Pick best Asian films ever Sep 16, 2008
Ikiru' Japan (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) In this profoundly moralistic fable, longtime salaryman Kanji Watanabe, learns he has terminal cancer and, ultimately, through the experiences he has, the meaning of life. Takashi Shimura who played Watanabe was nominated in the Best Foreign Actor category at the 1960 BAFTA Awards. (CNN -- International)
Great Cinema: Dersu Uzala Aug 2, 2008
It is another masterpiece from the man who gave us Seven Samurai, Red Beard and Ikiru. Again and again, Akira Kurosawa describes as his vision for how people ought to deal with nature. (Suite101.com)
STRANGE MIX FOR AN IMPERFECT WORLD Jul 24, 2008
It s probably the only retrospective where you can see both Akira Kurosawa s pleasantly maudlin Ikiru and Seijun Suzuki s deliriously wacko Branded to Kill unless you re taking a class in Japanese Cinema 101 ... Anyone expecting to see standard retrospective titles will be frustrated except for anyone looking for Kurosawa s Ikiru, Rashomon or Stray Dog but those with a taste for new filmmakers, the kind that are new to most New Yorkers at least, should be very happy. (New York Press)
'A Man for All Seasons' was an actor for all roles Mar 21, 2008
Then again, Scofield would have looked completely at home at the end of Kurosawa's "Ikiru.". "Ikiru" is the story of a dying bureaucrat who devotes the final months of his life to getting a playground built in a slum. (Boston Globe)
Toho sues Kurosawa DVD distrib Mar 20, 2008
The eight Kurosawa picslisted in the suit include the classics "Ikiru," "Tsubaki sanjuro" and "Stray Dog.". Toho and Kadokawa Pictures both sued Cosmo in 2007 alleging copyright violations. (Variety)
Daniel Bruehl to star in '14' Feb 13, 2008
Feb. 12, 2008, 6:00pm PT MORE FESTIVAL ARTICLES Fest sets face time with Thornton, Yoakam2/12/08 6:03pm Actor to play Spanish playwright Lope de Vega2/12/08 6:00pm Event in association with London festival2/12/08 2:55pm Festival appoints duo as co-directors2/12/08 2:55pm Film will be released in the U.S. in the spring2/12/08 2:49pm Daniel Bruehl ("Goodbye Lenin!" "The Bourne Ultimatum") has committed to topline "14," to be directed by Andrucha Waddington ("House of Sand") and produced by... (Variety)
Top heroes and villians named in movie list Nov 28, 2007
Heroes 1 Indiana Jones 2 Batman 3 Rocky Balboa (Rocky) 4 James Bond 5 Superman 6 Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 7 Spiderman 8 Neo (The Matrix) 9 Han Solo (Star Wars) 10 The Incredible Hulk/Bruce Banner 11 Donnie Darko 12 Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiatior) 13 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 14 Jason Bourne (The Bourne Identity) 15 Spartacus 16 Wolverine (X-Men) 17 Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) 18 George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) 19 Philip Marlowe (Murder, My Sweet) 20 Mr Lee (Enter... (NEWS.com.au)
Read More... Aug 1, 2007
Films like The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries (or, from other directors, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ikiru) were suddenly taking on a metaphysical cargo traditionally associated with literature, theater, or opera, daring to ask, like the suicidal protagonist of Bergman's Winter Light, "Why must we live?". It's easy to laugh now at the portentousness of that line, not because we've figured out why, indeed, we must live, but because the movie theater stopped being the place to ask that question. (Disinformation)
Weekend Guide Apr 26, 2007
IKIRU Akira Kurosawa's film about a Japanese bureaucrat forced to find meaning in his final days after being diagnosed with cancer. (1952, 143 min., subtitled. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ornithologists debate ivory-billed woodpecker Mar 15, 2007
Robert Cooper: Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Google Video. Today's most popular. (USA Today -- Tech)
Akira Kurosawa Feb 8, 2007
Friday: 10 A.M. Special screening of Ikiru for members of the Film Directors Guild, with open discussion with Mr. Kurosawa. 7:30 P.M. Public Opening of Kurosawa Retrospective screening of Yojimbo. (New Yorker)
