Yeah Man! (or woman? I don't know?!?).....Ok "Yeah *specific gender here*!. First of all, I am SHOCKED that Gozu is the one that you could take or leave, and that you hated all the rest. I liked Battle Royal, although I watched it with no expectations, and I own Audition but I think it's kinda cool. You haven't seen any of Kurosawa's old stuff? "Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", "Sanjuro", "Ran",*<- these are samurai flix - just a heads up), "Rashamon","High and Low", "The Bad Sleep Well".
Other stuff -
Hunter in the Dark/Yami no karyudo(1979)
Tokyo Drifter/Tôkyô nagaremono(1966)
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf/Yomigaeru kinrô(1979)
The Wolves/Shussho Iwai (1971)
The Woman in the Dunes/? (19??)
Start off trying to check those out, and I'll get back with some others. Some will be tough to find, be warned!
jaustin035, on Sun Dec 16 2007 18:50:29, wrote something that made me laugh.
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sillyspaghetti
16 years ago
I'm a woman. I have seen 7 Samurai and that was pretty cool! I'll really try hard to find the others.
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DirtyGrainius
16 years ago
Maybe that's why I had that "psychic gut-check" before I committed to a gender. Close one. As for the movies, all the Kurosawa ones should be relatively easy to find. As for the others, The Woman in the Dunes and Tokyo Drifter may not be too difficult to find if you rent from a place that keeps a decent stocked library, as they have come out in "Criterion Collection" format/DVDs. I'm not sure as to the status of the others but I think I'm gonna try and find them myself around here. Oh, and if you have not seen "Tampopo", I think you should give it a chance. You may be pleasantly surprised. It's late here*1:30 a.m.*, and I'm off to watch "Chinese Boxer" w/ Jimmy Wang Yu. Happy Whatever March Holiday you celebrate!! Until next time Pasghetti, adieu.
jaustin035, on Sun Dec 16 2007 18:50:29, wrote something that made me laugh.
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sillyspaghetti
16 years ago
Not managed to find the films you recommended at my Blockbuster. However I have just rented (and seen) Fury In Shaolin Temple which is good.
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DirtyGrainius
16 years ago
Honestly, I hate Blockbuster. They have the weakest libraries in the rental biz. I'm actually not that surpised. Are you in the U.K. or U.S.? Sorry if I forgot - I do that sometimes. I blame it on my 20's. Who's in Fury @ Shaolin Temple?
jaustin035, on Sun Dec 16 2007 18:50:29, wrote something that made me laugh.
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sillyspaghetti
16 years ago
I'm in the UK. The only Kurosawa film they have is Seven Samurai. I didn't recognise anyone in Fury At Shaolin Temple, though there was a cast member called F--k Cheung (unfortunate)!
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DirtyGrainius
16 years ago
I'll ask my brother-in-law for some ideas as to places where to find rare films over there. As for F--k Cheung, ....I can only laugh.
jaustin035, on Sun Dec 16 2007 18:50:29, wrote something that made me laugh.
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DirtyGrainius
16 years ago
Is "Dragon Fighter" about slaves in a gold-mine? Does the hero get his hands smashed? I had never heard of it but checked on it here. You guys( gals) in the UK have access to a lot of rare-ish Kung Fu flix that you don't see very much over here.
jaustin035, on Sun Dec 16 2007 18:50:29, wrote something that made me laugh.
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