Episode 83: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 2

This week, we’re back with Noel Thingvall, and we complete our Akira Kurosawa two-episode extravaganza! (If you did not catch Part One, you can catch it here!) If you would like to drink along, grab a bottle of Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon. Or perhaps Apothic Red. Just don’t drink too much, lest you start snoring like Windy. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Hidden Fortress The Bad Sleep Well Yojimbo Fistful of Dollars Sanjuro Human Centipede Flag in Exile (book by David Weber) High and Low Redbeard Shogun Red Sun Runaway Train Tora! Tora! Tora! Emperor of the North Dodes’ka-den Dora-heita Dersu Uzala Kagemusha Dave Ran Dreams Rhapsody in August Madadayo After the Rain The Sea Is Watching Samurai Seven (TV) People mentioned: Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai David Weber Mike Nichols Richard Fleischer Kinji Fukasaku Toshio Masuda Ishiro Honda Shintaro Katsu Steven Spielberg Kei Kumai Links: Kurosawa’s paintings and movie frames side-by-side http://flavorwire.com/271258/akira-kurosawas-paintings-and-movie-frames-side-by-side Kurosawa’s whiskey commercial (complete with Coppola cameo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-A2EH0vyd4 Thai poster for The Land that Time Forgot (click to see larger) The post Episode 83: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.