I was a bit afraid this would happen. Suddenly, the Revue is doing something like 8 straight days of Kurosawa films in early August, though perhaps ironically not Rhapsody in August.
Getting over there is often a chore, but I will do it for truly amazing films, and I expect I'll see most of these, though I can skip Yojimbo, having just seen it at the Revue about a month back (even though this is a better restoration). I may or may not go out to see Ikiru. I loved this the first time I saw it, but the second time I found the framing and over-bearing narration to really detract from the film. Maybe third time's the charm? I will likely go back to see High and Low, even though I did see this as the Paradise, but really liked it.
Anyway, I don't appear to have too many conflicts, so I will try to make the series. I remember being a bit upset that I missed Seven Samurai at Carlton, but this will definitely be a better experience, aside from the travel involved. (On a side note, seeing Ran at the Fox was a real disappointment - they don't have staggered seats and the slope of the theatre is just too flat, so there were always people's heads in the way. I think I am just done going out to the Fox. It really is an inferior movie-going experience.) I just need to work out whether seeing these five or six films (plus Peter Sellars in Being There this Sunday) makes it worthwhile to splurge on a membership at the Revue, despite it being on the other side of town. Probably so.
I still haven't buckled down and ordered tickets to TO Summer Music Fest or to Fringe, so I need to do that tonight and tomorrow!
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