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Sholay (1975) -- R. Sippy
Hey, it's a
rip-roaring good time, as two criminals help a former police officer in his
(extremely personal) battle with a gang of bandits, led by a particularly evil
guy. This is Bollywood, so characters
spontaneously break out in song and/or dance (or are forced to do so, in one
scene). The music adds a lot, especially
to the more extreme psycho-drama elements (and they are very extreme). But still the film is goofy and good-natured,
like a Hong Kong film from the same era; the action sequences have that similar
low-budget feel. However, this is very
much a western with horses, gun-play and some rocky terrain straight out of
Budd Boetticher. Unlike most westerns,
it is 3 1/2 hours long (but suprisingly well-paced).
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