In August of 1950, Akria Kurosawa released his seminal film, Rashomon where a trial of a crime is unfolded through four different perspectives showing us how flimsy “the truth” can be. On it’s 75th anniversary we review the film and discuss its ongoing legacy. Martyn Strange from the Filmsplaining podcast joins Dakota and Jeff.
Listen to previous movie milestone episodes like those covering Seven Samurai, The Red Shoes, Halloween and more.
Check out some of Jeff’s Fantasia reviews including $POSITIONS, All You Need Is Kill and Juliet and the King. Also listen to his Classic Movies Live episode covering Eddington and The Smurfs, the festivals opening night films.
Check out Dakota’s reviews of Every Heavy Thing and Lurker from the festival.
Follow Martyn on YouTube, Instagram and Threads. Check out Dakota’s appearance on episode 304: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World & Takes Off of Filmsplaining.
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