The Next Reel Film Podcast
Ugetsu
We kick off our Ghost Stories series with a haunting story of greed and wartime loss – and Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t need any effects to tell it either! It’s his 1953 film Ugetsu.
October 3, 2024
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We kick off our Ghost Stories series with a haunting story of greed and wartime loss – and Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t need any effects to tell it either! It’s his 1953 film Ugetsu.
美術監督・種田陽平が、自身のキャリアと溝口健二監督の『雨月物語』の忘れがたい芸術 性について語ります。映画における視覚的なストーリーテリングの魅力的な探求です。
Production designer Yôhei Taneda shares insights into his career and the haunting artistry of Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu. A fascinating exploration of visual storytelling in cinema.
How about some hot coffee in the face? No? Well, Gloria Grahame sure gives it a shot here in this brutal crime noir film directed by Fritz Lang in 1953, starring Glenn Ford as a ruthless cop hellbent on stopping the local crime syndicate, no matter who dies in his way. This is our May 2021 Member Bonus Episode, voted on by you – our members. It’s a dip back into our Fritz Lang series from 2016, and a solid film to finally review.