Sukiyaki Western Django: "The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to florish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind". This was quite a weird movie, packed full of 'cool' moments - great cinematography, awesome costumes, beautiful sets, very memorable characters, fancy posing. At the same time, I think we all had quite a hard time following exactly what was happening, in terms of the deeper story - mainly because of the phonetic english the Japanese cast speaks. To me, it seemed that the general theme is contained in the above quote, repeated a couple of times during the film: That powerful people (or those who strive for things) are cursed to destroy each other, and themselves in the process. I would certainly like to see this one again, but perhaps with some subtitles!
- Timothy Greig