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It takes a gutsy filmmaker to attempt to remake a classic, and Spike Lee certainly aimed for the sky with Highest 2 Lowest.
With 'Highest 2 Lowest,' Spike Lee joins Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, and Steven Soderbergh as a scholar of Akira Kurosawa's 'High and Low.' ...
Before Highest 2 Lowest, check out Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, which inspired Denzel Washington and Spike Lee’s latest.
The original version of Akira Kurosawa’s drama was from 1963 so some time has certainly passed and, knowing Spike Lee, it’s almost certain that the new version will contain heightened dramatic ...
For his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee has turned to one of his influences, and one of cinema’s most iconic ...
From July 18 to 31, Film Forum will screen the new 4K restorations of “High and Low,” “Throne of Blood,” “Stray Dog,” “Ikiru,” “Yojimbo,” “Sanjuro,” and “The Hidden Fortress.” The festival coincides ...
October 29, 2008 Filmmaker Mike Nichols, of Closer and Charlie Wilson's War most recently, will direct a remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, a 1963 detective thriller starring Toshiro Mifune.