Akira Kurosawa: 10 essential films for the director's centenary. 1) Drunken Angel (1948) The youngest of eight children, Akira Kurosawa grew up in Tokyo where, at the age of 26, he began an apprenticeship at PCL studios.
His first features as director, made in wartime, had nationalistic strains but No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) and Drunken Angel, about an alcoholic Tokyo doctor trying to get a stagnant pool drained, established a critical engagement with contemporary Japan. 2) Stray Dog (1949) Drunken Angel inaugurated Kurosawa's working relationship with the actor Toshiro Mifune, which was repeated in this picture, with Mifune playing a policeman on an increasingly obsessive quest to retrieve his stolen gun.
Set during a sweltering summer, Kurosawa's breakthrough film confirmed both his feel for contemporary Tokyo and his admiration of American genre pictures. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN FILM: A LIST. Below is a categorized list of about 200 noteworthy films that deal with philosophical and religious themes.
For a more comprehensive list of around 500 titles, see the Philosophy and Film Database. Call numbers are included for Videos and DVDs in UT Martin’s library. Fight Club (1999; young executive seeks for meaning through anarchism and violence) Gates of Heaven (1778; Errol Morris documentary explores impact of relocated pet cemetary) [VIDEO 4556] Ghost World (2001; cynical young girl seeks for meaning while hurting everyone in her path) [DVD 123] RE: The Empire Forum's 50 Greatest PERIOD FILMS. Download e-books for free. 19th Century Novels Made into Very Good Films. 25 best book to film adaptations. The Top Directors of all Time - a list by tom777. Film/TV Production. Filmmaking.
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