Rashomon Watching Notes

Erna 2022-04-22 07:01:08

If it weren't for the image of the gust of wind

On the stage of the theater, the characters wander

switch screen

Monologue (confession) to state the case

Cloud meets tense drums

Shadow of leaves flashing figure struggling solemn face

The fast-moving footage also has a real substitution of wobbles

Medium shot of two people chasing after the shaking shot

Fierce women are cruel

absent questioner

The slain who is always silent in the secondary narrative (because he always exists in other people's stories)

Motif narrative: wife kills husband, robber kills husband

Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Opposition to Narrative, Against Structured Narrative, Against Authentic Language

Is it true what the dead husband said?

The wind rises, the soul rises.

hideous soul

Forgive who? Are robbers pure evil? What is the wife? What is a husband?

big still sweat

(self-confessed narrative

Abandoned woman's self-narrative --

So the self-narration of the two men is nothing but an attempt to restore their dignity

As a result, sin will come to everyone, and no one can be blamed.

And the tall, determined woman ended it all.

The noble and fierce fight ended in a clumsy farce.

The funny thing is that this narrative is also dispelled. Great.

The last story is the saddest

Looking down at the long shot - ironic; looking up at the close up shot - sincerity

What do you think is true? What do you think is good? Do you think you are upholding justice? Do you think your soul is saved? Do you think the eyes of compassion can really light up the world?

But what do you think, how much do you think you think?

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Extended Reading
  • Pearlie 2022-03-23 09:01:39

    (9/10) The essence of this film is concentrated in the second half, but without the foreshadowing of the first half, this work cannot become a classic. The film version is actually a combination of two short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest". The two original works are both gloomy endings of despair of human nature, but Akira Kurosawa added a woodcutter. The end of the adoption scene is a symbol of hope for humanity.

  • Gayle 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Don't treat her like this, they are not men, they can't help crying because they are weak, the rain outside Rasho's door has been falling, and it is still today. We are all in it, self-righteous, in fact not so much lying to others, it is better to say that we are all lying to ourselves

Rashomon quotes

  • Priest: Dead men tell no lies.

  • Commoner: We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It's easier that way.