Thoughts on Autobiographical Films

Milton 2022-03-27 09:01:15

Nine separate stories make up a condensed modern history of Japan, reflections and memories. Japan's native national culture features remarkable. It has the color of Kurosawa Akira's personal thoughts and has a kind of autobiographical nature. The endings of each of the nine independent stories are extremely brilliant. The large depth of field shots and composition are very beautiful and characteristic of Akira Kurosawa. The metaphors and symbols can be said to be the most in Akira Kurosawa's films. A note buckled into the painting.

Some people say that Akira Kurosawa's performance in this movie is very blunt and lacks the level of a master, but I think this movie has enough metaphors and symbols, and no one can penetrate Kurosawa Akira's mind. Movies are not just for artists and film critics, but for the general public. In the contemporary world when the world's problems are prominent, Kurosawa Akira, who was already 80 years old at that time, perhaps wanted to re-educate the world through his own influence? If he wants to be obscure and incomprehensible, he can do it with his strength to improve the B-quality of some people and make this movie. Although he is very old, his ability is definitely at the peak of more.

In addition, there are a few small problems in the movie that are also interesting to think about.

Did "Green Snake" take lessons from "Dream"?

So, does Akira Kurosawa have the characteristics of being close to Western culture because he was born in Japan during the long period of Westernization?

Is it somewhat autobiographical in nature but more clearly reflects the modern history of Japan? This also matches my last thoughts in the second paragraph.

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Extended Reading

Dreams quotes

  • Nuclear Plant Worker: The red one is plutonium-239. 10,000,000th of a gram causes cancer. The yellow one in strontium-90. It gets inside you and causes leukemia. The purple one is cesium-137. It affects reproduction. It causes mutations. It makes monstrosities. Man's stupidity is unbelievable. Radioactivity was invisible, and because of its danger, they colored it. But that only lets you know which kind kills you.

  • [first lines]

    Mother of 'I': You're staying home. The sun is shining but it's raining.