"Careful Stick"

Elinore 2022-04-19 08:01:03

The simpler the picture, the better, with a neat and tidy aesthetic.

The dull picture should be covered with music immediately, and the uplifting music should overshadow the dull picture, so that the guest will be the host.

In order to show the height of the samurai in the camera, the shopkeepers had to choose crooked actors.

When the confrontation between the two sides cannot stand, a third-party inspection intervenes to save the plot.

I love the weird music that runs throughout, a tune with countless variations of tempo and instrumentation with the plot.

The dancer appeared, a strange and magical scene. Add a song and dance, the dancers should be ugly and weird, accompanied by percussion, impressive.

The two do not have to quarrel, I named it Hitchcock-style simplicity.

The entire movie scene is confined to a small town.

The most anticipated war is coming, but the two sides have made peace. This is a big ups and downs.

The base camp of the tavern is cleverly designed, because everyone comes.

Before the coach escapes, the audience's expectations of this person must be raised, and it will be exciting when there are ups and downs.

There are lights and shadows, and the picture is three-dimensional and uneven.

Slash and get the killer gangster playing dead to their feet, revealing shitty tattoos: realism. Add a little interesting detail when it should most be skipped.

The characters and even the images of the two younger brothers should be diametrically opposed, and they should not be homogenized, so they can have layers.

"The first half is, and the second half is changed by Unosuke": the bright line and the dark line, do not insult the audience's IQ.

Hot Hands Destroying Flowers and Sad Music: On the Magical Uses of Beauty.

Unosuke holding a musket: a symbol of the new age of gunpowder, a new era of gloom and danger. The last blind eye represents the blindness of the new era. The confrontation between the old and the new, the dialogue is worth pondering. "I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of hell." "This guy will die."

The mourning drum also represents the end of the samurai spirit.

Finally, the revenge beheading of the minor characters in the supporting role: rich characters, rich layers.

Set up a small character, echo the beginning and the end, and deepen the audience's impression.

study notes:

Master Kurosawa told us vividly with the film "The Stick of Heart": even a purely entertainment film, as long as it is polished with heart, can be praised after half a century.

In today's pursuit of "short and smooth", this kind of ingenuity is really commendable.

The sun was shining outside the window, but the movie brought me into the black-and-white viewing of samurai. The time-space switching was very strange.

Lighting, scheduling and composition are exquisite, and almost all lenses are vertical camera positions without bevels, creating a wide-open and large-scale aesthetic that is simplified and simplified.

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Extended Reading
  • Branson 2022-04-23 07:02:04

    The very characteristic rhythm successfully attracted my attention, and my eyes stretched forward along with the male protagonist. The sloppy and poor warrior, his witty and concise self-introduction gradually broadened his image. He was not very impressed but impressed. The actor's light-hearted performance mixed with a little self-deprecating performance made this plot icing on the cake. The male protagonist's temperament and wisdom can be seen in his exchanges and mediation with various small and big people. The appearance of the pistol man has changed the male protagonist's plan, and the plot's excitement has reached a new level. The unexpected challenge is the seasoning and the catalyst to further shape the image and character of each relevant character. From the joking mantra of making money by killing people at the beginning, to the act of loosing money and retire at the end, looking back on all kinds of things he came to this town, there was no stagnation, no thoughts, he seemed to be contradicting his identity as a samurai The hermit who completed an almost legendary adventure, will the town usher in a new life after saving it? It seems that this is not so important anymore. Putting the fate of the two to the end, the opening of his next stop has been left to people's infinite imagination.

  • Tia 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    There are no obscure plots, just a desolate town, a few oppressed but strong villagers, a ronin who has wandered so far as a righteous, powerful and full of wisdom, and two cute gangs who do evil but stupid in the town struggle between evil forces. Many of the techniques of Emperor Kurosawa have far-reaching influence on later generations. This film is also a fairly classic commercial film, and the image of the samurai of Mifune is eternal.

Yojimbo quotes

  • Seibê - Brothel Operator: You can't build a fortune unless you're known as a killer and a thief.

  • Sanjuro Kuwabatake: You want something?

    Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother: You're tough. I like you.

    Sanjuro Kuwabatake: Aren't you angry I killed three of your men?

    Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother: They were worthless.