Fistful of Dollars [Blu-ray] Review

Fistful of Dollars [Blu-ray] Feature

Audio: English, Spanish, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo.
AVC @ 36 MBPS
50 GB Dual Layer

Fistful of Dollars [Blu-ray] Overview
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 08/02/2011 Rating: Nr
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[if A Fistful of Dollars launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood’s character–laconic, amoral, dangerous–as the Man with No Name (though in the film he’s clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie’s refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it’s every man for himself. Striking, …

Yojimbo & Sanjuro (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Review

Yojimbo & Sanjuro (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Overview
Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa’s oeuvre, Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released. The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, dusty village, was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune, that it was only a matter of time before he returned in a sequel. Made just one year later, Sanjuromatches Yojimbo’s storytelling dexterity, yet adds a layer of world-weary pragmatism that brings the duo to a thrilling and unforgettable conclusion.
Sanjuro: In Kurosawa’s sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan’s evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a: proper, samurai on its ear.
Yojimbo: To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily …