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Monday March 17, 2025
What is Akira Kurosawa 'Known For'?
My friend Andrew Reed forwarded this one to me. It's about as bad as anything I've seen from IMDb's algorithm.
My nephew Ryan cuts IMDb some slack if the movie is right but the role is wrong. See: John Huston, known for playing the American in Tampico in “Treasure of Sierra Madre.” He thinks, “Well, at least they got the movie right.” This isn't even that. This is: wrong movie, wrong role. One of the greatest directors of all time is known as a writer. And writing which movies? Surely some of the greatest, most influential, most known movies in the history of moviedom? Naw. “Seven Samurai,” “Rashomon,” whatevs. “Ikiru,” “Yojimbo,” big deal. Don't you get it, dude? “The Hidden Fortress” influenced George Lucas! That's ur-“Star Wars,” baby! That's why it's there. Not that other crap.