Cinematheque: Roger Ebert

Kurosawa's spellbinding epic of feudal disorder focuses on the alienation brought on by man's lust for power and depicts it with violence set to classical cadences. Shakespeare’s King Lear refashioned through samurai stylings. Seen on the big screen, Kurosawa's mass orchestration of movement, color, landscape, and spectacle achieve a jaw-dropping beauty. This screening represents a rare opportunity to view a 35mm print of Ran made directly off of the camera negative.