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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Akira Kurosawa |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 30 April, 1963 |
| MANUFACTURER: | New Yorker Films |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Japanese |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717119050238 |
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Customer Reviews of The Idiot
Brilliant, Beautiful and Sad To me this film only used the framework of Doestoevsky's tale. Instead to me it shows the tragedy of postwar Japan. My favorite moment is when Kameda and Akama walk through the streets of
Hokkaido and they see the image of Taeko Nasu and Kurosawa makes the portrait our focus and the two men are merely the reflections in the glass. It foreshadows the pending tragedy beautifully. The music in the background is haunting and it too captures the sadness of all three of the characters.
I loved Doestoevsky's novel, but to me this film brought it to life. Made it accessable and ultimately painful because as the film moves on I came to love Kameda in a way I couldn't with Prince Myshkin.
I am sad this film is out of print I would love to get this on DVD.
Yikes
I love a lot of Kurosawa's films and his worst is probably better than some directors' best. But The Idiot, in my opinion, really misses its mark. The beauty, depth and humor of the original Dostoevsky novel is totally lost in this film version. (Perhaps it would be in any film version.) I found the acting of the lead character in particular, to be stilted and even a bit ridiculous. Kurosawa somehow turned a rich, dynamic and very realistic psychological exploration into a weepy melodrama. And if you haven't read the novel, I can't imagine the film will seem much better. You are much better off buying the book, one of the most perfect and entertaining stories ever written, and leaving this movie alone.
This is a hard one!
"The Idiot" is a very complicated story and fitting all the characters and subplots into a two and a half hour movie does not work. I read that the studio that released it cut the film from six hours to the length we see. They should have left it alone. The characters are fascinating. The acting is a bit over the top. Mifune can get away with chewing the scenery but some of the other actors are not as fortunate. Don't let this review turn you off. It is an engrossing film with some memorable moments!