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What was the first samurai movie that popularized or featured the stereotypical duel in which two samurai run past each other and seemingly miss each other as they strike, then they stand still and one falls over?
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Jun 10, 2008 00:58
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Armyman25 posted:Probably The Seven Samurai There's no scene like that in Seven Samurai.
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Jun 10, 2008 02:47
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Slvbarek posted:I always thought the first time it was done was in Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island. I hope it's not. I tried watching Samurai I and it just didn't grab me for some reason. Armyman25 posted:When the sword master samurai, Kyuzo, is introduced, the duel he has is almost exactly like that. Also, the slow motion of the death of the thief that Kambei kills when he's introduced is also similiar. I don't remember Kyuzo's battle being what I'm describing, I don't think they ran past each other. I think Kyuzo just cuts the guy down when he comes near and the guy freezes then dies, but I may be remembering it wrong. It probably comes close and was most likely a precursor to what I'm describing. What I'm thinking of is two samurai who run past each other, striking as they pass one another, but you don't know who hit who. With their backs to each other there's this tense buildup where they're both still, then one falls over because he was masterfully hit by the other's sword when they passed. It's totally stereotypically and is referenced in a ton of things, but I can't find an example. It bothers me because I've seen all these older samurai movies (except for the Mifune Samurai Trilogy) and not once have I seen what I'm describing. Jack Does Jihad fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Jun 10, 2008 |
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Jun 10, 2008 07:24
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The standard noir cliche is a hard boiled guy doing something with bluesy saxophone music in the background. But most noir films have a standard orchestral score - so where did this cliche come from? The only thing I can think of Elevator to the Gallows, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the first to do this.Big Jim Nordberg posted:Dont know if this is the right thread for "tell me the name of this movie" but here goes. This is the right thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2177344&pagenumber=50#lastpost Jack Does Jihad fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jul 13, 2008 |
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Jul 12, 2008 19:49
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This doesn't really have to do with a specific movie, but I was browsing dvdbeaver and went to this page: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/reviews.htm The reviews are sorted alphabetically, and a thumbnail with a picture links to each letter (the picture for M is from A Man Escaped, P has a picture of Passion of Joan of Arc, etc). I have no idea what some of them are, specifically I and L:   I'm sure it's going to turn out to be something obvious, but I'd appreciate it if anyone could identify these two.
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Aug 2, 2008 22:48
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FitFortDanga posted:I haven't seen this yet, but I'll take a wild guess on "I": The Insect Woman by Shohei Imamura. Good guess, but The Insect Woman isn't listed in their reviews, so I don't think it's that. It certainly is a striking image, though.
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Aug 3, 2008 07:42
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