> Adrian=20Breeman <
adrian@perplexed.net> writ:
>
> > > Aren't Yojimbo and Eastwood's Fistful of
Dollars
> > > also modeled on Red Harvest?
> >
> > As was Bruce Willis' "Last Man Standing,"
right?
>
> That's how the stories usually go.
>
> However, if I remember correctly (it's been a long
time since I saw this
> film, and I only saw it the once) the end credits of
LMS cite Kurosawa
> as a source rather than Hammett.
>
> ED
Although the case remains open on Yojimbo & Leone states
(IIRC) that "Fistful" is a remake of "Yojimbo" IMHO "Last Man
Standing" by being set during the 1920's in Butte, Montana
(or somewhere very similar), the model for "Poisonville" has
made it obvious that Hill (or somebody involved in the
project) has read "Red Harvest" but preferred not to credit
Hammett.The only reason I can see is to avoid paying
royalties to Hammett's estate.Ditto the Coen Bros &
"Miller's Crossing" & "The Glass Key". Somebody on the
list wrote that plot similarities of "Red Harvest" to
"Yojimbo", etc boiled down to the hero arriving in town &
kicking everybody's butt, which sounds like a description of
untold no. of western & action thrillers. Actually, the
similarity lies not in the hero kicking everybody-in- town's
butt but rather in the hero manipulating the 2 factions of
bad guys into doing the job for him (or her). I believe this
narrows the field down considerably & in the case of
"Last Man Standing" setting it in Butte in the 1920's would
be an amazing coincidence if the producer/director/writer
were all unaware of Hammett.Has anyone else ever set a story
or movie in Butte?
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