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I Only Saw Part of This Film...
Stranger
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...but the
weird part is that, based on the last third or so, this piece of cheesy
martial arts/ghost story/jiggle exploitation was inspired heavily by
Sergio Leone's brilliant Once Upon a Time in the West (which you
ought to check out) -- in just the part i saw i caught at least four or
five references to the soundtrack from that film, particularly the
wailing harmonica phrase that cued the entrances of the Mysterious
Avenger and the almost-identical endtheme with soaring wordless soprano
vocals as she rides away.
((They also used a shot of Claudia Cardinale's theme from "OUaTitW" for
the younger girl)).
Apparently the main bad guy has no idea why this girl is hunting him
down, but -- again as in the Leone -- as he dies he finally sees a
flashback that gives it to him.
I'm going to have to try to catch the whole thing and see just how
closely it actually resembles the Leone... |
Caught it
later, and, indeed, it's darn near a
shot-for-shot remake of the Leone.
BTW -- the blond on the box is not the girl
who stars in the film. |
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