Sundance 2022 #10

This project set just about the highest bar imaginable for itself - remaking the greatest work of Akira Kurosawa's career. It was never going to clear that bar entirely, but the fact that it came this incredibly close is a genuine miracle. That Ikiru ever even stood a chance of successfully translating into the James Ivory-esque period piece on display here is a testament to the universality of Kurosawa's worldview; that it pulls it off so meaningfully is a testament to Ishiguro's well-established talent, and Hermanus's deep potential.

Also, when Tom Burke's parents named him, they surely had this exact style of intro credits specifically in mind. It should be illegal to credit him any other way.