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The Good, the Bad, The Weird Trailer
The Glorious Oriental Western trend continues...
The Good The Bad The Weird
High on John Doe’s list of must see films screening at this years Sydney Film Festival is the new Takashi Miike Spaghetti Western Parody titled Sukiyaki Western Django. The idea of an Eastern minded tribute to the Sergio Leone style mythic cowboy legends demands JD’s full attention.
The comic book style The Good The Bad The Weird banner
Peeking and foraging around the darkened recesses of cinema on the net John Doe stumbled across a similar project scheduled for release in some countries. The trailer for this new Korean film, The Good The Bad, The Weird has to be shared. (Even if there is no local date appearing on the calendar.)
Referencing the title of Leone’s best known work with an oriental spin, the footage below reveals some John Woo/Sam Peckinpah bullet wielding. From koreanfilm.or.kr:
“Inspired by the Sergio Leone classic The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, the film also builds off a string of Korean genre films from the 1970s that combined the aesthetics of the Western with outlaw movements aligned against Japanese colonial forces.”
The Good The Bad The Weird character teaser
Rapidly reloaded Winchester rifles crack a gunpowder atmosphere. The sound of hoofs come up beside a moving train. Holsters are reached for, pistols swiftly fired, gun-barrels emptied and the slain fall to the ground. Death is always present, the heat unrelenting setting the scene for showdowns.
Directed by Kim Ji-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life) Woo-sung Jung (Musa: the Warrior) plays The Good. The Bad is Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life, G.I. Joe) and The Weird, Kang-ho Song. (The Host)
Shame it’s not screening at the Sydney Film festival, Johnny would have been in the audience.
The Good, the Bad, The Weird Trailer
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As for A Bittersweet Life, it's on a par with Oldboy for me, every frame of that film is a work of art.
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I've never even heard of Oldboy, but I'm now I'm going to have to watch that too!!
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Looks like fun don't it?
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Miike's looks alot more Amerianized that the good, Bad Weird. Should still be a rollicking good time though.
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A Tale of Two Sisters stood my hair on end too, manipulative atmosphere. A Bittersweet life was superb too, though Old Boy still makes its way into the DVD player more often. (That hallway hammer battle still chills me.)
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I second the recommendation of A Bittersweet Life, watch it!
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Oldboy is a film with few equals. Intense and involving it tackles the complexities of human frailty in a compelling plot. I've been meaning to review it for awhile, may be time.