Also, you should see The Wild Bunch.
Nyah, nyah's scrappy.
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
Angel ,'Chosen'
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:35:26 am PDT #7812 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 6:44:47 am PDT #7813 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Indeed, Yojimbo was inspired by a Dashiel Hammett novel, filmed as a samurai western and remade as...wait for it...A Fistful of Dollars.
Yep, and Sanjuro was remade as For A Few Dollars More. And Kurosawa was deeply influenced by John Ford.
But I'm not going to push the Westerns or samurai movies unless there's interest. Frank's doing it for me!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:54:41 am PDT #7814 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sanjuro was remade as For A Few Dollars More
Huh. I haven't seen Sanjuro yet (and it's been so long since I saw FaFDM that all I remember is how confusing it was to see Lee Van Cleef as essentially one of the "good" guys in that movie after having seen The Good, The Bad...etc.), so I didn't realize that FaFDM was a remake as well.
Theodosia - Aug 25, 2008 7:05:05 am PDT #7815 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also, if you've seen either Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, catch Fresh which is the plot as interpreted in the African-American ghetto experience -- I HIGHLY recommend it.
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 7:18:23 am PDT #7816 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yojimbo kicks all kinds of ass. It's one of those rare movies that is simultaneously cerebral as hell and breathlessly action-packed. I think I first saw it in the late 90s, around 1997 or so, while I was going through a spaghetti western kick. And I've watched it pretty much once or twice a year ever since without any sort of diminishing marginal returns.
brenda m - Aug 25, 2008 7:19:35 am PDT #7817 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Also, if you've seen either Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, catch Fresh which is the plot as interpreted in the African-American ghetto experience -- I HIGHLY recommend it.
I feel like I need to do a mini film-fest now and watch them all back to back.
Polter-Cow - Aug 25, 2008 7:25:47 am PDT #7818 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Corwood is going to start pimping The Wild Bunch to you, P-C. I can feel it. Resist his blandishments!
I do want to see Yojimbo, though.
Scrappy - Aug 25, 2008 7:43:10 am PDT #7819 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yojimbo is Da Bomb.
amych - Aug 25, 2008 7:46:14 am PDT #7820 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
See Yojimbo. And then rewatch The Wild Bunch. And repeat the whole cycle whenever needed. There's really no bad there.
Jon B. - Aug 25, 2008 8:35:34 am PDT #7821 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is Yojimbo the one with the two guys who were supposedly the inspiration for C3PO & R2D2?