"Avatars" in history

Antonina 2021-12-22 08:01:06

Compared with the more famous "Ran", the plot of this film is relatively simple, the characters are thinner, and the scene is slightly smaller, which can be regarded as the reserve before "Ran".

We now look back on this film and always focus on the film’s revealing of human nature. In fact, at the time, this film was also known for its superb technology and large-scale production. It brought shock to the film industry at that time as much as in recent years. "Avatar". If you consider the blood connection between it and "Ran", it is more like the climax of the "Terminator" (formal outfit) series.

Long shots of galloping horses running in the woods and bushes, realistic equestrian stunts, bow and arrow special effects...In the era without digital technology, the details of all angles of cold weapon wars are vividly displayed. It can even be said that the effect achieved is more realistic and intimidating than digital special effects that are popular today. Fifty years have passed. Few directors can use the techniques used in this film freely. Perhaps cheap, worry-free, and safe digital technology has made them lazy.

Epoch-making film technology, humanistic spirit, cultural connotation, atmosphere, rhythm, performance...a film only occupies one or two of the finest works of film, and from which perspective is the giant system that can survive the era They are all admiring, there are so many things worthy of fun.

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Extended Reading
  • Henri 2021-12-22 08:01:06

    The Toshiro Mifune-type Macbeth was hung with too much of his own shadow, completely reckless, and his final death was even more unbearable than the original. This change was undesirable. The shots of the chase in the forest are very good, the studio shooting is full of mastery, and the horror and strangeness of the oriental witches and ghosts grafted from the Western classics is extremely successful. In the walking forest, this scene is explosive enough to pay homage to the prop set and the smoke screen master.

  • Brice 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    In addition to the interesting design of using symbols such as spiders and centipedes to symbolize ideology, I prefer the emperor's use of weather this time. Among them, "fog" is the most brilliant, not only can it highlight the tragic color of the characters, but also serve the plot just right. A perfect combination of fatalism and reality has been achieved. The thick fog in the black and white picture has a suffocating paleness. In the final scene of betrayal and separation, the thick fog separates Washatsu from the soldiers. The sense of form and beauty of the film has reached a climax. It is showing the black emperor's awesome ability to visualize literary texts through the language of the lens. In addition, every shot of the spider's nest city is also worth crumbling.

Throne of Blood quotes

  • Old Ghost Woman: If you choose ambition, lord, then choose it honestly, with cruelty.

  • Old Ghost Woman: If you would make a mountain of the dead, pile it so it reaches the sky.