The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 56 – Postwar Kurosawa [Part 1]

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This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this first episode of a two-part series, David and Trevor discuss three films (No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday and Scandal) from Eclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa.

About the films:

Akira Kurosawa came into his own as a filmmaker directly following World War II, delving into the state of his devastated nation with a series of pensive, topical dramas. Amid Japan’s economic collapse and U.S. occupation, Kurosawa managed to find humor and redemption existing alongside despair and anxiety. In these five early films, which range from political epic to Capraesque whimsy to courtroom potboiler, Kurosawa revealed the artistic range and social acuity that would mark his career and make him the most popular Japanese director in the world.

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Episode Links

Akira Kurosawa

• Criterion Explore Page
• Wikipedia
• AkiraKurosawa.info Bio (Immediate Postwar Works)
• A.V. Club
• BFI – 10 Essential Films
• Biography.com
• KurosawaMovies.com
• Senses of Cinema

Box Set Reviews

• Criterion Confessions
• DVD Talk
• PopMatters

No Regrets for Our Youth

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series review
• Can’t Stop the Movies
• Cinelogue
• Film Comment
• J-Film PowWow
• Japanese Culture Reflections
• Kurosawa in Review
• Noel Network
• Ozu’s World
• Senses of Cinema
• TCM
• Webs of Significance
• Where the Long Tail Ends

One Wonderful Sunday

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series review
• Bill’s Movie Emporium
• Brian Camp’s Film and Anime Blog
• Can’t Stop the Movies
• Cinelogue
• Flickers in Time
• J-Film PowWow
• Japanese Culture Reflections
• Noel Network
• Washington Post (1986)
• Where the Long Tail Ends

Scandal

• David’s Journey Through the Eclipse Series review
• Can’t Stop the Movies
• Celluloid Highway
• Cinemaholic
• Digital Fix
• Film Sufi
• Happy Otter
• J-Film PowWow
• Lone Wolves and Hidden Dragons
• Oggs’ Movie Thoughts
• Ozu’s World
• The Stop Button
• Where the Long Tail Ends

Next time on the podcast: Eclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa [Part 2]

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