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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Sep 12, 2008 06:35
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:33:42 -0700, death from above wrote:
> Anti-
> climacticism has been a problem of several Kurosawa films. Consider
Ran,... Or, Dersu Uzala after Dersu and the Russian explorer
> go separate ways after the initial encounter.
You might want to reconsider this as not a problem with the film as it is
a problem to the viewer.
The climax of the film is Dersu's death/murder. The fact that this
happens off stage/camera might be an annoyance but it is the tragic
climax to the story the anti-climax being the guilt and remorse of the
Russian surveyor for giving Dersu the rifle and all the symbolism that
this entails.
> It's a great movie, and hopefully Scorsese's version...
One opinion (aka mine) is Scorsese really has no business (read: talent)
in story telling once he leaves his 'hood. Once he leaves his wise-guy
bebop corner he is adrift and in an alien world. Massive spatter kills
and buying expensive song rights will not change this.
Unlike Kurosawa and many others, his root understanding of 'things' is
too shallow or he is too arrogant in what he does understand to
transverse form.
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