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by Oscar O’Sullivan The year is 1946. The Second World War is over, just about. For the last half-decade, the entire filmmaking apparatus of the western world has been devoted to one and only one type of film – the propaganda piece. Tales of national heroism and perseverance are all that can be justified under…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Rarely does a prequel feel so consistent with the work it’s attached too. Aside from it’s sometimes jarring visual style and the obvious difference in actor for the titular character, this feels like a natural extension of 2015’s Fury Road. The production design is identical, supporting characters from the original film appear…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Beginning in 1962 with The Tale of Zatoichi, the Zatoichi film franchise released twenty-five films in a span of only eleven years. Zatoichi’s Revenge, the tenth instalment, released in 1965. Ten films in three years may not seem that intensive from our modern viewpoint, where two or even three films a year…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan The Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, have not made a film together since 2018, when they released the western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Since then, for reasons unknown, they have worked on solo ventures, and to date have written and directed a single film each. Joel’s effort came in in…
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