Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu Uzala<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/>, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the last two.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three > movies tonight. "Kagemusha" is on now, followed by "Ran" at 1:45 tomorrow > morning. The only problem I have with these marathons is that they're > running into the wee hours! > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith > Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > They just finished showing "Roshoman" and "Seven Samurai" is playing now, > to be followed by "Yojimbo" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now! > > > > > > To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director Akira > Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the next > three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off with > "Ikiru", the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living once > he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by "Throne of > Blood", then "The Hidden Fortress" (which is said to be a major inspiration > for "Star Wars"), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next > twelve hours on this first block. > > > > The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic > films "Rashomon", "The Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", and "Ran". For those > who've seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among > that group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most > influential directors in history. > > > > You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest > taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give > really great descriptions about each. > > > > http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045&mainArticleId=290029 > > > > >
