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And it’s all the easier to miss them when watching a cute chick with an accent discovering her inner godess. Those were the days my friends! Especially love the intro to one of my fave Harrison tunes at the end. Wonder where it went from there: this clip, …..everything, the whole trip, man….

Sam Peckinpah is so great, it almost makes me weepy; he originated the ‘violence ballet’, made completely un-P.C. films as only the 70’s could produce. You definitely must see:

as it is in a sense, The Ultimate Western, and I’m told the first time women and children were ever shown being shot on film. In the real west, I ask you, did they worry about not hitting the women and children?
And the grit doesn’t stop there! Are you familar with the term ‘green trash’? To see just how scummy and scary rural Irish folk can get be sure to catch

and a personal favorite, showcase for his buddy the great character actor Warren Oates

Already a fan of Peckinpah and wanting to sound off on something not mentioned? By all means, post away and we’ll start a bloody little tea party right here!

So, to those of you who know me, this may sound like old hat, rehash, but for those who dont: I think Q Tarantino is an absurdly overrated director and pop figure who exploits the average Americans limited sense of history and historical context. He doesn’t pay homage to films, he rips them off, and he gets away with it because no one cares to go fact checking on him. That having been said, Resevior Dogs is an important film, everything after……
A long time fan of the work of Sam Peckinpah, it disturbed me to hear how much cred this LA cheeseball was getting for being so ‘gritty’ and ‘cutting edge’. There will never be films like Pekinpah’s better stuff made again. Rip off artist Tarantino is only destined to be ripped off by future others. So, as my film exploration continues to grow, I’ve decided to make part of this blog exposing the blatant rip offs from panty sniffer Tarantino where and when I find them. OK, now he is well quoted as giving credit to the link I’m gonna give, but takes it for granted you will never go and dig in the vault yourself. You’ve seen ‘Star Wars’, check out Kurosawa’s ‘Hidden Fortress’, there’s quite a similarity in scenes near the beginings of each film. Still, this I would consider to be ‘inspiration’ as the context is different, this is influence, this is homage. If you loved ‘Kill Bill 1+2′ (which I consider to be unwatchable) check out

then go check out

and come on back to me with what you think about your boy ‘T bag’. Sure, the genre samuri and chop sockey films rip each other shamlessly, just like westerns, detective ‘noir’ pulp and many other genres. But I’m on a mission to expose this rube’s ’stunning originality’. I don’t see the point in remakes, and definitely not in theft. True originality is hard to attain, but if the viewing audience are going to allow themselves to become such gulible sheep, what’s the point in ever making another movie again?

If you dig Manga, and have the better part of an hour to kill, here’s a cool short film from The South Bank Show. I was lead to it by my love of Japanese artist Junko Mizuno, whose ‘Pure Trance’ is not to be missed. Female eating disorders never looked so cute and sexy!