I watched High and Low for the first time in a while, showing it to my 18yo son. We've been watching a bunch of Asian cinema recently. He has no desire to go into film but loves watching movies with me.
Anyways... Back to High and Low. I had forgotten how good it is. It's amazing how much tension Kurosawa was able to build without hardly any score whatsoever. The train sequence is super tense. No score. Just train noises and great sound design. I love it.
The first half of the movie (and many parts) play more like a play as well - taking place in one room. Lots of tension created with just dialogue.
Have you seen High and Low? What movies have you been watching recently?
Anyways... Back to High and Low. I had forgotten how good it is. It's amazing how much tension Kurosawa was able to build without hardly any score whatsoever. The train sequence is super tense. No score. Just train noises and great sound design. I love it.
The first half of the movie (and many parts) play more like a play as well - taking place in one room. Lots of tension created with just dialogue.
Have you seen High and Low? What movies have you been watching recently?
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