What's so wrong with understanding the geographical space that the characters are occupying? We don't need to be assaulted non-stop by climactic action.
#The magnificent seven 1960 movie#
Revisiting this movie made me wish that more action directors thought this way today. Shootouts aren't haphazardly thrown together. It's almost impossible to get lost in the classical filming style employed here. We know where everyone is at every moment. Director John Sturges is able to create a western world with intelligible geography. Bound by something other than monetary gain these men come together to protect this small town.īesides the moral underpinnings of this archetypal western tale, it's interesting to witness how action was filmed back in 1960.
Bernardo O'Reilly (Charles Bronson), Lee (Robert Vaughn), Harry Luck (Brad Dexter), Britt (James Coburn), and Chico (Horst Buchholz). However, these are a different kind of men.Īdams and Tanner soon recruit five other men to help defend the village from the marauding invaders. Any other kind of people, and we'd think they're crazy. There's something inside them that binds them to helping people, no matter what the cost. We need to know that these men, who will soon be going to help a small defenseless town, are beyond reproach. This blatant display of heroism is crucial to western stories like this. He's soon joined by another morally decent man Vin Tanner (Steve McQueen) who assists him with a shotgun. He hops on the carriage to pull the coffin up the hill. We know he's a good, honorable man because without asking for payment he risks his own life to help bury a non-white citizen in the town graveyard even though there's strong opposition to it. The group of villagers soon finds Chris Larabee Adams (Yul Brynner). Even ' A Bug's Life' owes much of its existence to this and 'Seven Samurai.' This type of story has been used over and over in films, especially westerns.
#The magnificent seven 1960 full#
They can't pay much, but these old west movies are usually populated full of honor-bound men willing to help a good, almost lost, cause. A group of them set out to find a man, or men, who would be willing to help them out. Because they can't fight, the farmers always agree to the terms. A group of thugs routinely invades their town demanding their food. 'The Magnificent Seven,' based on Akira Kurosawa classic ' Seven Samurai,' brings the story of a troubled town and a team of peacemakers to the Wild West.Ī small town of farmers is in desperate need of assistance. It's the quintessential western story, which was borrowed from the quintessential samurai story.
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