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• See My 25 Recommended Films #12 (nt) AudioHead 07:34:53 9/18/99 (1)
  In Reply to: Favorite Western? posted by Ears on September 17, 1999 at 14:03:39:

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  • Postscript AudioHead 07:48:40 9/18/99 (0)
    In Reply to: See My 25 Recommended Films #12 (nt) posted by AudioHead on September 18, 1999 at 07:34:53:

    I shed a tear at only two movies as a child, "Shane" was one of them, and
    "Old Yeller" was the other. - AH
    
    

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• Mine is an Eastern. TAFKA Steve 03:41:54 9/18/99 (3)
  In Reply to: Favorite Western? posted by Ears on September 17, 1999 at 14:03:39:

  Just watched "Seven Samurai" on TCM. Even seeing this film for the thirtieth time (or so), I still find new things to admire in it and once I start watching it I can't stop. Okay, "Magnificent Seven" was a pretty good Western. But take a look at the original if you get the chance.
  
  

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  • Re: Mine is an Eastern. Ears 11:49:34 9/18/99 (2)
    In Reply to: Mine is an Eastern. posted by TAFKA Steve on September 18, 1999 at 03:41:54:

    Seen it along with most of Kurosawa's others. Great film from a great director. "The Hidden Fortress" is my favorite Kurosawa movie. I have another Japanese film "Musashi Miyamoto"(Part I of Inagaki's Samurai trilogy)rented currently but haven't watched it yet. Toshiro Mifune, the actor who starred in so many Kurosawa films, plays the title role.

    
    
    

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    • Samurai Trilogy = Gone With The Wind of Japan. TAFKA Steve 14:31:42 9/18/99 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: Mine is an Eastern. posted by Ears on September 18, 1999 at 11:49:34:

      Inagaki was sort of the Spielberg of Japan and his Samurai Trilogy was his triumph. I saw these as a child in the Kokusai movie theater in Crenshaw, Southern California. The first one is the best of the three and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film that year. Hope you enjoy the liberal use of the phrase "Brace up" throughout the subtitles to the film.
      
      

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      • Finished this trilogy up a few days ago. Ears 13:00:18 9/27/99 (0)
        In Reply to: Samurai Trilogy = Gone With The Wind of Japan. posted by TAFKA Steve on September 18, 1999 at 14:31:42:

        I can see why you called this the Gone with the Wind of Japan. I liked all three parts of it. Epic and has some of the most beautiful cinematography that I've ever seen. I was beginning to wonder if it had been resubtitled until toward the end of the last one when the flurry of "brace up"'s finally arrived. I braced up and made it though the barrage. Another samurai movie I saw recently is Sword of Doom. Didn't like that one as well as the others I've seen.
        
        
        

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