Comments on: High and Low Blu Ray Review

By: Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:47:04 +0000

One of finest of all Kurosawa’s films and I think the Blu Ray transfer although not jaw dropping really does the best it can with the source material which has a dark gritty look to it throughout.

All that aside, I first saw High and Low last year and have gone back to it four times already, simply put it is great cinema and the kind of film I kick myself for not having seen sooner in my like. Great review also many thanks!

By: joe

joe — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:39:26 +0000

Definitely a buy!

By: mitch

mitch — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:04:47 +0000

just as good if not better as seven samurai or rashomon or any of kurosawas classics

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:56:38 +0000

High and Low is awesome and it’s cool to get Jay’s opininion on it and hopefully he’ll start to get into more Kurosawa. I agree with Alechs, you gotta go with the crime dramas, but don’t sleep on Ikiru(which is my fav Kurosawa film) and Red Beard which are both more dramas. The guy has at least 12 films that are hands down legendary, it’s amazing the quality and diversity of his talent.

By: Jonny Ashley

Jonny Ashley — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:42:40 +0000

Watched this after you brought it up on the podcast. It’s a whopper. Loved it.

And I must sound like a broken record by now, but I am DYIN to know what you think of Yasujiro Ozu’s “I Was Born, But…” http://www.criterion.com/films/922-i-was-born-but
Unfortunately it’s not yet out on bluray, but it is definitely a buy.

By: alechs

alechs — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:20:04 +0000

If anyone loves this film you have to finish it off trilogy style with Kurosawa’s other crime dramas/police procedurals, Stray Dog and The Good Sleep Well. I would say that High and Low has the most cinematic flair but the other three are staggering on their own right.

Jay will you be doing Criterion reviews for The Battle of Algiers and The Killing?

By: Gil

Gil — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:14:00 +0000

This film truly was one of the best two hours of my life spent. Great review; I’ll be picking this one up on blu-ray in November when Barnes has their 50% off sale.