The Outrage (1964)
Directed by Martin
Ritt this remake of Rashomon (1950) stars Paul Newman, Laurence
Harvey, Claire Bloom and William Shatner. Different tales about the
same event tell make it hard to separate fact from fiction.
Generally this film
does a good job of transporting the events of the original film from
Japan to a Western although maybe the ideas of personal honour do not
translate so exactly. Most of the film is well made although it is a
notch below the execution of Kurosawa's excellent direction. If this
film was being made today you might not get away with having Paul
Newman play a Mexican bandit but otherwise there is not much you can
say against this remake.
4/5
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