Anything Goes : Woman in the Dunes from the Japanese New Wave by Bryan Yeater

I'm a strong believer in using film studies to become a better filmmaker. First and foremost though, I just enjoy watching great films, of which Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes is one. It's an absolute masterpiece. Roger Ebert listed it as one of the 'Great Films'. He also listed a few others from the Japanese New Wave, a movement largely confined to the 1960s. I highly recommend it. It's definitely an intellectual film, and will appeal to those who like to peel back the layers hidden within a film, much like an onion. The cinematography is fantastic, Kyoko Kishida's performance is stunning. I don't wish to spoil the film for any would be watchers, but I'd like to at least say the film is loaded with multiple messages, meanings, metaphors, and the pleasure continues after watching it as you continue to ponder it and interpret it. Essentially, the film is the product of three incredibly creative individuals, those being the director Hiroshi Teshigahara, novelist Kobe Abe, and composer Toru Takemitsu. It's in the Criterion Collection, and Criterion offers it on Hulu Plus. And surprisingly, a 720p version of it is avaialble on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTEs5MHqoU