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Yojimbo (1961)
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"Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)What can I say? This movie started a pretty huge avalanche. Both for Leone's and Eastwood's careers, the budding Spaghetti Western genre, and probably for for European genre movies in full.As probably anyone reading this is already well aware, it's pretty much a close remake of Yojimbo. But some characters are changed both reflecting the time of the American Southwest western where it's set, and Italian film for who it was intended.The movie is enjoyable, with a few quite memorable moments (the gigantic barrel exploding into the bad guys may be my favorite). But it's impossible for me not to think about it as just being the testing waters for the perfection that would eventually come with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. In fact the second movie in this series of sorts, For a Few Dollars More, takes many sequences and styles of this movie and gets them to a more finalized state that are basically rehashed again ... "
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"This is one of those films that, together with Red Beard and Seven Samurai, exhibit Toshiro Mifune's versatility as an actor. I'd have to watch this again to re-examine Kurosawa's approach to directing, but Mifune really stood out the first time most definitely. "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.YojimboIt's the second time I've seen this movie, and hey it's a lot of fun. Listening to discussion of this film fits you into a whole back and forth history of different directors from all around the globe inspiring each other. This film was inspired by American film-noir and westerns and was both a tribute and a subversion of the genres while also addressing many Japanese traditions and modern conundrums. And then of course was itself the inspiration for A Fistful of Dollars which was another movie inspired by and a subversion of American westerns while playing up what was a very Italian viewpoint.And then of course you can see how the spaghetti westerns further influenced more Japanese and American cinema and it has all gone back and forth. Well I kind of see this movie as being a pivotal point in the history of sort of a whole genre ... "
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"This is only the second Samurai film I have seen from beginning to end, the other being another Akira Kurosawa masterpiece, "Seven Samurai". As with "Seven Samurai", I was quite impressed with the masterful cinematography and use of the full 2.35:1 aspect ratio (I cannot fathom seeing this on full screen VHS - thank God for DVD). The story is full of twists and turns, but the very abrupt ending had me wanting more. I guess that's where "Sanjuro" comes in... "
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"Here’s the dilemma. I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB. I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next. In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me. Here’s how it goes.For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006. Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005. Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc. The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting. (I'm going by IMDB as my source for release years)I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films. I decided this might be a good time to start fooling ... "
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