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1.CONFLICT: It drives a plot forward, reveals character, and engages an audience. The Rashomon Effect is based on contradicting reports of the same event. The search for the truth can be a driving force of conflict for a story
This Rashomon style of storytelling for conflict can be found in Reservoir Dogs , one of Tarantino’s best films . After a heist goes awry, a group of thieves turn on each other. The accusation of a rat in group creates in unreliability of each account of how the heist went wrong. This creates tension and conflict that, in classic Tarantino way,has fatal ending
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3. Ambiguous endings
At the end of Rashomon , our realization that none of the witnesses are reliable leaves us with more questions than answers. While most films at the time had a clear ending, the ending of Rashomon has no clear resolution.
Lack of a resolution may leave an audience rather f...
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Rashomon effect
The Rashomon Effect is a term used to describe how a single event can be described in a variety of ways due to the unreliability of multiple witnesses. The witnesses’ unreliability and subjectivity are a result of situational, social and cultural differences.
The term “Ras...
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The origin story
A bandit was accused of murdering the Samurai and raping the Samurai’s wife. The woodcutter, the priest (who has seen the Samurai and his wife prior to the murder), the Samurai’s wife, the bandit, and even the ghost of the Samurai were summoned at a trial. However, each account of the event is di...
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2. Unreliable narrator
The use of an unreliable narrator may seem common today, but in 1950, films were presented from a more objective point of view .This allowed audiences to see the characters as they were or how the filmmak...
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