tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923924124393096699.post2287242024513896324..comments2023-10-01T06:50:22.005-07:00Comments on Japan 1960: The Bad Sleep WellJim Reicherthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902175749525220289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923924124393096699.post-3056650711963942632007-05-01T14:47:00.000-07:002007-05-01T14:47:00.000-07:00I would like to add that among all the films in th...I would like to add that among all the films in this series, <I>The Bad Sleep Well</I> benefits the most from being shown on the big screen. With their dynamic editing and powerful cinematography, Kurosawa's films require the large canvas of a movie screen. So even if you've seen this film at home, it's going to be a profoundly different, and much more satisfying, experience to see it in a theater (even Cubberley).Jim Reicherthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902175749525220289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923924124393096699.post-43224381917904274312007-04-30T15:22:00.000-07:002007-04-30T15:22:00.000-07:00I've seen The Bad Sleep Well several times and lik...I've seen <I>The Bad Sleep Well</I> several times and like it a lot. I've always thought that the film was almost a counterpoint to Kurosawa's earlier (and fabulous) <I>Ikiru</I>. In <I>Ikiru</I>, change in the system is seen from the inside with the protagonist Watanabe while BSW sees change being affected from the outside by its protagonist Nishi. Both, though, are excellent films and give good insight into the corporate and bureaucratic cultures of Japan, something that we don't see as much as the overpublicized images of their pop culture.rupan777https://www.blogger.com/profile/04987307030072632030noreply@blogger.com