Master at Work

So we're back to working hard on the screenplay, trying to bang out a second draft by (gulp) August 28th. To get in the right frame of mind, then, we've started watching a bunch of cinematic classics that have resided too long on our "must see" list. Chief among these was Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, a noir that doubles as an Inferno-like journey through the seamy side of post-war Tokyo. Highly recommended, as it's rife with scenes like those above—dreamy snapshots of a city on the mend from the