Mark Sullivan: would you contact me off-list? I get the
feeling your address as listed here won't work for a private
email.
Jim Beaver
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sullivan" <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:18
PM Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: God is a Bullet: Another
opinion
> miker wrote:
>
> "I did the imdb thing and found out that the movie
The Searchers is
> based on the same-titled book by Alan Le May. I put
the movie in our
> Netflix queue. Aside from simple plot similarities,
comments on the
> characters in the movie sounded close to the Teran
book also."
>
> It goes beyond simple plot similarities. Someone
recently mentioned how
> cinematic Teran's descriptions were. Well, the
opening description of
> Bob looking across the open field at the homestead
mimicks a shot early
> in the Searchers (which also shows up in Star
Wars).
>
> Searchers is an incredibly influential movie for the
great '70s
> directors, particularly Lucas and Scorcese. It's the
clear model for
> part of Star Wars, most of Taxi Driver and virtually
all of Hardcore.
>
> Beyond influential, though, it's a great film,
miker. Enjoy it. And
> say Hi to Mose for me.
>
> Mark
>
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