Comments on: Akira Kurosawa and the Academy Awards http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/ News, information and discussion on the Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Akira Kurosawa and the Cannes Film Festival :.: Akira Kurosawa News and Information http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-2442 Akira Kurosawa and the Cannes Film Festival :.: Akira Kurosawa News and Information Fri, 18 May 2007 08:24:26 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-2442 [...] this year’s competition, and I though that just like we did a couple of months ago with the Academy Awards, it would be a good time to remind ourselves of Kurosawa’s successes in the Cannes Film [...] [...] this year’s competition, and I though that just like we did a couple of months ago with the Academy Awards, it would be a good time to remind ourselves of Kurosawa’s successes in the Cannes Film [...]

]]> By: Ben http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1040 Ben Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:10:30 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1040 No, no not complaining at all. As I typed that message I realized that we were begenning to use the comments section for. Which is fine as there are only a few of us... Vili, understandably you're in the middle of a bif shift in your life, so I'm not expecting a board anytime soon, but it would be a great addition for us AK fans. No, no not complaining at all. As I typed that message I realized that we were begenning to use the comments section for.
Which is fine as there are only a few of us…
Vili, understandably you’re in the middle of a bif shift in your life, so I’m not expecting a board anytime soon, but it would be a great addition for us AK fans.

]]> By: Vili Maunula http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1038 Vili Maunula Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:24:46 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1038 I'm sure Ben wasn't complaining, but I know my own speed (or rather the lack of it) as I feel the need to mull over things for a while. (I can tell you that the first version of this website was ready in 1998, but apart from a very brief spell in 1999, it only came online in 2005.) It is therefore good that you guys are kicking me in action a little bit -- the mere fact that someone actually visits the site and finds it useful enough to spend a moment to drop a comment is already something that has kept me going. I’m sure Ben wasn’t complaining, but I know my own speed (or rather the lack of it) as I feel the need to mull over things for a while. (I can tell you that the first version of this website was ready in 1998, but apart from a very brief spell in 1999, it only came online in 2005.)

It is therefore good that you guys are kicking me in action a little bit — the mere fact that someone actually visits the site and finds it useful enough to spend a moment to drop a comment is already something that has kept me going.

]]> By: BMWRider http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1037 BMWRider Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:57:45 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1037 Vili, none of us are complaining. I for one am grateful to have this outlet at all. Thank you. Ben, once you have a home theater the appeal of going out begins to wain. I only go for movies I think are huge, like Pan's Labyrinth. Really that is more about a date with my wife, or a boys' night with my son(s). Vili, none of us are complaining. I for one am grateful to have this outlet at all. Thank you. Ben, once you have a home theater the appeal of going out begins to wain. I only go for movies I think are huge, like Pan’s Labyrinth. Really that is more about a date with my wife, or a boys’ night with my son(s).

]]> By: Vili Maunula http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1035 Vili Maunula Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:53:20 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1035 Ben, I'm working on setting up a message board. I just don't yet know what solution I would like to implement, as none of them seem quite optimal. In any case, I will try to do something in April when I have more time on my hands. Sorry about it taking so much time. Ben, I’m working on setting up a message board. I just don’t yet know what solution I would like to implement, as none of them seem quite optimal.

In any case, I will try to do something in April when I have more time on my hands. Sorry about it taking so much time.

]]> By: Ben http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1028 Ben Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:16:15 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1028 No, I understood what you meant. And I hope I wasn't coming off as an opposer of your comment. Realisticaly, I don't have that option to enjoy my own personal little geek arthouse on that scale... yet. ;) But I'd still opt to go to the theatre whenever possible to see a new film or a revival or retrospective. You know we really need a message board... No, I understood what you meant. And I hope I wasn’t coming off as an opposer of your comment.
Realisticaly, I don’t have that option to enjoy my own personal little geek arthouse on that scale… yet. ;)
But I’d still opt to go to the theatre whenever possible to see a new film or a revival or retrospective.

You know we really need a message board…

]]> By: BMWRider http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1026 BMWRider Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:38:00 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1026 I suppose what I was trying to say in my above comment is that a home theater coupled with the options above, we can have our cake and eat it too. I like the fact that I really have a little geek arthouse theater in the comfort of my own home. I suppose what I was trying to say in my above comment is that a home theater coupled with the options above, we can have our cake and eat it too. I like the fact that I really have a little geek arthouse theater in the comfort of my own home.

]]> By: BMWRider http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1024 BMWRider Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:10:44 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1024 Hey I have an eight foot screen in my home and 7.1 surround, it is the way I see movies the way I want them. Hey I have an eight foot screen in my home and 7.1 surround, it is the way I see movies the way I want them.

]]> By: Ben http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1019 Ben Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:18:34 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1019 For me though nothing beats the theatre experience for actually watching a film. I've grown up spoiled in the internet age but I'd give all that up just to be able to see wonderful films on the big screen. For me though nothing beats the theatre experience for actually watching a film.
I’ve grown up spoiled in the internet age but I’d give all that up just to be able to see wonderful films on the big screen.

]]> By: BMWRider http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1018 BMWRider Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:44:43 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/02/26/akira-kurosawa-and-the-academy-awards/#comment-1018 Well we are blessed to have some really good movies. They generally do not come from Hollywood. I thought that Pan's Labyrinth and Volver were great. Lives of Others is on my "to see" list. The Koreans are making great movies, and Japan is still a force. With the internet and DVDs, we really are living in a golden age. Twenty years ago when I wanted to talk about AK, I had to take a film class, now I may participate in a discussion every day. Hollywood has gone to hell in a hand basket. Most of what they make is utter scheist. I knew they were doomed when they started mining old television shows for movies. Do not get me wrong, I see an occasional decent film from California, but it is usually under funded, unadvertised, and bombs at the box office. I did like The Pursuit of Happyness, and a couple others, but that is about it. So we have a lot to be grateful for, the internet, region free DVD players, and online ordering. Well we are blessed to have some really good movies. They generally do not come from Hollywood. I thought that Pan’s Labyrinth and Volver were great. Lives of Others is on my “to see” list. The Koreans are making great movies, and Japan is still a force. With the internet and DVDs, we really are living in a golden age. Twenty years ago when I wanted to talk about AK, I had to take a film class, now I may participate in a discussion every day.

Hollywood has gone to hell in a hand basket. Most of what they make is utter scheist. I knew they were doomed when they started mining old television shows for movies. Do not get me wrong, I see an occasional decent film from California, but it is usually under funded, unadvertised, and bombs at the box office. I did like The Pursuit of Happyness, and a couple others, but that is about it.

So we have a lot to be grateful for, the internet, region free DVD players, and online ordering.

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