Review of Rashomon (1950) by Stcenterprise . — 02 May 2013

This film was about the reliability of human words. I enjoyed the story telling in this film.

Priest Honesty but suspicious. He questions his faith, Not know my own soul, but by the end he feels as though he can keep his faith. why because realizes that there are those who maintain the truth.

The film presents characteristics common to Japanese culture such as materialistic, Death, rain, Nature, mans distrust in women, Selfish, Dishonest.

I like the directors choice for camera angles and cineophotography. The music did not really impress me much.

I thought that the film got a little strange once we heard the accounts by the dead husband samurai through the spirits.

I also didn't like the woman in this film. If she was some other ethnicity I would assume that she was some sort of blond acting stupid. I thought that her eye brows were a little odd. They appeared too short on either side.

This film defiently expressed one of Japanese most fundamental themes in this film; transience, the idea that things do not last.

The film reminded me of some other films like Run Lola Run and tv show episodes. One that comes to mind comes from The Famous Jett Jackson about a bank robbery and each account was different but had bits of truth till you saw the kids accounts based off a video.

This film defiently expressed one of Japanese most fundamental themes in this film; transience, the idea that things do not last.

The film reminded me of some other films like Run Lola Run and tv show episodes. One that comes to mind comes from The Famous Jett Jackson about a bank robbery and each account was different but had bits of truth till you saw the kids accounts based off a video.

I thought that the most reliable sources of stories came from the criminal and the witness. You take both and use the things that come out consistent in their accounts then you have the truth.