A.K.
- 1985
- 1h 11m
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A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.
Takeji Sano
- Self
- (as Takeharu Sano)
Fumisuke Okada
- Self
- (as Fumisake Okada)
Vittorio Dalle Ore
- Self
- (as Vittorio)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis documentary will be included as part of the Criterion Collection DVD edition of Ran (1985).
- Quotes
Chris Marker: [narrating] In this kind of shooting, the first pitfall to avoid is appropriating a beauty that does not belong to us - to play up the lovely, backlit shot. Of course, some of that borrowed beauty will come through anyway, but we shall try to show what we see the way we see it, from *our* eye-level.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994)
- SoundtracksString quartet, A Way Alone, mov.1
Composed by Tôru Takemitsu
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A documentary that shows the production of "Ran" and discusses the film techniques of Akira Kurosawa himself.
This documentary is not necessarily great in itself, as it may mean very little to those not otherwise familiar with its subject, but serves as a wonderful supplement for the movie "Ran". Anyone who loves "Ran" or Kurosawa's work will certainly get something more out of seeing the actors and director at work when the cameras are not rolling. Well, the cameras are still rolling... but different cameras.
Coming from Chris Marker, it is no surprise that even a simple making-of documentary would have some artistic license. He shows some footage via a television set, and some audio via a tape recorder, rather than incorporated into the documentary itself. Clever or pretentious? Who knows?
This documentary is not necessarily great in itself, as it may mean very little to those not otherwise familiar with its subject, but serves as a wonderful supplement for the movie "Ran". Anyone who loves "Ran" or Kurosawa's work will certainly get something more out of seeing the actors and director at work when the cameras are not rolling. Well, the cameras are still rolling... but different cameras.
Coming from Chris Marker, it is no surprise that even a simple making-of documentary would have some artistic license. He shows some footage via a television set, and some audio via a tape recorder, rather than incorporated into the documentary itself. Clever or pretentious? Who knows?
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