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Favorite Movies of All Time (2021 Edition) (1002 movies items)" 2020: 962 2019: 962 2018: 962 2017: 956 2016: 948 "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2020 Edition) (1001 movies items)" No Change 2019: 962 2018: 962 2017: 956 2016: 948 "
Watched in 2023 Favorite Movies of All Time (2019 Edition) (1001 movies items)"2018: 962 2017: 956 2016: 948 No Change "
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“As a great fan of Akira Kurasawa, Ikiru is not just Kurasawa's most moving film it is one of his very finest alongside Seven Samurai and Ran. It is as always beautifully made, sumptuous in look and the cinematography simple yet interesting. Kurasawa's direction is at its most delicate, making a story that could easily be mawkish and manipulative into a genuinely moving, powerful and quite inspiring one instead, and making us also care every step of the way for the dignified central character of Watanabe. Together with a hypnotic score, a thought-provoking script and a powerful, yet in a discreet and heart-wrenching way, lead performance from Takeshi Shimura, and you have a fantastic film.Overall, I can't praise Ikiru enough. Any complaints of how the final third is not as good as the rest ” read more
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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2021) (100 movies items)" Points: 16 Chosen by: sdepy83 (1), braian61mdp (6), fdlm4000 (9) Previous rank: it wasn't selected IMDB top 250 rank: 102"
Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: February (25 movies items)"First viewing - Feb. 27th Ikiru is another interesting look at facing down mortality and one's legacy. The story starts out fairly straightforward, then somewhere after the midpoint it takes a different, fresh approach to play out the rest of the tale which I thought was admirable. I appreciated the messaging about finding one's passion and chasing after it, as well as the postscript that ends the film. I thought overall the film was very well done. Not sure if I'd sit through it again but I mi"