Post by morrisondylanfan on Nov 23, 2018 18:37:59 GMT
Hi all,after a little delay I've finished both of Arrow's Diamond Guys sets (a shame poor sales put an end to the sets.)
The Rambling Guitarist (1959) 7
The lone colour title in the first set, Arrow present a good transfer of a clean soundtrack and well-paced subtitles, but the picture having more spots of dirt than the other two. Launching the first of a 9 film series (!) director Buichi Saitô & cinematographer Kuratarô Takamura tune the Nikkatsu Film Noir of the past to the hip teenage market by washing the flick in stylish Pop-Art colours and distorted angles giving Taki (played by a slick Akira Kobayashi) a Pop star shine. Plucked into having to work for mob boss Akitsu, the screenplay by Kenzaburo Hara/Ei Ogawa and Hara Yamazaki plays on the generational divide between the old-school, hard nosed thugs of the war years, and the new, pretty young things loners. Whilst this approach does make the differences prominent, it also causes for the flick to have little feeling of threat, due to Taki spending the whole movie with a cocky swagger, as the guitarist rambles a new tune.