Malkovich, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars von Trier, Lina Wertmüller, Living in Emergency, Louder Than a Bomb, Melancholia, Metropia, Miss Bala, movies, Mysteries of Lisbon, Netflix, opinion, Pedro Almodovar, reviews, Rod Serling, Stanley Kubrick, Submitted For Your Approval, Take Shelter, The 3Penny Opera, The Muppets, The Skin I Live In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tiny Furniture, Werner Herzog, Young Adult
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