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The Long Shot As Loss Of Faith In Kurosawa’S Ran, Michele Gibney
The Long Shot As Loss Of Faith In Kurosawa’S Ran, Michele Gibney
Michele Gibney
The final shot in the movie Ran by Akira Kurosawa betrays a crushing pessimism about the state of the society. In a world where the heroes die, the presence of a benevolent God is brought into serious scrutiny. With the dropping of the Amida Buddha scroll the movie establishes as its “moral” the chaos of man in a world without religion. In discussing the movie in connection with the final images I will be analyzing one of the most important themes of the film: withdrawal from humanity.