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Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 21:16
by Peeping Tom
i really wanna see 3:10 to yuma ive heard mixed opinions .. but it has BALE .. hes so intense
and ive never thought of taxi driver as a western but thats an interesting comment because it does follow the genre.
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 00:49
by Eviltoastman
Kurosawa > Ford > Scorsese > Hardon.
In fact Searchers offers the bones for Taxi Driver. Some label Taxi Driver as a remake...but it's nowhere near truth, but both Star Wars Episode 4 and taxi Driver owe a heck of a lot from The Searchers with Lucas, Ford and Scorsese owing a hell of a lot to Kurosawa.
Still I wouldn't label Star Wars Episode IV a Western, but it does apply many of the conventions, albeit impure and straying wildly from the basic formula. Taxi Driver, both thematically and structurally is only different because of aesthetics (superficial).
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 00:54
by Dress Barn
Deadwood
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 00:57
by Eviltoastman
See there I was, Up at 5 am. Thinking I could expand, edit and elaborate on my post with impunity and the Pimp from Detroit messes everything up.
How's you doing Jeremy?
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 14:11
by ReverseEngineer
Eviltoastman";p="947553 wrote:Still I wouldn't label Star Wars Episode IV a Western
Star Wars Episode IV steals quite liberally from Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 16:16
by Eviltoastman
I know.
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 17:56
by ReverseEngineer
I hadn't realized that you're the only one reading this thread.
My apologies.
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 21:04
by Peeping Tom
okay so we've definetly established kurosawa's movies have a lot of influence in westerns and star wars.
on the other hand i don't know if i posted that i saw lost highway which i liked a lot more than eraserhead its a classic example of his work where a poor writer will describe the movie "Lynchian"
Posted: 22 Mar 2008, 08:15
by Thunder Bear
You should start using commas.
Posted: 22 Mar 2008, 13:10
by Eviltoastman
...and capitalisation.
Posted: 22 Mar 2008, 14:31
by Peeping Tom
Thunder Bear";p="947675 wrote:You should start using commas.
yeah i know... but ive decided against it its pretty much how i roll.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008, 01:18
by General Tso s Chicken
Whats So Good About David Lynch?
how about eraserhead , for starters .