I saw this a few years ago and, at the time, considered it one of the best I had ever seen. I recently rewatched it and I still think that's the case. One of the things that I really like about Kurosawa is the way he composes his shots. In Ikiru, every shot feels meticulous and meaningful without being indulgent or excessive. Everything that's shown on camera feels like there was thought put into why and how things are shown the way they are. There are usually multiple things going on in one shot and there's often a relationship between the action occurring in the foreground and the background. What makes this movie so incredible to me is that there's such a seamless union between movie's technical choices and its story. And what a story. There is so much truth packed into this movie that I feel it's one of the few times where it's appropriate to say that a movie is life-changing.
What did you think of it?
Submitted August 17, 2019 at 08:39AM by paull___ https://ift.tt/33FCEpm