Tag Archives: Sergio Leone

mifune : mimicked but….accept no substitute

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Last week we looked at 24 Akira Kurosawa film posters on the occasion of his 102 nd birthday, with many of the posters featuring his star, Toshiro Mifune. Today, we look at Toshiro Mifune on what would … Continue reading

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PESSIMISM AT THE OK CORRAL

Do we blow up the ranch and burn the town or just take it over and run it into the ground? There has been a tendency in the discipline of film studies to treat the Western as ideological and, hence, … Continue reading

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POLICE & THIEVES & BIBLICAL DEEDS

“If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities” — Voltaire (1694-1778) Throughout history, religion has been responsible for a large proportion of the suffering in the world – yet religious beliefs are based in ancient myths and legends that should … Continue reading

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