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Ezee E
11-15-2009, 02:24 PM
Finally, his week has arrived after two delays.

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Adam
11-15-2009, 02:26 PM
Black Rain 9
Mysterious Dude
11-15-2009, 02:39 PM
Vengeance is Mine - 10
Ballad of Narayama - 10
The Eel - 6
balmakboor
11-15-2009, 02:50 PM
The Pornographers - 7
Vengeance Is Mine - 8
The Eel - 8
Dr. Akagi - 8
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge - 8

I really should see some of him more acclaimed stuff. He certainly ended his career with some beautiful movies. We showed Warm Water in our annual film series a while back and had one of our best post-screening discussion sessions ever.
StanleyK
11-15-2009, 02:52 PM
The Ballad of Narayama - 4.5
Spinal
11-15-2009, 05:43 PM
I saw his short in the 9/11 movie. It was good.
Ezee E
11-15-2009, 05:51 PM
I saw his short in the 9/11 movie. It was good.
Which one was his?
Spinal
11-15-2009, 06:42 PM
Which one was his?

The one where the guy thinks he's a snake.
soitgoes...
11-15-2009, 09:34 PM
Endless Desire (1958) - 7.0
The Insect Woman (1963) - 7.0
Intentions of Murder (1964) - 9.0
The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) - 7.0
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) - 8.5
Ballad of Narayama (1983) - 8.5
Black Rain (1989) - 9.0
The Eel (1997) - 5.5
Boner M
11-15-2009, 10:50 PM
Pigs and Battleships - 7.5
The Pornographers - 7
Vengeance Is Mine - 9.5
Ballad of Narayama - 8
The Eel - 6.5

Gonna get around to Intentions of Murder and The Insect Woman before this closes.
dreamdead
11-16-2009, 01:27 AM
He's the one Japanese master whose work I need to visit more often.

Vengeance Is Mine - 9
Ballad of Narayama - 10
Black Rain - 8.5
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge - 5.5

I think Ballad is still one of the greatest films I've seen all year.
Derek
11-16-2009, 02:08 AM
Vengeance is Mine - 7.5
The Ballad of Narayama - 8.5
Black Rain - 8.0

Would like to get to both Insect Woman and Pigs & Battleships before this is over, but that's probably not gonna happen.
Raiders
11-16-2009, 02:11 AM
The Pornographers (1966) 7.0
Ballad of Narayama (1983) 8.0
Black Rain (1989) 8.5
The Eel (1997) 6.5
Derek
11-16-2009, 02:16 AM
Pigs and Battleships - 7.5
The Pornographers - 7
Vengeance Is Mine - 9.5
Ballad of Narayama - 8
The Eel - 6.5

Gonna get around to Intentions of Murder and The Insect Woman before this closes.

Black Rain, dude.
Boner M
11-16-2009, 07:31 AM
Black Rain, dude.Not available in Oz. I was gonna blind-buy it, but I have a few priorities. I've got Intentions and Insect on the recent Criterion set.
B-side
11-16-2009, 08:32 AM
I'll be keeping my eye on this.
Yxklyx
11-16-2009, 02:00 PM
The Pornographers - 6
Vengeance Is Mine - 6
kuehnepips
11-16-2009, 03:29 PM
I really should see ...

The Ballad of Narayama
Stay Puft
11-17-2009, 05:14 AM
The Pornographers - 7
Vengeance is Mine - 6
Ezee E
11-17-2009, 06:17 PM
The one where the guy thinks he's a snake.
Ah right. It was alright from what I remember.

I really only remember Inarritu and Penn's.
Kurosawa Fan
11-17-2009, 08:39 PM
Vengeance is Mine - 8.5
Ezee E
11-22-2009, 11:14 AM
Vengeance is Mine - 6
Ezee E
11-22-2009, 11:25 AM
RESULTS:
1. Black Rain - 8.6 (5)
2. Ballad of Narayama - 8.21 (7)
3. Vengeance is Mine - 7.9 (10)
4. The Pornographers - 6.8 (5)
5. The Eel - 6.5 (5)

-Pigs & Battleships - 7.5
-Endless Diesire - 7
-Insect Woman - 7
-Intentions of Murder - 9
-The Profound Desire of Gods - 7
-Dr. Akagi - 8
-Warm Water Under the Bridge - 6.75 (2)

= 7.69

EASILY THE CHAMP: soitgoes