[THE TALE OF ZATOICHI (1962)]
How are we supposed to understand Nissan?
If we don’t understand Hokusai?
And Fukushima.
And Zatoichi.
This, here, is The Tale of Zatoichi.
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Artful camera-pen pans to heightened senses.
But Shintaro Katsu is our humble warrior.
As you like it.
But you must have a keyhole.
You must have a way into this oeuvre.
And so we think Nissan.
But also Roland Kirk.
Forever, Roland Kirk.
Maybe Marcus Roberts at the piano. Yes. Computing.
And Art Tatum as a whirlwind.
Professional courtesy.
No one could understand me.
You must get deep to understand the soldier.
Stage 4.
All the world’s a Dutch proverb.
-PD
paulydeathwish 
Great line: “But you must have a keyhole.” Every story must be told from a point of view, a perspective.
Yes, I was studying this today in relation to the classic Hollywood “star system”. 1). the director or cinematographer’s perspective 2). the protagonists perspectives 3.) the audience perspection.
The crux as that a “reaction shot” emanating from say Marilyn Monroe would make the audience identify with her. This phenomenon of indentification in film very psychological and interesting to me.
–Paul