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

[jbru.livejournal.com]

Yep, the Bruce Willis movie. It's a thinly veiled retelling of Yojimbo.

[jerrykaufman.livejournal.com]

And Battle Beyond the Stars (John Sayles wrote the script) is a thinly disguised retelling of The Magnificent Seven, with Robert Vaughn in roughly the same role. (and both are retellings of The Seven Samurai....)

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Indeed. There are Seven Samurai tropes in many movies, eg Three Amigos. One could immerse onseself in the reverberations of the Kurosawa movie.