Just a few days ago I was watching the latest film inspired by Seven Samurai: Rebel Moon. What a difference in class! Seventy years later, a decade for each samurai, the characters are cardboard, the plot automatic and the only working things are the special effects and production budget. Yet the original film, with no color, a low budget and many production mistakes (see the guy hit by the horse, ouch!) is so much better. It shows that someone put a lot of effort into the story, the characters, each scene. And this in a time where probably film was expensive as hell and the only way to edit anything was by actually cutting and using paste to put things together.
It is pointless to talk about the story. We all know it. Not only it is a classic, but it was remade and reimagined so many times that it has become part of our global identity. What shines through is the dedication, not only the director or the main characters, but also the supporting cast. People that look so much like peasants or samurai or tragic buffoons are so different in other movies. I guess one could call the movie part of the "golden era" of something, but it's not. It's just art in which people have put their hearts and souls. And it worked.
One of the movies that is still watchable and enjoyable and awesome after 70 years, I recommend it highly.
It is pointless to talk about the story. We all know it. Not only it is a classic, but it was remade and reimagined so many times that it has become part of our global identity. What shines through is the dedication, not only the director or the main characters, but also the supporting cast. People that look so much like peasants or samurai or tragic buffoons are so different in other movies. I guess one could call the movie part of the "golden era" of something, but it's not. It's just art in which people have put their hearts and souls. And it worked.
One of the movies that is still watchable and enjoyable and awesome after 70 years, I recommend it highly.