FS #264: Moon / Rashomon / Top 5 Moon Movies
Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Alkaline Trio.
Filmspotting #264
:13-16:40 - Review: "Moon"
Music: Alkaline Trio, "Over and Out"
17:54-27:41 - Voicemail, Poll Questions
27:42-40:44 - Feedback: "Public Enemies"
Music: Alkaline Trio, "Calling All Skeletons"
42:01-46:30 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: D. Parker)
46:31-59:45 - Kurosawa #1: "Rashomon"
Music: Alkaline Trio, "I Found Away"
1:00:34-1:07:20 - New DVDs/Donations
1:07:21-1:22:09 - Top 5: Moon Movies
1:22:10-1:24:13 - Close/Next Show
NOTES
- Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.
- Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.
- Despite our comments about "Joshua" at the end of our "Moon" discussion, it's actually not a movie we heartily recommend.
Labels: Akira Kurosawa, Moon, Rashomon, Top 5 Moon Movies
posted by Candace @ 11:15 AM
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3 Comments:
A quick note on Toshiro Mifune's overacting in Rashomon. It may be a cultural holdover from other Japanese arts.
Highly dramatic posturing from main characters is a tradition dating back to Kabuki. Even in the the old woodcarvings of actors you'll see bulging eyes and wild expressions, as they were being captured at the exact moment of high drama.
This behavior was expected of stage actors and today is still visible to some extent in Japanese film and television.
Thanks for the podcast.
As a space nut, I'm often amused and sometimes frustrated at how the movie industry goofs-up on what is possible or scientifically correct in space (I’m more critical with movies that try to be realistic or serious. If your trying to do something realistic, do it right, I always say). For the movie Moon, I felt it was bang on with most things. The scenes and equipment looked very realistic and well thought out. The lunar landscape was very well made and accurate. It did get a few things wrong however. The biggest problem was the view of the Earth seen from the lunar base on the far side of the moon. The far side never faces the Earth, so it would be impossible to see it from there. That's why we always only see the face of the moon on the Earth. The second goof (and this is a common one in many movies) is the jet engine sound of the Rescue ship's engines revving down as it lands. Why they can't just use a rocket engine sound or not have any sound at all is beyond me). Another point is the use of sound in space. There are no sounds in space due to lack of atmosphere to carry the sound waves. All these goofs are minor and were probably done for artistic reasons. No movie is perfect, and this one rates high on my list of great sci-fi films.
Wow, I can't believe how kind you guys were to "Moon." That movie was insultingly un-entertaining and un-intelligent. There's no new ground covered here; the classic sci-fi movie rip-offs are blatant and uninspired. The so-called "interesting questions" about life and existence are boring. Moon's slow-pacing, plot holes, obvious plot twists, and rip-offs from other movies made me so frustrated that I am actually angry at Duncan Jones.
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