I got lucky: I didn't hear about it until late March, early April & it was by happenstance: one of my Facebook film friends posted something about it or I'd have missed it entirely. Checked the dates for any NYC screenings & saw that it was coming to the Brooklyn Acad of Music yesterday & caught the earliest showing.…

I returned 2 copies of their Third Man blu-ray because it wouldn't play in my player. Got to the studio emblem & froze every time. Wish they'd clear that up!

Yoj is still my favorite by him too, there's just something great about the humor in the 1st 3rd or so but the nihilistic nature of the violence is my favorite thing about it. It's also great to see Mifune scratching & rubbing his beard like a wizened middle-aged old coot!

Hard to pick a Kurosawa film that's his best, isn't it? My favorite's Yojimbo but this film had his most amazing imagery AND music. First time I saw it was just after I graduated from high sch & the battle of the 3rd Castle was absolutely chilling. I just saw it on the big screen yesterday in Brooklyn & it was still…

Just saw it yesterday at the Brooklyn Acad of Music. It looked INCREDIBLE. And just like they suggest above, Takemitsu's score is the driving factor in the big battle, even more so than the stunning imagery.

For some reason, about 2000, Lenny Kravitz' GODAWFUL rendition of the Guess Who's "American Woman" suddenly became popular. NEVER could understand why, it was just a steaming pile, a moment where a lot of people must've been asking Lenny "Why, man, WHY?????"

Always liked the more instrumental themes that came out of the late 70s & early 80s. I never really, as a pre-teenager, understood a minute of Dallas but I always liked watching the opening because the music was so cool. Also, Simon & Simon was always a cool theme, sort of a Southern Boogie kinda vibe.