Poetiche della solitudine: da “Le Samouraï” a “Ghost Dog”
“Le Samouraï” (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville has inspired a string of imitators and filmmakers, who were so fascinated by his style that they wanted to pay homage to him. In the Far East, John Woo, one of the most representative exponents of Hong Kong cinema, directed “The Killer” (1989), a sort of...
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| description | “Le Samouraï” (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville has inspired a string of imitators and filmmakers, who were so fascinated by his style that they wanted to pay homage to him. In the Far East, John Woo, one of the most representative exponents of Hong Kong cinema, directed “The Killer” (1989), a sort of fake remake that however marks a trivialization of Melville’s poetics; while the American director Jim Jarmusch, with “Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai” (1999), reinvented with originality the motifs of solitude and obedience to the code of honor that formed the deep core of the French film. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2eb3bbe4642c43e1a1f4ede962a6f0912023-08-02T06:04:31ZengNicola Catelli - Corrado ConfalonieriParole Rubate2039-01142021-12-011224101124Poetiche della solitudine: da “Le Samouraï” a “Ghost Dog”Roberto Chiesi0Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna“Le Samouraï” (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville has inspired a string of imitators and filmmakers, who were so fascinated by his style that they wanted to pay homage to him. In the Far East, John Woo, one of the most representative exponents of Hong Kong cinema, directed “The Killer” (1989), a sort of fake remake that however marks a trivialization of Melville’s poetics; while the American director Jim Jarmusch, with “Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai” (1999), reinvented with originality the motifs of solitude and obedience to the code of honor that formed the deep core of the French film.http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo24_pdf/F24_8_chiesi_solitudine.pdffilmremake |
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| title | Poetiche della solitudine: da “Le Samouraï” a “Ghost Dog” |
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| title_sort | poetiche della solitudine da le samourai a ghost dog |
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