What do you get if you add some under-cranked action footage of samurai warriors moving in unison, staccato-like editing of emotional turmoil, a camera moving away from the fight with everybody chasing after and the presence of fear and respect amongst the participants to one and the same movie reel?
Well, first and foremost you'll get some good stuff in your hands - and you're most likely watching Japanese samurai flick Orochi (The Serpent).
Jonas Högberg & Anders Hultqvist discuss this delightful little nugget when manhandling the year 1925 in their ongoing quest to trace the history of action cinema. Also appearing in this episode: Harold Lloyd's The Freshman, Buster Keaton's Seven Chances, Douglas Fairbanks Don Q, Son of Zorro.
"The Dean of the College - he was so dignified he never married for fear his wife would call him by his first name."
Pod Hard bon bons of 2020
Action Movie History 1939 (Stagecoach)
Action Movie History 1937 (The Prisoner of Zenda)
Action Movie History Michael Curtiz+Errol Flynn Special (GUEST: Alex Rallo)
Action Movie History 1935 (Top Hat)
Action Movie History 1934 (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Action Movie History 1933 (Keisatsukan)
Action Movie History 1933 (Footlight Parade)
Action Movie History 1933 (King Kong)
Action Movie History 1932 (Scarface)
Action Movie History 1930 (Hell's Angels)
Action Movie History 1929 (Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü)
Action Movie History 1928 (Steamboat Bill Jr)
Action Movie History 1927 (Wings)
Action Movie History 1926 (The General)
Action Movie History 1924 (Sherlock Jr & Girl Shy)
Action Movie History 1923 (Safety Last & Our Hospitality)
Action Movie History 1922 (The Three Must-Get-Theres)
Action Movie History 1921 (The Three Musketeers)
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