Now HERE's what can happen when Criterion takes a noteworthy film and upgrades the barebones initial release.  I picked up this expanded three-disc set at Barnes & Noble's half-price Criterion sale, and waited until the 100th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa taking his first breath to soak it in again.
Um.  A day late.  Because on March 23, AK's 100th birthday, I worked hellish long hours and would have fallen asleep watching a three-hour film afterward, even one that doesn't drag.  So I watched it on March 24 instead.  Despite that, it remained a three-hour joyride that doesn't drag.  And now I have several discs worth of commentary and extras to work my way through.  Because I have lots of spare time to do that, haha!  Maybe I'll finish up those discs for his bicentennial....
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Seven Samurai
Labels:
1.33:1,
1954,
anniversary,
Black and White,
Criterion,
Japan,
Kurosawa,
repeat
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