English 196 Directors Winter 2008 Michael
Dembrow, Instructor
Reading
Questions Due Jan. 15
Please answer the following
questions.
1. What were the most interesting things that you learned from
reading about Kurosawa and his life in the Wikipedia
entry, the piece by Carmen Ficarra, and Donald
Ritchie’s obituary?
2. Stu Kobak
clearly admires Kurosawa’s ability to make epic films that are more than just
big-screen, big-budget epics. Based on
his discussion of Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Hidden Fortress, and Ran,
what is it about Kurosawa that Kobak admires so much?