Props to the Houston Press for bringing it to my attention.
http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2003-03-13/urban.html/1/index.html
In another section, they listed the first three showings:
Here's a link to the MFAH site with the full list of films, times, and details.
http://www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=films&par1=1&par2=121
http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2003-03-13/urban.html/1/index.html
quote:
Master Class
Kurosawa is king
Director Akira Kurosawa isn't so popular in his native Japan, but his "Western" approach to filmmaking -- grand epics, spectacular action sequences and romantic sentimentality -- has endeared him to European and American audiences. As a tribute to Kurosawa, who died in 1998, the Museum of Fine Arts is screening nine of the master's best films.Spanning the years 1948 to 1963, the compilation spotlights Kurosawa's most influential work and chronicles the director's collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. Yojimbo (1961) is the story of a wandering ronin (Mifune), a samurai with no master, who pits two rival clans against each other just so he can watch the karmic carnage. (Italian director Sergio Leone would later translate Yojimbo into the Clint Eastwood vehicle A Fistful of Dollars.) Shakespeare's Macbeth gets distilled and reinterpreted in Throne of Blood, Kurosawa's brilliant 1957 period piece that imagines the Scottish lord as a valiant samurai warrior. And R2-D2 and C-3PO bear striking resemblance to the two misfit soldiers in The Hidden Fortress (1958), a film George Lucas admits was a heavy influence on Star Wars. Friday, March 14, through Sunday, April 27. Brown Auditorium, 1001 Bissonnet. For showtimes, call 713-639-7515. $6. -- Troy Schulze
In another section, they listed the first three showings:
- High and Low 3/14: 7pm
- Drunken Angel 3/15: 7pm
- The Hidden Fortress 3/16: 7pm
Here's a link to the MFAH site with the full list of films, times, and details.
http://www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=films&par1=1&par2=121
