Joseph Baxter Dec 18, 2018
Amblin Television is developing a TV series based on Akira Kurosawa’s bellwether samurai classic, Rashomon.
The Rashomon effect is about to hit the medium of television. – At least, that’s the way it seems from our perspective.
Indeed, Rashomon, director Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 breakthrough samurai-age film – a crucial step in the evolution of stylistic film narration – is getting a serial treatment from Amblin Television, which has just optioned the rights. The film, centered on a crime that saw the death of a samurai and the rape of his wife, famously unfolded its story as told from the differing perspectives of multiple characters, notably buttressing the trope of the unreliable narrator. Indeed, the term "Rashomon effect" became popularized from the subjective narration style of the film.
Amblin’s plan is to adapt Rashomon as a series released in 10-episode intervals, with the (somewhat grandiose) design of using...
Amblin Television is developing a TV series based on Akira Kurosawa’s bellwether samurai classic, Rashomon.
The Rashomon effect is about to hit the medium of television. – At least, that’s the way it seems from our perspective.
Indeed, Rashomon, director Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 breakthrough samurai-age film – a crucial step in the evolution of stylistic film narration – is getting a serial treatment from Amblin Television, which has just optioned the rights. The film, centered on a crime that saw the death of a samurai and the rape of his wife, famously unfolded its story as told from the differing perspectives of multiple characters, notably buttressing the trope of the unreliable narrator. Indeed, the term "Rashomon effect" became popularized from the subjective narration style of the film.
Amblin’s plan is to adapt Rashomon as a series released in 10-episode intervals, with the (somewhat grandiose) design of using...
- 12/18/2018
- Den of Geek
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