my journey towards a BA in photography
Peter Walker – 514508 OCA Photography – Introduction to Film Culture Assignment 1 – Hero’s and Villains ‘re-made’. The has been an interesting exercise to watch five movies; three inspired by two of the others and a more interesting…
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Exercise 1.3 Watching three films back to back, which essentially are the same story has been an interesting exercise I have written a full analysis on the films in separate posts which can be accessed by clicking on the movie…
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Yojimbo (1961) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada Summary A Ronin arrives in a small town in the grip of warring crime lords. Despite a warning to move on, he uses the fact that…
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“The Seven Samurai” vs. “The Magnificent Seven.” While almost identical on a superficial basis “The Seven Samurai” and “The Magnificent Seven” are very different films. These differences mainly come I feel from the cultural context of each movie. “The Seven…
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The Seven Samurai (1954) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Summary For only a meagre three meals a day, 7 Ronin (masterless samurai) are hired by villages to protect them from bandits. Synopsis When villages overhear…
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