Archive for February 11th, 2007
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
“Look into your heart!”
This is one of my favorite scenes from Miller’s Crossing. The Cohen Brothers have beautiful filming style, and this short clip captures a lot of it. The scene fades into a shot of the woods – barren, overgrown, not much sky can be seen. Obviously a setting for a place of death. We see the […]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
“I’m talkin’ about friendship. I’m talkin’ about character. I’m talkin’ about – hell. Leo, I ain’t embarrassed to use the word – I’m talkin’ about ethics.”
Miller’s Crossing immediately states the three themes present: friendship, character, ethics. Friendship – the quality or condition of being friends: good will. Character – qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity. Ethics – system of moral principles: ethics of a particular culture. Not only are these three themes explored in the film, they are […]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Glass Key to Yojimbo through Persistence and Agency
Last class we spent a lot of time discussing the similarities and the differences between these two films and why there are such similarities and differences. Many of you had great comments on why you thought Kurosawa made the changes that he did. I looked at it through the modes of persistence and agency so […]
