Rules of the Frame

A Fistful of Dollars

Episode Summary

Connor & Jon mosey on down to the ol' West/feudal Japan to consume one of the greatest spaghetti Westerns of all time: A Fistful of Dollars! Since there was a legal dispute over this film, does it automatically make it a rip off of Yojimbo? Connor gets way too worked up over a Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 list, Jon wants to propose to Morricone's score, and the two try to hold the show together through Covid and technical malfunctions. WARNING: Major spoilers for A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII7_Fevn8na1ZkXyfUeTQA/featured

Episode Notes

Connor & Jon mosey on down to the ol' West/feudal Japan to consume one of the greatest spaghetti Westerns of all time: A Fistful of Dollars! Since there was a legal dispute over this film, does it automatically make it a rip off of Yojimbo? Connor gets way too worked up over a Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 list, Jon wants to propose to Morricone's score, and the two try to hold the show together through Covid and technical malfunctions.

WARNING: Major spoilers for A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | Dir. Sergio Leone
• Yojimbo (1961) | Dir. Akira Kurosawa
• The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) | Dir. Sergio Leone
• Shane (1953) | Dir. George Stevens
• My Darling Clementine (1946) | Dir. John Ford
• For a Few Dollars More (1965) | Dir. Sergio Leone
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) | Dir. Sergio Leone
• Star Wars (1977) | Dir. George Lucas
• Sanjuro (1962) | Dir. Akira Kurosawa
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | Dir. Michael Curtiz & William Keighley
• Captain Blood (1935) | Dir. Michael Curtiz
• The Searchers (1956) | Dir. John Ford
• High Noon (1952) | Dir. Fred Zinnemann
• Joker (2019) | Dir. Todd Phillips
• Ad Astra (2019) | Dir. James Gray
• Rio Bravo (1959) | Dir. Howard Hawks
• Red River (1948) | Dir. Howard Hawks & Arthur Rosson
• The Searchers (1956) | Dir. John Ford