Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years
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- dda1996a
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Yeah me too. Anyone from Europe who can attest about their shipping estimates?
- Ribs
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Mine from several weeks ago... didn't. A little peeved; hopefully confirmation will appear by morning - not entirely worried yet, considering it's still listed for sale.
- Ribs
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It's very strange that the second set puts Eight Hours of Terror, the first film chronologically, on the second disc. It's the shortest movie, yeah, but only by like five minutes, and they're all under 90!
- Michael Kerpan
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Only one more film to watch from the first set -- so I'm almost ready for the second set to arrive...
BTW -- Loved The Incorrigible, probably my favorite from this set. One of Suzuki's most-straight-forward (and well-written) scripts -- but it still feels very Suzuki-ish -- and I loved the Taisho-era and geographical local color.
BTW -- Loved The Incorrigible, probably my favorite from this set. One of Suzuki's most-straight-forward (and well-written) scripts -- but it still feels very Suzuki-ish -- and I loved the Taisho-era and geographical local color.
- mostly asia
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received Vol.2 today together with the MoC HHH Box
- zedz
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I've finished watching the films in Volume 2, and the only dud is Tokyo Knights, a laugh-free quasi-comedy seemingly aimed at teens. The very early 8 Hours of Terror is a really taut thriller, kind of like Mr Thank You reimagined as a violent noir. The Sleeping Beast Within and Smashing the 0-Line are a matched set, with the latter doing a really interesting twist on the crusading reporter of the first by casting the same actor as an ethically murky version of that character.
Man with a Shotgun is a pretty ordinary film for Suzuki, but it's fascinating in terms of genre boundaries, as it's absolutely a western despite not qualifying at all in superficial terms: it's set in Japan, in the present day, in a verdant mountain setting (with a climax on the beach). Chanbara is often cited as the Japanese version of the western, and that makes a lot of sense, but Man with a Shotgun really is a western, with a rowdy saloon and its brassy proprietress, lonely gunslinger new in town, put-upon sheriff, sinister boss with a gang of henchmen, shootouts. . . It's an entire western movie dropped into the Japanese mountains with almost no regard to local traditions, which makes it a great test case for what really constitutes a western.
Man with a Shotgun is a pretty ordinary film for Suzuki, but it's fascinating in terms of genre boundaries, as it's absolutely a western despite not qualifying at all in superficial terms: it's set in Japan, in the present day, in a verdant mountain setting (with a climax on the beach). Chanbara is often cited as the Japanese version of the western, and that makes a lot of sense, but Man with a Shotgun really is a western, with a rowdy saloon and its brassy proprietress, lonely gunslinger new in town, put-upon sheriff, sinister boss with a gang of henchmen, shootouts. . . It's an entire western movie dropped into the Japanese mountains with almost no regard to local traditions, which makes it a great test case for what really constitutes a western.
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Looks like the US edition of Vol. 1 is basically sold out
- Michael Kerpan
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Hoping for a Volume Three!
- TheRanchHand
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I keep trying to crack these but never quite make it. Though my perusing the films gives me good hope for most of them though have seen none in these sets.