2. Remakes: A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

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The second film in our remakes theme, Sergio Leone’s 1964 movie, A Fistful of Dollars, is an unlicensed, beat-by-beat remake of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, which we discussed last week.  What value can we find in a film that so closely followed its inspiration that it engendered a lawsuit?  What is the legacy of spaghetti westerns? Sources Bondanella, Peter: A History of Italian Cinema Cumbow, Robert C.: The Films of Sergio Leone Vlaanderen, Remco at Watch the Titles! https://www.watchthetitles.com/titlesequence/a-fistful-of-dollars/ Wikipedia