Roshomon
Shahriar Najafgholizadeh
TV 104
Professor David Echols
1. Assignment #1
2. Rashomon
3. Akira Kurosawa
4. 1950
5. YouTube
6. Laptop
7. Alone
From Rashomon: “07:38 min. Woodcutter stars to tell the stories; through this movie, different perspectives are presented by each four person. As the viewer, we come up with our own truth. Obviously, there are facts in all four stories, but the truth is what we have to find ourselves. For example, the fact that samurai was killed, or the woman slept with the bandit, but what we don’t know is that who the samurai is killed by, or the woman was raped or she slept with the bandit on her own decision. I believe there are truths in all of these stories, and by looking at the details that each one says, we find the truth of our own. The time line of the stories starts with the story of the woodcutter, in which he never mentions that he took the dagger. This shows that people tend to make the truth distorted because they do not want to be looked as a criminal by other people (us and the priest). People in general even tend to believe the lie and the twisted truth which they make themselves, including us in the real life. “People even tell lies to themselves,” as said in the movie is a great proof of this fact. This action happens in order to either keep them out of trouble, or show themselves as a better person and not to damage their egos. In the woodcutter story, he mentions noticing the dagger; however, he never mentions taking it.”
Also: “79:40 min. Entering the baby to the whole story; “As the woodcutter continues to walk away, he begins to transcend. The camera is below eye level, tilted up and the woodcutter center frame--in directing concepts this is done to give power to woodcutter over us, the audience. The woodcutter as elevated to what humans should strive to be, despite the flaws. The woodcutter is looking upwards, and with a smile-he has in a sense be reborn and re-giving hope for humanity. In the background stand the
TV 104
Professor David Echols
1. Assignment #1
2. Rashomon
3. Akira Kurosawa
4. 1950
5. YouTube
6. Laptop
7. Alone
From Rashomon: “07:38 min. Woodcutter stars to tell the stories; through this movie, different perspectives are presented by each four person. As the viewer, we come up with our own truth. Obviously, there are facts in all four stories, but the truth is what we have to find ourselves. For example, the fact that samurai was killed, or the woman slept with the bandit, but what we don’t know is that who the samurai is killed by, or the woman was raped or she slept with the bandit on her own decision. I believe there are truths in all of these stories, and by looking at the details that each one says, we find the truth of our own. The time line of the stories starts with the story of the woodcutter, in which he never mentions that he took the dagger. This shows that people tend to make the truth distorted because they do not want to be looked as a criminal by other people (us and the priest). People in general even tend to believe the lie and the twisted truth which they make themselves, including us in the real life. “People even tell lies to themselves,” as said in the movie is a great proof of this fact. This action happens in order to either keep them out of trouble, or show themselves as a better person and not to damage their egos. In the woodcutter story, he mentions noticing the dagger; however, he never mentions taking it.”
Also: “79:40 min. Entering the baby to the whole story; “As the woodcutter continues to walk away, he begins to transcend. The camera is below eye level, tilted up and the woodcutter center frame--in directing concepts this is done to give power to woodcutter over us, the audience. The woodcutter as elevated to what humans should strive to be, despite the flaws. The woodcutter is looking upwards, and with a smile-he has in a sense be reborn and re-giving hope for humanity. In the background stand the