{"id":1130,"date":"2006-05-23T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T02:40:50","slug":"dersu-uzala-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Dersu Uzala (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why man live in box?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu-Uzala-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu-Uzala-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu-Uzala-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu-Uzala-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu-Uzala-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Russian captain (Yuri Solomin) on a military expedition in Siberia befriends a bow-legged trapper (Maksim Munzuk) who saves his life.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Kurosawa Films<\/li>\n<li>Russian Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nI agree with Peary that this Oscar-winning Soviet\/Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa is &#8220;enthralling&#8221; and &#8220;eerily beautiful&#8221;.  While slow-going at times, especially in the beginning (Kurosawa&#8217;s later films often are), you will nonetheless quickly get caught up in this epic tale of cross-cultural friendship which, &#8220;rather than being sentimental&#8221;, is &#8220;touching&#8221;. Maksim Munzuk as the &#8220;short, bow-legged, aging&#8221; Dersu is a wonder to behold: watch as he quietly aims his rifle at a swinging rope and hits his target dead on, or uses his wits and the scant materials at hand to design a life-saving shelter on the tundra.  It&#8217;s especially refreshing to see cultural and racial biases of the time being overcome.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> I&#8217;m not the first to liken Dersu to Yoda from the <em>Star Wars<\/em> trilogy, but watch and see if you don&#8217;t agree! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maksim Munzuk as the inimitable Dersu<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu Captain.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Dersu Captain.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1131\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The touching friendship between Dersu and the Captain<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Friendship2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Friendship2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1126\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dersu and the Captain building the temporary shelter that will save their lives<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Building.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Building.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1128\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gorgeous cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Scene.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Scene.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1127\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A haunting film score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This is an unusual entry in Kurosawa&#8217;s oeuvre, and well worth watching.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0071411\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1978\/01\/13\/archives\/screen-tovarich-kurosawa-tolstoyan-parable.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why man live in box?&#8221; Synopsis: A Russian captain (Yuri Solomin) on a military expedition in Siberia befriends a bow-legged trapper (Maksim Munzuk) who saves his life. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Friendship Kurosawa Films Russian Films Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: I agree with Peary that this Oscar-winning Soviet\/Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa is &#8220;enthralling&#8221; and &#8220;eerily beautiful&#8221;. While slow-going at times, especially in the beginning (Kurosawa&#8217;s later films often are), you will nonetheless quickly get caught up in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1130\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62393,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/62393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}