Wiki mentions the following Japanese remake: "Remake: A Japanese adaptation of Unforgiven, directed by Lee Sang-il and starring Ken Watanabe, was released in 2013. The plot of the 2013 version is very similar to the original, but it takes place in Japan during the Meiji period, with the main character being a samurai instead of a bandit."
However, the deep lovers of Japanese movies, will claim that Unforgiven is a hidden remake of Akiro Kurosawa's Seven Samurai of 1954.
Really good John. It’s a pretty dark and raw film. Maybe the man with no name deserved a different end. Didn’t realise how much it made from a relatively tight budget! It’s good, but still not a patch on the Leone films in my humble opinion. Ennio soundscapes are unbeatable.
Actually, I think the Man with no name deserved precisely this ambiguous ending; given that the Leone films were the first to really dive in with the morally ambiguous anti-hero. It seems to come full circle for me.
However, I entirely agree that this is good but nothing compared to the three Spaghetti westerns of Leone in his pomp (plus the fabulous Once Upon a Time in the West, when I first fell in love with Claudia). We will return to the Leone films on their own at some point. As for Morricone, for all the famous people I have met and name dropping I can do, Sara takes the cake. I will never forget when she matter-of-factly said she knew ‘Ennio,’ had had lunch at the family house (she did some financial work for them), and sat at the piano as he played for her. I think I was silent (a rarity) for the better part of an hour!
The Culture is my Friday drive to work, but you know I love that story!
A guide to survivorship bias.
You are only as big as your last deal (investment banking).
You are only alive if you won your last gunfight (bandits).
Wiki mentions the following Japanese remake: "Remake: A Japanese adaptation of Unforgiven, directed by Lee Sang-il and starring Ken Watanabe, was released in 2013. The plot of the 2013 version is very similar to the original, but it takes place in Japan during the Meiji period, with the main character being a samurai instead of a bandit."
However, the deep lovers of Japanese movies, will claim that Unforgiven is a hidden remake of Akiro Kurosawa's Seven Samurai of 1954.
Really good John. It’s a pretty dark and raw film. Maybe the man with no name deserved a different end. Didn’t realise how much it made from a relatively tight budget! It’s good, but still not a patch on the Leone films in my humble opinion. Ennio soundscapes are unbeatable.
Actually, I think the Man with no name deserved precisely this ambiguous ending; given that the Leone films were the first to really dive in with the morally ambiguous anti-hero. It seems to come full circle for me.
However, I entirely agree that this is good but nothing compared to the three Spaghetti westerns of Leone in his pomp (plus the fabulous Once Upon a Time in the West, when I first fell in love with Claudia). We will return to the Leone films on their own at some point. As for Morricone, for all the famous people I have met and name dropping I can do, Sara takes the cake. I will never forget when she matter-of-factly said she knew ‘Ennio,’ had had lunch at the family house (she did some financial work for them), and sat at the piano as he played for her. I think I was silent (a rarity) for the better part of an hour!
I can’t help feeling the ending text epilogue wasn’t needed. Riding off into the darkness was enough for me.
Wow John. That is a serious story and quite possibly the ultimate Top Trumps card. Totally unplayable. Please tell me wa wa waaas were sung?!
He played the theme from Cinema Paradiso
What a moment!
Thats the sort of story that reminds me why I am so fond of Italy; its the intangibles and the magic
A great country and culture.