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Seven Samurai 1954
This was my 6th Kurosawa film and everyone of them felt like a masterpiece. I was as surprised by the amount of humor in here as I was the moments of tenderness and compassion.
Criterion Challenge 2025 - 29. All Time Top Criterion Closet PicksJapanuary Challenge 2025 - 26. Akira Kurosawa
2025 Asian Cinema Challenge - Week 3 - Asian Cinema with International Awards Recognition
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The 400 Blows 1959
Criterion Challenge 2025 - 38. European film
A while ago I saw the tape of Jean-Pierre Léaud auditioning for this role. He was a natural. Mischievous.
The 400 Blows is autobiographical representing Truffaut’s own childhood with cruel teachers and inattentive parents.
While watching I was reminded of my high school years where I was often threatened by my parents and some school disciplinarians with being sent away to Montefiore, a reform school. I was never sent there but the constant threat…
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