Pause, OK, wait! Pause again! Harakiri
I hope this is a the first in a series of homages to great movie stills. Some of these stand so well on their own, just print them out and stick them on your wall.
I may have been a bit behind on this one, but I saw this for the first time only fairly recently. All I could think while watching it was “Oh that’s great, oh that’s better!”, so now I have to pare back the fifty or so screen shots I took back to a key two or three.
Harakiri is a 1962 film by Masaki Kobayashi and is the story of a disgraced samurai hoping to end his life honorably by perform ritual suicide, before he does so he proceeds to tell the story of his life.
I guess the fact that this is black and white is at play, I think you tend to notice shapes and contrasts more. But the placement of objects, space in the frame and lighting is genius.
Grab it and watch it if you can, but if you aren’t as slow as me and have already seen it, tell me what you thought.
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1:22 pm
I haven’t seen this, but you should definitely check out some of Yasujiro Ozu’s work (if you haven’t already!)…Those lovely Japanese compositions often seem to come from a combination of setting up the shot and letting the characters take their appointed places, and shooting from the point of view of someone seated tatami-style rather than standing. That and “Mu,” (or so I remember reading somewhere), which is an absence perceived as a positive quality…and therefore the only character which I would consider as a tattoo. Heh. Very nice stills!
– mondo
1:44 pm
Did I mention I only like Samurais?
Haha, no, seriously, I’ll look him up.
– jesse