Archive for January, 2007

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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

This post goes with my last post.

In my last post I discussed some scenes and the beautiful ways they were filmed. This picture perfectly portrays what I was talking about with the low angle shot that makes our hero the god floating above the two fighting leaders. I have also found another shot that goes along with the dark/light concepts we […]

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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

First “Yojimbo” Discussion

Setting plays a minimal yet utterly significant role in this film. As we have already discussed in class, the grand mountains at the beginning of the film equipped with a perfectly placed pass for our samurai to walk into was simply beautiful. The tracking that followed him as he walked and the constant view of […]

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Sunday, January 28th, 2007

You Tube ‘Yojimbo’

CHECK THIS OUT. Student made video of Yojimbo. Sorry I don’t know how to embed videos. If anyone wants to let me in on how to do that, it’d be much appreciated. In the meantime, copy and paste this – it’s worth it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0x9CyLFz0

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Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Yojimbo – ‘Bodyguard’

This 1961 period drama by Akira Kurosawa was clearly inspired in part by western films. The townspeople in need of protection are archetype of the western, along with the conventional shots of a western film: the long wide shot of a lone hero against his enemy (enemies) as the wind whistles and dirt blows all […]

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Friday, January 26th, 2007

Paul Madvig – My Vote for Best Character

I could tell from the moment that the film began, when Paul was seated awkwardly at his desk adjusting his black socks with upward pointing arrows on them, that he was going to steal the movie. His portrayal of a slightly corrupt political hard hitter was interesting from the moment he strutted across the screen […]

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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

The Glass Key

We started The Glass Key today. So far it is enjoyable. Perhaps my favorite moment was the kick to the shin that Ed gave to Taylor! One main difference that I noticed was the mentioning of the glass key much earlier in the screen adaptation. When Ed and Paul were discussing his relationship with the […]

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