The movie that changed Scott Walker’s life: “I was very struck”
High-art influences.
Akira Kurosawa
The unlikely friendship of Gabriel García Márquez and Akira Kurosawa: “I have this great curiosity to know many other things about you”
“The fantastic and the realistic…”
How Akira Kurosawa weathered the elements and changed cinema forever
“Don’t do it without consulting Kurosawa.”
Disgracing the master: the five worst remakes of Akira Kurosawa movies
Not exactly a fitting tribute.
The greatest movies never made: Akira Kurosawa’s ‘The Mask of the Black Death’
A masterpiece waiting to happen.
“He was the king”: the one director John Woo places on the same pedestal as Akira Kurosawa
A ringing endorsement.
Tommy Lee Jones names his favourite directors of all time: “A good friend and heroic character”
A heavy helping of all-timers.
“Impossible to emulate”: the directors Walter Hill called inimitable geniuses
Filmmakers who can’t be beat.