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re: Is there a reasonable defense of not considering the Dollars Trilogy a “true trilogy”?
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:02 pm to Madking
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:02 pm to Madking
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The character was based off an old Japanese film about a samurai with no name who gave fake names when he had to.
I think it's the Eastern origins of the myth that give the Dollars Trilogy its special edge. The Man With No Name is less a man and more a wandering phantom.
There's also a Zen Buddhist tinge to his personality where he sees all this carnage around him and stoically accepts it as an inevitably that he cannot control or do anything about. So he just continues to stride through life unfazed.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:07 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I agree and they’re still totally unique to me compared to any other westerns. I believe UA and Leone were sued by that Japanese company for copying the character.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 12:13 am to UndercoverBryologist
quote:Taken from James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven*, a film that was very influential on spaghetti westerns
There's also a Zen Buddhist tinge to his personality where he sees all this carnage around him and stoically accepts it as an inevitably that he cannot control or do anything about.
*Yes, Coburn's character was based on one in 7 Samurai
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