Episode 82: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 1

We return triumphant, dear listeners, with the first part of a massive two-part episode about Akira Kurosawa! That’s right! Strap on your oversized samurai sword and keep track of your gun, because we’re going to get into the nitty gritty of Kurosawa’s career. For this epic undertaking, we are joined once again by movie ubernerd and fellow podcaster, Noel Thingvall! If you would like to drink along, we recommend either Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon or Apothic Red, because they both start with A (for Akira!) and because they are tasty. Or, if you are the non-drinking sort, try Cherry Pomegranate Super Chill Ice, which is what Noel was drinking for this event. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Horse Sanshiro Sugata Sanshiro Sugata Part II The Most Beautiful The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail Those Who Make Tomorrow No Regrets for Our Youth One Wonderful Sunday Snow Trail Drunken Angel The Quiet Duel Ghosts (play) Stray Dog Scandal Rashomon The Idiot Ikiru Hara Kiri Seven Samurai The Magnificent Seven It Could Happen to You I Live in Fear Godzilla Macbeth (play) Throne of Blood Sleep No More (play) The Lower Depths The Hidden Fortress People mentioned: Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Takeshi Shimura Heigo Kurosawa Kajirō Yamamoto John Ford Minoru Chiaki Fyodor Dostoyevsky Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto Stanley Tucci Oliver Platt Maxim Gorky Links: Noel’s blog, where he wrote about all of Kurosawa’s films http://noelct.blogspot.com/ The Rashomon episode of Reel Education http://reeledu.com/episode-47-rashomon/ A baffling trailer for The Magnificent Seven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG-ZxrG7htU Shirtless Stanley Tucci drinking a glass of wine https://www.flickr.com/photos/33868921@N00/281532138/sizes/o/ Pixels (the short film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugV6cLgwomo The post Episode 82: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.