Miscellaneous Movie Musings

mousepod · 12-01-2006, 09:22 PM

Alex, based on your most recent posts, I strongly urge you to check out the Lower Depths DVD set from Criterion. It includes Jean Renoir's 1936 adaptation of the Gorky play and Akira Kurosawa's 1957 take on the same source material.

If remakes always attracted the same caliber of talent as the orginal (as in iSm's example), I'd be delighted when a remake is announced.

With all the talk of George Lucas in the "if he'd died after..." thread, I think I might rewatch The Hidden Fortress again tonight.

Alex · 12-01-2006, 09:37 PM

Probably my favorite pairing is Wages of Fear/Sorcerer.

I can't say either entertained me, but they are both quality efforts and in the comparison of approaches demonstrate a lot.

I'll put that on the list (assuming it is available at Netflix). I've passed on the Kurosawa version several times (wasn't aware of the Renoir) version simply because I can't stand Gorky (what little of it I've read, translated or in Russian).

Alex · 12-17-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Alex, based on your most recent posts, I strongly urge you to check out the Lower Depths DVD set from Criterion. It includes Jean Renoir's 1936 adaptation of the Gorky play and Akira Kurosawa's 1957 take on the same source material.

So I put these on my queue and have both right now.

I tried to watch the Kurosawa version this afternoon. So far I have fallen asleep three times, paused to make dinner. Done a couple loads of laundry.

With rewinding to watch stuff that happened while my eyes were drooping (not good with subtitles) I am now about 44 minutes in. About a third.

Needless to say, it isn't grabbing me. I'll try to finish it tomorrow just in case I'm not in the mood today. Then I'll see if I find the Renoir version any more engaging.

That said, I do find the subtitle translation on the Criterion edition to be interesting. I assume it is a recent translation since it uses language that wouldn't have been used decades ago.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Probably my favorite pairing is Wages of Fear/Sorcerer. I can't say either entertained me, but they are both quality efforts and in the comparison of approaches demonstrate a lot. I'll put that on the list (assuming it is available at Netflix). I've passed on the Kurosawa version several times (wasn't aware of the Renoir) version simply because I can't stand Gorky (what little of it I've read, translated or in Russian).
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