Seijun Suzuki

There comes a point in each country’s film history when the filmmakers seem to collectively create a cultural and formal renaissance of film at the same time. Out comes a film movement that cinematically defines the country’s culture, and iconography emerges from those films that go on to influence future filmmakers. The Japanese New Wave …

E. B. White once wrote, “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” Analyzing trilogies seems to the same. The entire point is to enjoy them. Still, given the many sins to be found in film, there are worse things than movie trilogies but few have …