Review of The Outrage (1964) by Doug C — 20 Feb 2011
This western remake of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon closely follows Kurosawa's original, but also has a life of its own. The cinematography and editing of this film are wonderful, evoking much of the tone and quality of Kurosawa's film, but the casting leaves a lot to be desired.
Paul Newman makes an admirable attempt at playing a Mexican bandit in the film, but it's an implausible character for him to play, and William Shatner is equally miscast as the priest in the film.
All in all a very interesting production, though, which sensitively treats the serious questions about narrative, memory, and proof in eyewitness testimony raised by Akutogawa's original stories "Rashomon" and "In a Grove.
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This review of The Outrage (1964) was written by Doug C on 20 Feb 2011.
The Outrage has generally received mixed reviews.
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