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Kurosawa's The Idiot, based on Dostoyevsky's novel is very good

I had mentioned earlier that this edited version (100 min. missing) of the film was supposed to be confusing but I followed it easily. Despite it's running length of 266 min. was still quite engaging with the second half a bit slower and there was one obvious gap but I imagined what happened easily.

From what I can tell this film follows closely to Dostoyevsky's novel, with different people and locations but a similar story about a man whose near death escape changes his mind and leaves him innocent and pure. When he returns to his family he comes across very naive (the idiot) but has a purity of heart that a kept woman sees in him. This leads to complications down the road with another man who desires this same woman.

I can see why Kurosawa said: "He (Dostoyevsky) is still my favourite author, and he is the one — I still think — who writes most honestly about human existence."

Based on films like Ikiru and Red Beard, Kurosawa and Dostoyevsky, to me, thought alike.

Not my favorite Kurosawa but a beautiful movie and certainly recommended.



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Topic - Kurosawa's The Idiot, based on Dostoyevsky's novel is very good - PhilJ 10:16:41 10/05/11 (8)

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