Mario sardonically wrote:
"Criterion has done a superb job with their Kurosawa DVD
releases. But is Kurosawa sufficiently cutting-edge?"
With all of those swords, his samurai films are cutting edge
by definition.
Mario:
"Does he convey the grittiness of modern city warfare?"
Accurately or not, many of us believe Yojimbo to be based on
Red Harvest. It's hard to think of many better examples of
city, at least small town, warfare.
Mario:
"More importantly: is he hardboiled enough?"
And Todd replied:
"HIGH AND LOW could not reasonably not fit in here."
Great movie. I'd add Kurosawa's Stray Dogs, although I don't
think that's been released by Criterion.
Mark (who's starting to get intrigued by Yakuza and samurai
films beyond the great Kurosawa)
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