Andrew Male
@andrewmale.bsky.social
Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist. Cultivating the echo chamber since 2011.
Thank you, Sid. I think I must have passed a series of secret tests known only to him but he was utterly charming. I do know that everyone I spoke to for the Veedon Fleece piece had to get Van's approval first.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thank you, Sid. I think I must have passed a series of secret tests known only to him but he was utterly charming. I do know that everyone I spoke to for the Veedon Fleece piece had to get Van's approval first.
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Sword of Doom - Snow Ambush
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November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Snow ambush www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ev4e0
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Another duel, more spoilers. Tatsuya Nakadai (RIP) in the widescreen black & white graveyard duel from Masaki Kobayashi's HARAKIRI (1962). I first saw this on the big screen in the mid-1990s; it was breathtaking.
Harakiri (1962) - Duel HD
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November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Another duel, more spoilers. Tatsuya Nakadai (RIP) in the widescreen black & white graveyard duel from Masaki Kobayashi's HARAKIRI (1962). I first saw this on the big screen in the mid-1990s; it was breathtaking.
And so damned handsome!
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
And so damned handsome!
As I’ve heard it, the tube pressure was set too high, so that gigantic geyser of blood was a “mistake” that Kurosawa decided to leave in and thus was born a visual aesthetic for bloodletting in Japanese samurai films.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
As I’ve heard it, the tube pressure was set too high, so that gigantic geyser of blood was a “mistake” that Kurosawa decided to leave in and thus was born a visual aesthetic for bloodletting in Japanese samurai films.