Review of Rashomon (1950) by Matthew H — 19 Nov 2008
A movie unrivaled in beauty, story, complexity, and message. Kurosawa achieves more in less than a half hour of film than many do in their entire lives. With its dually Eastern- and Western-inspired screenplay that places its characters' contradictory testimonies before an invisible, inaudible judge, the audience is assigned the role and is given an unique viewpoint and insight into the human psyche and its nature without any answers.
Which is fitting. The lesson here is not as simple as right and wrong, but about the unfathomable reasons for why people do what they do - the good and the bad. It takes a powerful filmmaker to confront his audience in such a way.
This review of Rashomon (1950) was written by Matthew H on 19 Nov 2008.
Rashomon has generally received very positive reviews.
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