Bianca Peterkin
3/17/2023
- Give a brief outline of the plot (action) of the film.
A “strange story” of a man who got killed started off the action of the film and people started giving their pov of the story and how everything took place from different perspectives. - What are the main symbols in the film, what do they represent?
A horse, A bow and arrow, a sword, and women they all circulate back to death. - What are the main philosophical questions (ideas) being raised by the film? How are these themes still relevant today?
Trust/ Lies and death. In a world like today people always tend to lie to cater to themselves and not actually expose the truth. So it hard to trust anybody. - How is the structure of the film important to the telling of this story?
The structure is important because it started off with the background so we know what to expected next and continued to flow with the sound of the music to let the audience know how to feel. Along with the flashbacks to align with the story being told by each character. - Who’s story did you find most trustworthy and why?
Honestly speaking all stories sounded shaky but I would say the first and second men stories sounded the most trustworthy their storyline makes the most sense. - Consider the final scene when the Priest chooses to hand the baby over to the Woodsman. What is Kurosawa trying to say with this gesture?
Kurosawa is trying to do what’s right so the theme of men being evil changed towards the end since they showed up there is still good in them - Rashomon is an adaptation of a short story written by Akutagawa, consider what elements are present in the film that enhance or diminish a story like this. Are there aspects to the story that might be better served on the page, why?
- The truth to the audience will be better served on the page in the movie not knowing the truth and being lied to throughout was okay but on a page going into details about the truth will be good.