Review of Rashomon (1950) by Damla A — 31 Jan 2009
Rashomon tries to tell one of the most known but much difficult to express lines of the nature of truth. That the truth is perspectival not relativist as it is mostly mentioned about the film.
If one watches Rashomon with care, it may be regarded that all stories have some common points and words but differentiating styles of narrating. Thus, it gives us a web of narratives to tackle with, within which we are unable to find our way out. In other words, Rashomon stays truthful to the nature of truth.
If one prefers to refer to Rashomon for relativity, that may be, I believe, to miss Kurosawa's embedded humanity in his films. It is at least this embedded feeling, which should refrain us from ending up with classic postmodernism.
For this reason, I regard Rashomon as one of the masterpieces of all times, very expressive and thought provoking.
This review of Rashomon (1950) was written by Damla A on 31 Jan 2009.
Rashomon has generally received very positive reviews.
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