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TAFKA Steve

In Reply to: "Wait Until Dark" - 1967: Comments. posted by AudioHead on December 10, 1999 at 13:52:57:

Loved it. Scared the crap out of me as a kid (I was eight and snuck in with my older sister, okay?). Loved the theatrical trailer that used the "No one will be admitted during the last eight minutes" gimmick to build up expectations. Interesting how "Silence of the Lambs" owes its ending tension (Clarice probing the darkness blindly and our POV being the night-vision assisted view of Buffalo Bill) to the similar plot device from "Wait Until Dark".

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Re: "Wait Until Dark" - 1967: Comments. AudioHead 11:08:34 12/11/99 (2)
I thought Hepburn was ingenious in the various ways she foiled Arkin in
the climatic scene. Hadn't thought about the connection between the plot
device of "SOTLs" and "WUD"; probably used in other movies too; I
remember seeing a film with Rutger Hauer as a blind man who excelled in
martial arts, but so vague can't make a connection. - AH
- Re: "Wait Until Dark" - 1967: Comments. TAFKA Steve 19:10:58 12/11/99 (1)
  That Rutger Hauer film was "Blind Fury" and he also was in a sequel. The blind swordsman idea was adapted from Shintaro Katsu's "Zatoichi" series of films from Japan (don't ask me to name them; there were more than two dozen).
  Say AudioHead, sounds like you're a martial arts/action film fan. Do yourself a favor and try to see a Hong Kong action film called "The Blade" (not the Wesley Snipes' vampire film). It is an epic pre-modern period piece with a lot of elements strangely familiar to the Star Wars Trilogy. It's directed by Tsui Hark (who also makes turkeys with Van Damme like "Double Team" and "Knock Off"), with spectacular swordfighting choreography and cinematography (the ending battle is always astonishing and thrilling to me, even after 50+ viewings and a lot of tape rewinding). Tai Seng distributes the movie in the USA, but I've also seen it on BRAVO on cable.
  - Thanks, Will Try To Locate It. (nt) AudioHead 08:25:59 12/14/99 (0)
    nt

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