Calgary Cinematheque presents High and Low

The Calgary Cinematheque presents acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’Äôs High and Low (1963) for October featured screening

The Screening

The Calgary Cinematheque continues it’Äôs season-two programming with High and Low by famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

High and Low

Adapted from Evan Hunter’Äôs pulp novel King’Äôs Ransom, the film could arguably be called one of the best thrillers ever made. Kurosawa’Äôs mastery of the art form is evident, and the film clearly demonstrates the director’Äôs two cinematic fortes ’Äì epic samurai thrillers and tragic tales of everyday people.

Starring Kurosawa mainstay Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo - a powerful executive, who is faced with the ransom demands of a kidnapper who has supposedly taken his son - the plot twists and turns and reveals Gondo’Äôs inner anguish, comments on police methods and procedures, and demonstrates the true cost of ambition.

Shot in black and white, and presented in newly restored 35mm, the film is a must-see for fans of Kurosawa and great films alike. The film shows why Kurosawa is considered a true master of cinema, with every shot being an experience in pure cinematic joy.

The Calgary Cinematheque presents

Akira Kurosawa’Äôs High and Low

Thursday, October 23, 2008. 7:00 PM

Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, Alberta

Tickets: $10.00 for members/students/seniors, $12.00 for non-members.

Calgary Cinematheque Memberships available for $25.00 at the door

For information visit: www.calgarycinema.org