Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998) Born: March 23, 1910 in Tokyo, Japan Died: September 6, 1998 (age 88) in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan [on Mikio Naruse] Naruse’s Method consists of staging one very brief shot after another; but when we look at them placed end-to-end in the finished film, they give the impression of one long single take.… Continue reading Happy Birthday: Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998)
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Happy Birthday: Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener Born: March 23, 1959 in Miami, Florida, USA [on her harshest rejection]: “One director said I just wasn’t sexy. It was hard, really hard. I left town for two months with my tail between my legs. But you have to kind of go, okay, maybe I’m not their idea of [sexy], but hell,… Continue reading Happy Birthday: Catherine Keener
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