Seven Samurai

“If not my best one, by far one of my favorite movies of all time, The Seven Samurai from Akira Kurosawa. The best use of slow motion.”

“I can take The Seven Samurai? Because that was the first Akira Kurosawa film I saw. And I’ve shown it to all my children. I think they have to know it. If they want to see violence properly made, they see that.”

“I’m going to start off with my very favorite, Seven Samurai. Kurosawa is… Oh, I love his work. Everything.”

“If I was to take one movie to say, which is on the top of the mountain, I would have to say it’s Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. The fight scenes, the battle scenes, the love scenes, they’re all beautifully done. This is a movie that… it takes time. But it deserves all the length that it is. This is, to me, a great, great masterpiece. Well, they’re all masterpieces, but this one is truly a masterpiece. And I’d like to end my visit by hopefully being able to take this home because it’s time to watch...”

“Some time ago, the same thing was happening in the country of Japan. You have Akira Kurosawa and you have another gentleman named Yasujiro Ozu that were epic filmmakers, making films at the same time. Much has been said about this film. What I think he was the greatest at, in terms of things I’ve learned from watching his films, is the art of blocking. The other thing he’s great at is poetic fallacy. Choosing when to use wind and rain is just insane.”

“The first thing that I found is up here, Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa. And the reason that I picked this movie, I’m embarrassed to say, is that I’ve never seen it. I mean, every single person that considers themself to be a lover of cinema always talks about this movie. So I’m starting out with a confession. And this is going right in the bag, and I’m going to look at this ASAP.”

“Seven Samurai. It's one of the greatest action films ever made. And it's also Criterion Disc 2, which is going to be quite exciting for my collection at home.”

“But my most favorite film of all time, if somebody held a gun to my head and said you had to pick one, which is, of course, an impossible task out of the thousands, I think that I would pick The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa. I’ve seen it many times. It’s the fastest three plus hours that I’ve ever experienced in my life. And I’m going to climb up on this stool and I’m going to get it.”

“Los siete samuráis...”

“I was in the Kurosawa section and he's like 'You like Kurosawa?' and I was like 'I don't know who that is' and he was like 'Well here is Rashomon and Seven Samurai, have a good Weekend.' And I had an amazing Weekend. I had to watch Rashomon almost three times I think because my brain was oozing out of my ears.”