Blade Runner and Sin City. Two sides of the same coin. Or, maybe, like, one side and the edge.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Gandalfe - Jun 10, 2005 10:49:08 am PDT #3948 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 10:52:40 am PDT #3949 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2. Cause...you know.
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2005 10:54:50 am PDT #3950 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Hidden Fortress and Star Wars.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 10:55:41 am PDT #3951 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pulp Fiction and Go.
Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 10:59:09 am PDT #3952 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
All That Heaven Allows and Far From Heaven.
Similarly, The Reckless Moment and The Deep End. Both of them are based on the same novella, by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, and it's sort of surprising that the same plot can still be effective.
Or, The Big Clock and No Way Out (the Kevin Costner one). Although the former is not at all about spies, the latter is fixated with time, timing, and running away.
Jon B. - Jun 10, 2005 10:59:56 am PDT #3953 of 10002
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Hidden Fortress and Star Wars.
I watched The Hidden Fortress a few years ago and I was struck by how little there was of Star Wars in it. Other than the two guys who were very R2D2 and C3PO, I didn't see much of a connection at all. Did I miss something?
Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 11:04:34 am PDT #3954 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Whereas, Yojimbo is exactly as much spaghetti western as you might expect, only a little less with the long cut, nihilism, and whistle music.
Katie M - Jun 10, 2005 11:08:08 am PDT #3955 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The Court Jester
Would you believe I have had my TiVo trying to catch this movie for two years now and it's never turned up? Sob! I know it used to show up on AMC, back when AMC ran older movies.
-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:15:36 am PDT #3956 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Hidden Fortress and Star Wars
I've done this. It's fun. I didn't really see a lot of resemblance, to be honest, but I didn't see a lot of resemblance between City on Fire and Reservoir Dogs either.
AMC is running three Marlowe movies back to back this weekend. It's driven all other possible double features from my mind.
Vonnie K - Jun 10, 2005 11:17:41 am PDT #3957 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The Deep End
Sigh. Such a good film. I haven't come across many people who have watched it. Tilda Swinton! The Hot Doctor Luka! Moral Ambiguity! I have to track down The Reckless Moment. Max Opuls and James Mason! Can't believe I haven't watched it yet.
Picnic at Hanging Rock and A Passage from India always struck me as having the same thematic undertones. The backsdrop of colonialism, sexual hysteria, and the terrible and the beautiful of the unknown. I am betting a film student or two did a paper comparing the works of E.M. Forster an Peter Weir during his Australian period.