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I was babysitting a friend's young son the other night, and we saw The Magnificent Seven. Thrilling and touching, with Bernstein's amazing score and fantastic performances by Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, etc. The documentary mentioned that McQueen wasn't satisfied with a supporting role, and kept fiddling with his hat, catching flies, etc -- anything to get more attention while the other characters were talking. Finally Brynner got fed up, and said that if McQueen kept acting up Brynner would simply remove his own hat and own the scenes completely.
Geez, these old-time film personalities.
The documentary also mentioned the movie's morality -- most shoot-em-up westerns hadn't bothered to wonder what a gunslinger's life was like between battles. Brynner was quoted as saying that the classic gunslinger is a dirty outcast with "only two clean things about him -- his gun and his soul". Reminded me of what Chandler said about private eyes in The Simple Art of Murder.
Anyway, the kid's twelve years old and a real movie buff. He hasn't seen many old westerns, but he really liked The Magnificent Seven, and I'm thinking of trying The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly on him next. But there are prequels that I haven't seen -- A Fistful of Dollars, right? Anyone know any other westerns he might like?
Geez, these old-time film personalities.
The documentary also mentioned the movie's morality -- most shoot-em-up westerns hadn't bothered to wonder what a gunslinger's life was like between battles. Brynner was quoted as saying that the classic gunslinger is a dirty outcast with "only two clean things about him -- his gun and his soul". Reminded me of what Chandler said about private eyes in The Simple Art of Murder.
Anyway, the kid's twelve years old and a real movie buff. He hasn't seen many old westerns, but he really liked The Magnificent Seven, and I'm thinking of trying The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly on him next. But there are prequels that I haven't seen -- A Fistful of Dollars, right? Anyone know any other westerns he might like?