. The way that Zemeckis decides to portray society in the 1950’s of Back to the Future is very different then the way that he decides to portray it in Forrest Gump. While Back to the Future was interested in social and political concerns, Forrest Gump was more highly focused on philosophical ramifications due to social pressures. We see in Back to the Future a world full of social and political constraints. While character is a large focus of this film, the main theme is the world in which our characters habitate. This is highly contrasted with the world of Forrest Gump. The world that Zemeckis presents to us in Forrest Gump is one where we intently focus on the characters and not the surroundings. His uses of transitions are a large part of his works as a whole, however there is not a consistent use of one type. His use of time lapses, good and evil and day and night are all present in his works. As well as the theme of bushido found in Kurosawa's films there is a strange element involving the viewer of the film and the characters within the setting of the film. Easily spotted in earlier films as the characters watching each other and reacting to each other and their behaviour, this gives the audience a certain attachment, involvement into his films. Later films still present the same ideas, however they are more suppressed. These ideas are loose links in which we can tie together Kurosawa's films. This not withstanding, not every one of these elements will be found and or addressed in each of his films. The missing elements from certain films often have caused them to be regarded as lesser films by critics, however seem to just show a development through an auteurs career. Much like any other artist, a filmmaker’s works will change with time and experience. Much of this is not found as overtly in Dodes ‘Ka-Den, however it is still present, verifying the authorship of the film. The connection that an a...
