Why is Seven Samurai so good? The Films of Akira Kurosawa《黑澤明的世界》

2015年11月9日下午4:02 · 

Michał Arcybaszew，1878-1927。今天讀黑澤明回憶錄，知道他27歲自殺的哥哥：
尤其推崇阿爾志跋綏夫（Mikhail Artsybashev）的《最後一線》是世界文學最高傑作，隨時放在手邊--- (hc：這部鼓吹自殺，在中國可能是禁書。此或很能說明中國與日本對於文學與自殺，可能有很不同的看法。)

http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2011/02/blog-post_7339.html
《蝦蟆的油:黑澤明自傳》： Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography

Vintage Books & Anchor Books

2015年11月9日上午10:30 · 

“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”
― Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography

Something Like an Autobiography (1982) is the memoir of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa

• The Films of Akira Kurosawa. University of California Press, 1965. 3rd edition, expanded and updated, 1998. ISBN 978-0-520-22037-9

《蝦蟆的油:黑澤明自傳》 Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography

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 91《黑澤明的世界》1973/1988







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"After more than six decades, Kurosawa's greatest film remains the gold standard for action movies that are both exciting and coherent."





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Why is Seven Samurai so good?
Kurosawa’s epic topped BBC Culture’s poll of the 100 greatest foreign-language films. But the Japanese director’s international success wasn’t mirrored at home, writes Anne Bilson.