Last week we had the trailer for the American remake of Korea’s Oldboy, a movie that’s destined to lose impact due to familiarity with its bold source material. Now, there’s a full trailer for the Ken Watanabe remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven.
That film, telling the story of an old gunslinger strapping his six-shooter back on for one more ride, is also a film that depends much upon the impact it has on a first watch. An essentially beat-for-beat remake, in any language, might not garner much interest.
Forget about that then, because the new trailer gives us gorgeous scenery and Watanabe looking like he could spit nails, capturing perfectly that stoic, unmoving warrior—here, a samurai—prepared to take on any challengers. There are no subtitles here, but if you have seen the original film, the story will be clear to you.
Although I’m...
That film, telling the story of an old gunslinger strapping his six-shooter back on for one more ride, is also a film that depends much upon the impact it has on a first watch. An essentially beat-for-beat remake, in any language, might not garner much interest.
Forget about that then, because the new trailer gives us gorgeous scenery and Watanabe looking like he could spit nails, capturing perfectly that stoic, unmoving warrior—here, a samurai—prepared to take on any challengers. There are no subtitles here, but if you have seen the original film, the story will be clear to you.
Although I’m...
- 7/15/2013
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Obsessed with Film
Time for another look at the Unforgiven remake from Japan, starring Ken Watanabe as Jubee kamata in the Will Munny role that Clint Eastwood played. As crazy as it may seem, this doesn't look terrible at all, it actually looks pretty damn good. This impressive full trailer for the upcoming Japanese release is a good sign this isn't the disaster many thought it would be. There are no subtitles, but if you're familiar with the original Unforgiven it shouldn't be too hard to make sense of it. Aside from gorgeous cinematography, there's an odd mix of Japanese sensibilities and Westerns, like lots of horseback riding. Give it a look below. Watch the full theatrical trailer for Sang-il Lee's Yurusarezaru mono (aka Unforgiven) from YouTube: As standards shift in the late 1800s, Watanabe plays a man—still holding to his samurai code—who takes on bounty hunting work. Yurusarezaru mono,...
- 7/14/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
- The programming of the Nmff was very interesting in the first few days of the press screenings before the festival. Perhaps they put all the good films at the beginning to impress journalists. It worked, for a few days. Now as a quasi-morbid ambiance can be felt at the festival headquarters where the press office is located, the festival continue to agonize as the remaining few days of the festival slowly draining down. I wouldn't want to be the press relation person who has the job of putting all the press clippings on the Spectra 'Billboard of Shame'. There isn't a single day during which a devastating article isn't published about Spectra's management of the festival (or the lack thereof). Fellow journalists who cover the festival for printed newspapers have a limited number of words every day. Due to the festival's problems, they spend 90% of their word count criticizing
- 9/22/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
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