THE BLOODIED SACRED PINE TREE: A DIALECTICAL DEPICTION OF DEATH IN KUROSAWA'S THRONE OF BLOOD AND RAN

THE BLOODIED SACRED PINE TREE: A DIALECTICAL DEPICTION OF DEATH IN KUROSAWA'S THRONE OF BLOOD AND RAN

Serper argues that the deaths of the murderers and their victims in Akira Kurosawa's films "Throne of Blood" and "Ran" reveal a unique manifestation of a dialectical depiction of related death scenes. Kurosawa effectively fashions these scenes by rearranging elements especia...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of film and video 2000-07, Vol.52 (2), p.13-27
1. Verfasser: SERPER, ZVIKA
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Beheading
Blood stains
Death & dying
Deaths
Dialectic
Kabuki
Killing
Kurosawa, Akira
Motion picture criticism
Motion picture directors & producers
Movies
Murder
Murderers
Musical aesthetics
Theater
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Zusammenfassung:Serper argues that the deaths of the murderers and their victims in Akira Kurosawa's films "Throne of Blood" and "Ran" reveal a unique manifestation of a dialectical depiction of related death scenes. Kurosawa effectively fashions these scenes by rearranging elements especially borrowed from two main genres of Japanese traditional theatre--no and kabuki.
ISSN:0742-4671
1934-6018