Dear Bob Toomey
Thanks for the clarification on the Kurosawa films I
mis-referenced. Very great, detailed, precise, and lean post.
Now in which film did Kurosawa insist that an actual castle
be built without metal nails in order to satisfy his own need
for authenticity? Not a joke question. I
think it must have been Throne of Blood--which I've seen (the
Macbeth inspired film). I did not see the film you referenced
by K with the tall and short comic characters Lucas said
inspired him.
Although I got my film reference wrong for Lucas' public
statement of influence, that error does not affect my main
point about the difficulty
of drawing conclusions about what works may have inspired
other works--ie Red Harvest & let's say the Willis' film,
"Last Man Standing." Has anyone seen the Musashi film
trilogy? I only saw the first film. The others have been
difficult for me to track down.
on another note: Just picked up ACE ATKINS Crossroad Blues
and I love it. Again, I recommend Peter Meyer's CAN'T YOU
HEAR THE WIND HOWL film on Robert Johnson--on DVD WinStar.
Robert Mugge's film for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Museum HELLHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL DVD Winstar has some
interesting historical info, a lot of Johnson's music played
by contemporary artists, but isn't up to Meyer's
flick--although I recognize their intentions were entirely
different.
Thanks again Bob,
Keith
keithdeutsch@earthlink.net
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