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So what is the story of Bad Day at Black Rock?
Spencer Tracy is a war vet with one arm - but he knows karate so don't fuck with him!
The town is corrupt - somebody got lynched? - something like that and he goes to investigate.
But he has karate and chops people left and right. With his one arm.
Derek Strange says that a lot. Like when Quinn finds him all moody and grunting, he'll say "Bad day at Black Rock, Terry." and I'm a moron for not understanding it's a reference as my man George does love his old Westerns.
Kurosawa is so fucking awesome.
I don't think I've ever watched one all the way through.
The first one I watched was Rashomon because my improv troupe played a game called that, and I needed to know. It was like a dose of crack.
Kurosawa is so fucking awesome.
And he found his perfect representative in Mifune.
Ran is incredible, but the last shot of the poor guy who's dropped his Buddha icon is just too heartbreaking.
Spencer Tracy is a war vet with one arm - but he knows karate so don't fuck with him!
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The town is corrupt - somebody got lynched? - something like that and he goes to investigate.
Actually he innocently comes to town to find the father of a war buddy and give him his son's medal (I think the father is Japanese-American or an immigrant). The townspeople, who essentially killed the dude, think he is there to investigate so they try to run him out of town.
But he has karate and chops people left and right. With his one arm.
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he innocently comes to town to find the father of a war buddy and give him his son's medal
And that's not one of the plots of a Kurosawa/spaghetti western? Heck, maybe it was a play by Euripides, all the greats "borrow" ideas from each other.
Yay, my DVR is happy to record all the Kurosawa it can find! I think I've only actually seen Ran all the way through - on the big screen, even, so wonderful. Maybe Yojimbo but under distracting circumstances so I don't really remember it.