A.K.
Chris Marker / FR, 1984 / 75 min.
Wherein did ‘sensei’ Akira Kurosawa’s mastery lie? Chris Marker gets to grips with this in his understated documentary on the making of Ran, Kurosawa’s adaptation of King Lear, shot at the foot of Mount Fuji. A work of art about the creation of a work of art.
No interviews with the master. No explanatory voice-over. No documentary footage. No reassuring analyses and/or colourful anecdotes from fellow filmmakers. Instead of all that: the fly-on-the-wall technique.
Following an invitation from Ran producer Serge Silberman, film and documentary maker Chris Marker (La jetée, Sans soleil) visited the set of Ran, Kurosawa’s interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear, filmed as a historical epic about belligerent warlords in sixteenth-century Japan.
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Director
Chris Marker
Production year
1984
Country
FR
Original title
A.K.
Length
75 min.
Language
French, Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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