A couple of weeks ago, there was a rumor that Clint Eastwood had decided to return for another “Dirty Harry” flick. Unfortunatley for those fans of the .44, Clint denied these rumors, he is after all 78 years old. Well, South Korea took a cue from this news and figured if they wanted another Eastwood spaghetti western, they were going to have to do it themselves, hence “The Good, The Bad, and The Weird”.

The film made its rounds through Korean theaters, is currently playing at Cannes, and will most likely find US distributor in the near future. In addition to the beautiful visuals and obvious character distinctions present in the trailer we find out from the NYT that:

(”The Good” is )Set in 1930s Japanese occupied Manchuria, tells the story of three Joseon mounted bandits who get their hands on a treasure map, only to be pursued by the army of national independence, who believe that the outlaws have a map for a new railway to be built by the Japanese army.”

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When I was young I was mesmerized by a movie/short film I saw about a young boy and his red balloon.  I have never seen the film since, but have always wanted to, and I never forgot it.  It was one of those little treasures that I had found that I’d hoped I would run into again someday.

As I was reading my some of my favorite sites this morning, I discovered that the film I saw was Albert Lamorisse’s “The Red Balloon, Flight…,” and that there’s a new movie that was inspired by this film: “Flight of the Red Balloon” from Hou Hsiao Hsien.

Jason Morehead at Opus comments that the movie “tells the story of a young boy and his babysitter as they make their way through Paris. Juliette Binoche stars as the boy’s mother, a harried woman with little time for her son. Sounds threadbare, I know, but Hou’s films are not necessarily about plot, but rather observing, patiently, the little details.”

The movie is currently playing in select theaters, and you can catch the trailer via YouTube:

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