We’ve seen the scene in hundreds of war pictures—two Army men in Class A uniform walk up to a house, knock on the door and deliver the worst news imaginable. They’re often played by grave-looking extras. Here, they're the story.
Kurosawa was really an expert craftsman who thought he was a big thinker, and who could mostly think in big, lumbering thoughts. But he was a heckuva craftsman, as Rashomon—weighty ideas and all—proves.
The movie is about nothing more than the coronation and sanctification of Mrs. Leigh Anne Touhy. Oher barely registers as a character in this film—he’s a prop. He has no story of his own, just an exotic pet adopted by a bored housewife.
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The Calendar: November 18 - November 24
What to do around Philly this week.
