rudimentary, feels twice as long as it is, and obviously chopped to bits by the censors, but even at his earliest it’s so obvious that Kurosawa was just perfect at this whole blocking thing and had a real grasp on what he wanted his movies to look and sound like, wipe transitions and all. interesting as historic artifact more than anything else. Planning on doing Kurosawa run so watching the worst and saving the best
rudimentary, feels twice as long as it is, and obviously chopped to bits by the censors, but even at his earliest it’s so obvious that Kurosawa was just perfect at this whole blocking thing and had a real grasp on what he wanted his movies to look and sound like, wipe transitions and all. interesting as historic artifact more than anything else. Planning on doing Kurosawa run so watching the worst and saving the best