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NOIRVEMBER: 'Stray Dog" (1949, Dir: Akira Kurosawa)
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NOIRVEMBER: 'Stray Dog" (1949, Dir: Akira Kurosawa)

Listen to Corbin and, lesser degree, Matt, get all swoony over STRAY DOG, a police procedural by THE MASTER Akira Kurosawa. Topics include: soup, noir-and-not-noir elements at work, Kurosawa's enduring influence, and the heroic impulse vs. the rational impulse. 

Corbin reccomends a movie currently in theaters. Matt reccomends "Tokyo Vice" on HBOMAX. 

Next week's episode is about Le Jour Se Leve/Daybreak, which you will have to rent. 

Matt: "Song at end: Himiko Kikuchi- Don't Be Stupid. Famous Japanese Jazz album apparently"

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