"In the end, we've lost this battle, too." So say Kambei at the end of Seven Samurai (1954), Akira Kurosawa's often-imitated masterpiece. Mike and Dan talk about what, exactly, is lost and won, how the samurai beat the bandits but lose to peace, and how the viewer's perspective is constantly shifting in a film that's 207 minutes long but feels like 15. Every possible emotion and experience a person can have watching a film is in this one, so join Mike and Dan as they talk about as many as they can.
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