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Overnight Open ThreadEnd of the weekend for some, just another day for others, but all are welcome at the ONT party. One reason these A lot of people claim that Lucas pretty much ripped off Star Wars from Kurosawa, but much as I love to bust on Lucas I think this is being uncharitable. I'd say he took the parts of Hidden Fortress that made it a good story and movie and moved it to space, added a back story, some Campbell-ian hero's journey details, amazing special effects and ended up producing a masterpiece. So at worst you could say he was inspired by Kurosawa and made a revamped mash-up that stands on its own. Part of his genius was to take story elements, none of which was new, from a lot of sources and put them together in a nearly perfect way. Of course Kurosawa himself stole a lot of his ideas from American westerns (particularly John Ford films) and translated them into a Japanese context. Clearly there's been a lot of cross-pollination back and forth between US and Japan films. So if you're a young filmmaker looking for ideas like Lucas (or Tarantino), you might as well as 'steal' them from all of the best. If you're interested in Star Wars filmgeekery, there's a lot more here on the influences that led to Star Wars. And The Hidden Fortress is well worth watching on its own merits even if you're not a Star Wars fan. Did Iraq's WMD Go To Syria? Hollywood Working on a Rush Limbaugh Biography? Holy crap - I can smell the reek all the way the way through my computer screen. So just who do they think is going to shell out $20 to see this pile? Sigh - I remember back when Hollywood was in the business of producing movies that actually made money. Longbow Alert: English Vicar Calls Town to Mandatory Longbow Practice Iconic Photos From the Vietnam War - Part 1 and Part 2 Does Your Poop Stink? The 16 Hottest Billionaire Daughters So What's Really In A Hot Dog? When Gingerettes Gather Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings Top 10 sockpuppeteers: The group. Yeah. Tonight's post brought to you by Phyllis: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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