𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞
It's hard to express how I feel about Akira Kurosawa's 1963 masterpiece, High and Low, except by saying that it is literally perfect. Every frame, every shot, every scene is totally captivating and could not be improved upon in any way.
His subject matter is infinitely thoughtful, his camera movements are elegant, his blocking is unparalleled, his framing and composition rivals that of the greatest painters in history. Each word spoken and sound effect played…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Firstly I would like to say that you should not read my or anybody else's review about this film unless you've already watched it yourself because half of the fun of it is spending hours thinking about what it all means and if you let anybody else tell you first it will ruin that for you.
Additionally, I'm not going to be raving about the cinematography or script, I just want to focus on the story and my interpretation of…
Incredibly moving and unbelievably animated
夢を見て、愛して、生きる
le vent se lève, il faut essayer de vivre
One of the greatest westerns of the past 50 or 60 years, and I might dare to call it a modern masterpiece.
Since Leone's 'Once upon a time in the west', probably the best western of all time, the genre has been practically dead, aside from a few greats popping up such as Unforgiven, Django Unchained and this, as well as some amazing pseudo-westerns such as There will be blood, No country for old men and Killers of the flower…
I put off watching this film for a long time, because I was sure that I wasn't going to like it. But between 2022 Oscars and the Letterboxd top 250 films list, I was remotely curious what this film that everybody rants and raves about how amazing it is was. And I'm not joking with my rating, I genuinely think it was terrible. I felt nothing while watching it, I didn't laugh once, Cry once, think it was exciting or…
"The rhythm of the film was intended to create the sensation of the last gasp that a person takes just before dying. Once upon a time in the west was, from start to finish, a dance of death. All of the characters in the film, except Claudia Cardinale, are conscious of the fact they will not arrive at the end alive." - Sergio Leone
A true work of art from one of the few masters of cinema. Leone's control over…
