Comments on: The Legacy Of Samuel Fuller http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/the-legacy-of-samuel-fuller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-legacy-of-samuel-fuller The Movie Collector's Blog sm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sam Fletcher http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/the-legacy-of-samuel-fuller/#comment-1777 Sam Fletcher Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:32:31 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=5302#comment-1777 IMHO, there's a gritty realism in Fuller's The Steel Helmet and Fix Bayonets that is entirely missing from his more popular The Big Red One. Now I liked Lee Marvin's performance. Marvin was the only actor I ever saw who, when armed in a role, looked on-screen as if he were really carrying a weapon where as all other actors look like they're carrying props. And the rest of his young squad were OK, although as in the later Saving Pvt Ryan, put a bunch of modern young actors into helmets and uniforms and they all look alike to me. I guess where Big Red One breaks down for me is when Marvin ends up on the same battlefield in WWII where he fought as a youn member of the First Infantry Divison in WWI. That and the big white cross behind which the German sergeant hides after telling his men to pose as dead bodies (not much cover and concealment there--better stack up a few dead comrades and use them as cover as you open up on the American squad). The action (or inaction) of the Germans is bad enough, but then the GIs sneak from one German to another with their knives to keill them for real. Wouldn't you have thought at least one Jerry would keep his eyes open, see what they were doing, and yell to warn his comrades? IMHO, there's a gritty realism in Fuller's The Steel Helmet and Fix Bayonets that is entirely missing from his more popular The Big Red One. Now I liked Lee Marvin's performance. Marvin was the only actor I ever saw who, when armed in a role, looked on-screen as if he were really carrying a weapon where as all other actors look like they're carrying props. And the rest of his young squad were OK, although as in the later Saving Pvt Ryan, put a bunch of modern young actors into helmets and uniforms and they all look alike to me.

I guess where Big Red One breaks down for me is when Marvin ends up on the same battlefield in WWII where he fought as a youn member of the First Infantry Divison in WWI. That and the big white cross behind which the German sergeant hides after telling his men to pose as dead bodies (not much cover and concealment there--better stack up a few dead comrades and use them as cover as you open up on the American squad). The action (or inaction) of the Germans is bad enough, but then the GIs sneak from one German to another with their knives to keill them for real. Wouldn't you have thought at least one Jerry would keep his eyes open, see what they were doing, and yell to warn his comrades?

]]> By: Olivier EYQUEM http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/the-legacy-of-samuel-fuller/#comment-1681 Olivier EYQUEM Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:15:54 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=5302#comment-1681 Il had the good fortune of interviewing the great Sam Fuller years ago, twice. I've never met a more stimulating, funny, warm and generous director. He had hundreds of captivating stories to tell and he left dozens of screenplays, which no one but himself (or, by now, Tarantino) could have filmed the right way. What a marvelous character. Il had the good fortune of interviewing the great Sam Fuller years ago, twice. I've never met a more stimulating, funny, warm and generous director. He had hundreds of captivating stories to tell and he left dozens of screenplays, which no one but himself (or, by now, Tarantino) could have filmed the right way. What a marvelous character.

]]> By: Dwight Frye http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/the-legacy-of-samuel-fuller/#comment-771 Dwight Frye Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:48:20 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=5302#comment-771 Sam Fuller is one of my favorites. Just got the box set in the mail and can't wait to dive in! Sam Fuller is one of my favorites. Just got the box set in the mail and can't wait to dive in!

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