“Rashomon” by Akira Kurosawa, alike “Così è (se vi pare)¨ and ¨Six Characters In Search of an Author¨ by Luigi Pirandello masterfully tell us about the multiple essence of truth. Rashomon explores the unreliability of narrative perspective and the mutable nature of truth. Through the theoretical framework of Einstein's theory of relativity, the dynamics of the film take on new strange dimensions. By viewing the events through a relativistic lens, causality and chronology buckle in fascinating ways. What was witnessed as sequential becomes concurrent; perspectives once opposing align in strange superpositions. The implications are profound - both unsettling conventional logic and opening insights into the fluid nature of reality itself. It offers not easy answers, but new ways of seeing beyond what was before. ( )

Japón, siglo XII. En Kioto, bajo las puertas del derruido templo de Rashomon, se guarecen de la torrencial lluvia un leñador, un sacerdote budista y un peregrino. Los tres discuten sobre el juicio a un bandido, acusado de haber dado muerte a un señor feudal y violado a su esposa. Los detalles del crimen son narrados desde el punto de vista del bandido, de la mujer, del señor feudal -con la ayuda de una médium- y del leñador, único testigo de los hechos.

Ganadora del Oscar honorífico a la Mejor Película de Habla no Inglesa y nominada al Oscar a la Mejor Dirección Artística en blanco y negro. León de Oro en el Festival de Venecia. Una película capital del gran Akira Kurosawa ('Dersu Uzala'), con una enorme influencia en el cine moderno. Protagonizada por Toshirô Mifune ('Los siete samuráis') y Machiko Kyô ('La puerta del infierno'). Obra maestra.

Courtroom witnesses tell conflicting stories.

It demands to be watched multiple times, if you're the sort of person who wants to figure out What Really Happened (or at least decide what you'd like to think really happened), but I'm not sure I'd like to see it again any time soon. It's very interesting, and it has quite a few entertaining moments (like Mifune jumping around like a monkey), but sometimes it seems more like an academic exercise than a movie (although it's much better than most movies I might say that about).

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 3.3/4 ( )