Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI Screens October 19th at The Tivoli – ‘Classics in the Loop’

“Danger always strikes when everything seems fine. “

Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI screens Wednesday October 19th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.

Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the finest filmmaker the world has ever seen. Certainly influenced by other masters like John Ford, Orson Welles, Jean Renoir and others Kurosawa found a way to take their impressive visual styles all his own. SEVEN SAMURAI is his best known film, at least to U.S. audiences and was remade (very well) six years later by Hollywood as THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

SEVEN SAMURAI is about a village victimized by a group of bandits. Their reign of terror has taken its toll on the farmers and their families so resort to hiring seven samurai masters to protect them. SEVEN SAMURAI is anchored by Bravura performances from Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchivo and Takeshi Shimura as Kambei. The supporting actors give commendable performances as well. Even though the visual effects are dated by today’s standards, most modern action films don’t even come close in terms of visually stimulating emotions like SEVEN SAMURAI can. Due to the fact that Kurosawa relies a lot on visuals during both the dramatic and action sequences, and backstories are related (which was not necessary in the 1960 American remakes due to its star power), the film may seem long-winded to some (it lasts 3 ½ hours), but it’s a stimulating and rewarding film experience and I highly recommend heading over to the Tivoli Wednesday night and seeing it there on the big screen.

Here’s the rest of the line-up for the ‘CLASSICS IN THE LOOP’ film series:

Oct. 26                  DOCTOR ZHIVAGO