There's an interesting article on Shimura Takashi in this month's Sight & Sound .
My problem with Ikiru, having only seen it once, was the two halfs were, as far as duration goes, so obviously unbalanced. I remember at the time trying to justify that, but I too felt it was overlong. But I've been meaning to revisit it for some time now...
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
