314 - LE SAMOURAI (1967) + GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (1999)
Added 2024-02-04 03:33:05 +0000 UTCHosts Josh and Jamie discuss two stylishly cool neo-noirs about modern for-hire contract killers who ritualistically live by their own version of an ancient, strict samurai code with a double feature of Jean-Pierre Melville's influential, lonely French procedural LE SAMOURAI (1967) and Jim Jarmusch's off-beat New Jersey street remix of it GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (1999).
See you all in a week's time where we'll be back with a special guest talking THE STREET FIGHTER (1974) + SISTER STREET FIGHTER (1974). Keep it sleazy!
Intro // 00:00-10:26
LE SAMOURAI // 10:26-1:29:20
GHOST DOG // 1:29:20-2:42:53
Outro // 3:00:23-3:03:32
Comments
if you ever watch Army of Shadows , can i suggest pairing it with the 1937 french film Grand Illusion. Such a good movie made between the wars that deals with class, nationalism and compromises you make in search of freedom .
Mackenzie parvin
2024-02-05 02:55:57 +0000 UTC
