Detail View: Stan Brakhage Collection: Stan Brakhage on Sergei Eisenstein and Akira Kurosawa

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narv_4th34Lecture3-3-75Kurosawa.mp3
Title: 
Stan Brakhage on Sergei Eisenstein and Akira Kurosawa
Description: 
Stan Brakhage answers questions about Sergei Eisenstein's 'Ivan the Terrible' and discusses Eisenstein's references to homosexuality in his films. He gives a biography of Akira Kurosawa and describes the importance of 'Drunken Angel' to Kurosawa. Brakhage also compares the two lead actors in Kurosawa's films: Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune. He then focuses on the relationship between Kurosawa and his mother. Brakhage describes the inspiration for Kurosawa's film 'Rashomon.' He also mentions Ryunosuke Akutagawa's influence on Kurosawa and reads some of Akutagawa's poems.
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Abstract
Description: 
00:00 Questions from the audience begin 27:56 Questions from the audience end 28:02 Stan Brakhage begins 1:30:38 Brakhage ends 1:30:39 Questions from the audience begin 1:36:08 End
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SegmentSequence
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Course title: History of Film: Sex/Death, Eisenstein, Etcetera) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Venue
Subject: 
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061793
Subject: 
Drunken Angel (Motion picture)
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local
Subject: 
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85201979
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81091357
Subject: 
Rashōmon (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85128374
Subject: 
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091265
Subject: 
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Japan
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local
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091264
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Eisenstein, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1898-1948
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006562
Subject: 
Ivan the Terrible (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81046934
Source: 
narv_4th34Lecture3-3-75Kurosawa
Creator: 
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date: 
1975-03-03
Format Medium: 
audio/mp3
Language: 
English
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/sc770t80c7g4