Six-String Samurai

Six-String Samurai (1998)

In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

Data di uscita
1998-09-18
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (158)
Durata
1 h 31 min
Generi
Avventura, Fantascienza, Commedia, Azione, Dramma
Regista
Lance Mungia

Cast

Curiosità

  • Budget: 2 Mln USD
  • Girato a: California

Six-String Samurai is a 1998 American post-apocalyptic action comedy film directed by Lance Mungia and starring Jeffrey Falcon and Justin McGuire. Brian Tyler composed the score for this film along with Igor & The Red Elvises, the latter providing the majority of the soundtrack.

Production

Lance Mungia said he went for a more fantastical approach with Six-String Samurai because he wanted to do something ambitious and Hitchcockian to avoid being lumped in with other low budget B movies. One evening when Mungia and Jeffrey Falcon were at a restaurant, Falcon asked Mungia how he saw through his thick glasses and tried them on with Mungia observing that Falcon bore a resemblance to Buddy Holly while wearing them.

The opening sequence has an intentionally distorted visual effect. The de-anamorphic visuals are a subtle "tribute" to the Chinese martial arts films (notably the films by Shaw Brothers) that often had their wide-screen opening sequences compressed to the 1.33:1 format of TV screens for VHS release.

Throughout the film there are homages to many major musical movements in the United States. Buddy, the main character, is a symbol of the birth of rock 'n' roll. He shares the same clothing style of Buddy Holly, especially his horn-rimmed glasses.

Death, a character resembling Slash from Guns N' Roses, kills a character representing Jerry Lee Lewis during the film. Death also dispatches a mariachi band and another musician dressed country western style. His minions also torment a traveler dressed in hip hop fashion. Buddy also has a duel with a musician (wielding a ukulele) resembling Ritchie Valens, who died in the same 1959 plane crash as the original Buddy Holly.

The film also has references to the Wizard of Oz, loosely imitating the 1939 movie. A little person instructs Buddy to "follow the yellow brick road". Lost Vegas, seen from the distance, looks like the Emerald City. Death is obsessed with a specific object, Buddy's guitar pick, much like the Wicked Witch trying to get Dorothy's red slippers. Finally, Death is killed when sprayed with water, as was the Wicked Witch.

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