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Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller (The Baron of Arizona I Shot Jesse James The... |
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Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller (The Baron of Arizona I Shot Jesse James The...
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by Eclipse
Sales Rank: 15434
Price: $25.49
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His films have been called raw, outrageous, sensational, and daring. In four decades of directing, Samuel Fuller created a legendarily idiosyncratic oeuvre, examining U.S. history and mythmaking in westerns, film noirs, and war epics. And characteristically, it all began with a bang: after printing the legend with the elegant B-pictures I Shot Jesse James and The Baron of Arizona, he got himself into hot water with the FBI on The Steel Helmet, the first American movie to portray the Korean War. These three independent films showed off Fuller’s genre diversity, gutter wit, and subversive force, and pointed the way to a controversial career in studio moviemaking.<P> <P>I Shot Jesse James <P>Fuller's directorial debut is a psychological western, excavating, with pathos and humor, the tale of Robert Ford, the member of Jesse James's gang who shot the famed outlaw in the back. <P>The Baron of Arizona A devilishly witty Vincent Price plays a nineteenth-century con man who sets out to commit the most epic swindle in U.S. history: to claim himself as the rightful inheritor of Arizona. <P>The Steel Helmet With its low budget and high ambitions, Fuller's snarling Korean War film, an examination of race relations as well as a visceral plunge into battle, remains one of the director's most discussed and admired works.
Viewer Reviews
The Steel Helmet is probably one of the greatest war films ever put on screen. Fuller transposed many of his own experiences into this Korean War tale, giving the viewer a very raw, gritty look at combat- filmed during a time when you couldn't really show graphic violence on the screen. At the time he shot this movie, WWII had only been over for 5-6 years, so Fuller's feelings are still intense and fresh. I actually like this film better than "Fixed Bayonets" (which isn't bad) and "The Big Red One", which he'd been trying to make ever since he was demobilized from the Army.
So, I'm guessing because the other two films in this DVD package are less interesting, the Eclipse Film series is betting that the fans of "The Steel Helmet" will break down and buy the whole thing, just for Fuller's war movie classic.
Personally, I'm holding out as long as I can. Bottom line, "The Steel Helmet" is brilliant and powerful. I can't vouch for the other two. Sell "The Steel Helmet" individually, and I'd pay handsomely for it.
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