Directed by Billy Wilder The first thing Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution reminded me of was Kurosawa's Rashomon. Sure, maybe I only recently watched that film for the first time, or maybe Wilder captured some of what made that film so great and translated it into a more pulpy mainstream courtroom drama. The story, almost set … Continue reading Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Rashomon (1950)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa So Rashoman is one of Akira Kurosawa's most famous films, maybe his second after Seven Samurai. Screened at the Venice Film Festival, it was the first of Kurosawa's to be seen widely by western audiences. It won best foreign film at the 1951 Academy Awards and like later Kurosawa films (Yojimbo and Seven Samurai) … Continue reading Rashomon (1950)
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