tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756784939833575024.post6881171229199157994..comments2010-06-09T22:29:52.301-07:00Comments on we're book cubs: but i am digressingbrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04954598947671085389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756784939833575024.post-23004171398911102762009-03-09T16:10:00.000-07:002009-03-09T16:10:00.000-07:00i think that's true, to an extent. because you ha...i think that's true, to an extent. because you have like the early ford westerns of the 30s and 40s. then you have kurosawa doing the samurai movies in the 50's. then you have leone making westerns in italy about the american west that have much more in common with kurosawa than with the early american westerns. in fact, i think one of those leone westerns (maybe fistful of dollars) is a remake of a kurosawa movie. and so almost every western after like the mid 50s or 60s is heavily influenced by kurosawa's samurai movies.<BR/><BR/>but what struck me in seven samurai was how there were parts where samurai were having what appeared to be old-west shoot-outs -- each samurai draws his sword and waits, then they both charged and the quickest draw is the one who stays alive. i'm not sure if is a kind of homage to westerns or if these kinds of duels were common for samurai and then were appropriated by later westerns.brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360813274831933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756784939833575024.post-80179392444831637782009-03-06T15:36:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:36:00.000-08:00Nice post brian. Mike says he is pretty sure kuro...Nice post brian. Mike says he is pretty sure kurosawa's films were before the westerns and that he thinks westerns were influenced by the samurai movies.Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609240722952005243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756784939833575024.post-81427495978364432582009-03-05T11:31:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:31:00.000-08:00ps i'll post another blog maybe over the weekend ...ps i'll post another blog maybe over the weekend with the next book we'll read. unless you guys have any suggestionsbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954598947671085389noreply@blogger.com