Review of Dersu Uzala (1961) by Eduardo C — 14 Feb 2015
A team of Russian soldiers survey uncharted wilderness and encounter a magical mountain man who knows everything about the wild woods and nature but nothing about living in civilization. There is a scene in which he is gently mocked for speaking to everyone he knows as if nature was alive.
Dersu speaks to the sun, the moon, fire and water , and especially animals as if they were people. Kurosawa's elegy to the lost spirituality of the world, the lost, downtrodden cultures of ancient times that had true awareness and purity, but was negated and trampled by the rapaciousness and brutality of modern civilization.
The cinematography is downright gorgeous.
This review of Dersu Uzala (1961) was written by Eduardo C on 14 Feb 2015.
Dersu Uzala has generally received very positive reviews.
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