An existential movie question: by director or by remake?

[barondave]

Just added four pictures to my Netflix queue, and wondered if Live Journal Assembled had any thoughts, since I haven't seen any of these movies in decades. I've been on a Kurowsawa kick for a while now, and a long time ago decided to order Yojimbo with Toshiro Mifune and its sequel Sanjuro at the same time. Somewhat on a lark, I also ordered the spaghetti Western remakes, A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More, directed by Sergio Leone starring Clint Eastwood.

Now, the question is: In what order do I watch them. Current queue:
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
A Fist Full of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More

But I could easily see:
Yojimbo
A Fist Full of Dollars
Sanjuro
For A Few Dollars More

Comments?

Comments

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I might space out the movies (I usually do), but given that they're two sequels and two remakes I might want to keep them fresh. I can only keep three Netflix movies at a time, and may very well just do them in pairs.

I felt much the same way you do about Kurosawa movies until I started getting the Netflix DVDs with commentary. The commentary helps a great deal for films of another culture and time, I've found. I'd previously only seen mainly his more well-known movies, eg Rashamon, Seven Samurai and Ran, which were enough to bring him up to one of my favorites but not quite in the top tier. But after Ichiru (plus commentary), which may be my second favorite movie of all time, and several others, he's way up there with Kubrick, Foremen, Murnau and...

Well, you get the picture. Yes, I'm one to analyze a movie... perhaps a bit more than your casual viewer, though others would say over analyze. Some movies are better constructed than others, and some deserve more analysis than others.

I like Leone, and Eastwood as a director is even better.

But I digress.