What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
07-11-09, 01:42 PM
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What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
Seeing how this is my favorite film, I'm really intrigued as to what films Speilberg looked at for inspiration. I just finished OVERLORD which shared alot of similarities with the opening shot of the men in the Higgins boat.
07-11-09, 01:49 PM
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Re: What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
A technically masterful opening sequence followed by a mediocre-to-crappy war film?
07-11-09, 02:16 PM
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As far as the filmmaking style, I don't know. But the plot was inspired by the true story of the Sullivan brothers.
07-11-09, 02:40 PM
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There are a few Kurosawa influences.
The solider who picks his severed arm up during the fighting (Forgot which Kurosawa film originated this)
And the scene when Upham is watching a battle from the distance is reminiscent of the spy-abduction sequence from Seven Samurai when Katsushiro watches the event from a distance.
The solider who picks his severed arm up during the fighting (Forgot which Kurosawa film originated this)
And the scene when Upham is watching a battle from the distance is reminiscent of the spy-abduction sequence from Seven Samurai when Katsushiro watches the event from a distance.
07-11-09, 02:59 PM
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Re: What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
As far as the filmmaking style, I don't know. But the plot was inspired by the true story of the Sullivan brothers.
07-11-09, 03:10 PM
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I know Spielberg is a WWII buff and being Jewish has a lot of meaning for him personally. It is also one of my favorite films and at the top of my list for upgrades to Blu-ray.
07-11-09, 05:23 PM
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Cornel Wilde's Beach Red was a big influence on SPR and The Thin Red Line.
07-11-09, 05:37 PM
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Re: What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
If I had to guess I'd say he stole everything from the secret CIA files on Frank Dux.
07-11-09, 06:52 PM
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Re: What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
Spielberg's biggest influences for Saving Private Ryan were:
1) The highly, highly acclaimed "The Story Of GI Joe"
2) "The Fighting Sullivans"
1) The highly, highly acclaimed "The Story Of GI Joe"
2) "The Fighting Sullivans"
07-12-09, 09:27 AM
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Re: What were Speilberg's influences for Saving Private Ryan?
Really disappointing that no one has mentioned this yet.
gglass4269, Spielberg's style from SPR seems to come, IMHO at least in part, from Elem Klimov's Idi I Smotri (Come and See).
You should check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/
gglass4269, Spielberg's style from SPR seems to come, IMHO at least in part, from Elem Klimov's Idi I Smotri (Come and See).
You should check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/
