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offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2004-08-17 23:17 [#01307790]
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googled, and also queryed this site, but i can't find any
refrences to lucas lifiting plot ideas from old kung fui
flicks and westerns. An old friend of mine was even able to
name the movie that yested lucas' claim to fame.

Anyone know of the movie i'm talking about?

 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-08-17 23:23 [#01307792]
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one of the films he was influenced by was hidden fortress, a
classic film by akira kurosawa.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-17 23:29 [#01307799]
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I looked around a bit, somewhere it said he also cites Akira
Kurosawa's "Yojimbo"


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-08-17 23:33 [#01307803]
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yojimbo? that's a stretch... well, i guess if you really
think about it, star wars had the desert with light-sabres
and han solo had a gun... but i'm pretty sure that's as far
as it goes.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-17 23:35 [#01307804]
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sorry, he cited it as "an influence"

 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2004-08-17 23:49 [#01307810]
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flash gordon and most shitty sci fi movies of the fifties
and sixties.


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-08-18 01:53 [#01307845]
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the bible was a major influenza

 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-18 03:27 [#01307882]
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I know that he derived the term Jedi from the Japenese film
genre Jedi-Geki which means 'costume drama'

plus my film teacher said he has taken alot of other parts
from other films and genres but wasn't at liberty to say.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-18 03:38 [#01307886]
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Coincidentally, I asked my roommate for a dvd to watch and
he gave me Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" which I just watched.


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2004-08-18 03:45 [#01307892]
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Akira Kurosawa was such a ground-breaker that every action/
adventure movie owes something to him........ he almost
defined the genre.........

lets face it, plot has never been the strongest part of this
type of movie........
"bad guys threaten village/ country/ planet/
universe......... good guys beat the shit out of bad guys
with sword/ gun/ light-sabre/ space ship"

throw in a love interest if you have to, a bit of humour and
there you have it!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-08-18 03:49 [#01307897]
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rashomon is great! that korean dude is funny as hell! you
should watch seven samurais as well!


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-18 03:54 [#01307903]
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Toshiro Mifuné rocks, i love Rashamon and Yojimbo, both
brilliant films


 

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