A truly groundbreaking film that many say inspired the Academy Awards to launch the Best Foreign Film category, this week we discuss Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece “Rashomon”. In this episode, Adam and Ian pay tribute to this classic film by discussing the short stories that inspired the film, the wonderful cinematography, and where “Rashomon” ranks in Kurosawa’s canon. Also, this week Adam recommends Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy” and Ian recommends “You Were Never Really Here” (available on Amazon Prime Video).

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Intro/Outro music is “Bouncy Gypsy Beats” by John Bartmann.