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: James Mangold has said that this film, co-directed by "The Red Shoes" team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, "features a remarkable climactic chase and an amazing performance by Deborah Kerr. Lipstick has never had such power." Powell's protégé Martin Scorsese has also championed the film, acknowledging that many of the shots influenced his "The King of Comedy" and "The Color of Money." " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" style="margin:0 auto;" width="640"/>"Black Narcissus," 1947: James Mangold has said that this film, co-directed by "The Red Shoes" team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, "features a remarkable climactic chase and an amazing performance by Deborah Kerr. Lipstick has never had such power." Powell's protégé Martin Scorsese has also championed the film, acknowledging that many of the shots influenced his "The King of Comedy" and "The Color of Money." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: The influence of "Shane" can be felt not just in "The Wolverine" but in Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider," Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Negotiator" (when Kevin Spacey tries to convince Samuel L. Jackson that Shane is dead and then uses that debate as code to tell Jackson to play dead). Even Woody Allen, who doesn't like Westerns, loved it, "because it's more than a Western. ... 'Shane' achieves a certain poetry." " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto002" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"Shane," 1953: The influence of "Shane" can be felt not just in "The Wolverine" but in Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider," Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Negotiator" (when Kevin Spacey tries to convince Samuel L. Jackson that Shane is dead and then uses that debate as code to tell Jackson to play dead). Even Woody Allen, who doesn't like Westerns, loved it, "because it's more than a Western. ... 'Shane' achieves a certain poetry." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: The first film of the series about the ronin (masterless samurai), "Musashi Miyamoto" won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The entire trilogy is an influence not just on Mangold but on Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies. The third film features a showdown between the hero and 80 assailants, which became the archetype for taking on an endless amount of enemies." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto003" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"The Samurai Trilogy," 1954-56: The first film of the series about the ronin (masterless samurai), "Musashi Miyamoto" won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The entire trilogy is an influence not just on Mangold but on Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies. The third film features a showdown between the hero and 80 assailants, which became the archetype for taking on an endless amount of enemies.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: Mangold has called Yasujiro Ozu "the world's greatest director film geeks have never heard of. A poet, humanitarian, stylist, innovator -- and a brilliant actor's director. I would recommend 'Floating Weeds' to anyone with a heart who knows direction is about more than camera moves." Roger Ebert agreed, listing it as one of the 10 greatest films of all time. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto004" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"Floating Weeds," 1959: Mangold has called Yasujiro Ozu "the world's greatest director film geeks have never heard of. A poet, humanitarian, stylist, innovator -- and a brilliant actor's director. I would recommend 'Floating Weeds' to anyone with a heart who knows direction is about more than camera moves." Roger Ebert agreed, listing it as one of the 10 greatest films of all time. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: The first "13 Assassins" -- which fans like to spell out as "Thirteen Assassins" to differentiate it from the remake -- was part of the Kudo Trilogy. The series, which also included "The Great Killing" and "Eleven Samurai," was meant as an alternative to the feel-good samurai movies of the time. Takashi Miike ("Audition," "Ichi the Killer") did a surprisingly respectful remake, preserving the original story while making enough changes to leave his thumbprint." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto005" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"13 Assassins," original in 1963, remake in 2010: The first "13 Assassins" -- which fans like to spell out as "Thirteen Assassins" to differentiate it from the remake -- was part of the Kudo Trilogy. The series, which also included "The Great Killing" and "Eleven Samurai," was meant as an alternative to the feel-good samurai movies of the time. Takashi Miike ("Audition," "Ichi the Killer") did a surprisingly respectful remake, preserving the original story while making enough changes to leave his thumbprint.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: One of the most famous chases in cinema remains the car chasing a train in "The French Connection," because it feels so real. The scene was shot without closing all the streets, with no permits, on fear of arrest -- a pure stolen shot. Two accidental crashes resulted (and made the film), because the stunt car (with a siren to warn other vehicles) was going 70 to 90 miles per hour. During a second unit shoot with Gene Hackman driving, a civilian drove into the shot and tried to turn left; Hackman hit him and swerved into a pillar. Fortunately, no one was hurt." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto006" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"The French Connection," 1971: One of the most famous chases in cinema remains the car chasing a train in "The French Connection," because it feels so real. The scene was shot without closing all the streets, with no permits, on fear of arrest -- a pure stolen shot. Two accidental crashes resulted (and made the film), because the stunt car (with a siren to warn other vehicles) was going 70 to 90 miles per hour. During a second unit shoot with Gene Hackman driving, a civilian drove into the shot and tried to turn left; Hackman hit him and swerved into a pillar. Fortunately, no one was hurt.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
Roman Polanski didn't think "Chinatown" would be considered "anything exceptional," but time has proved him wrong. Roger Ebert, who called "Chinatown" a "tour de force," thought that perhaps Polanski was commenting on the films of the 1930s and '40s, since it felt like it could have been made in that era. The plot is complicated, about a scheme to steal water from Los Angeles in a time of drought. In the end, when it's all figured out, we're told there is no resolution, no justice. Nothing can be done. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto007" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"Chinatown," 1974: Roman Polanski didn't think "Chinatown" would be considered "anything exceptional," but time has proved him wrong. Roger Ebert, who called "Chinatown" a "tour de force," thought that perhaps Polanski was commenting on the films of the 1930s and '40s, since it felt like it could have been made in that era. The plot is complicated, about a scheme to steal water from Los Angeles in a time of drought. In the end, when it's all figured out, we're told there is no resolution, no justice. Nothing can be done. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: Clint Eastwood has such a way with one-liners in this film -- see "Dying ain't much of a living, boy," and "You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?" -- that Mangold realized "The Wolverine" could still be funny. "I didn't want to lose the humor of Logan, but I did want to lose the kind of sitcom, glib quip every time something happened," he said. "While that's been funny and rewarding in other films, we couldn't make the tonal shift and keep that at the same time."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto008" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"The Outlaw Josey Wales," 1976: Clint Eastwood has such a way with one-liners in this film -- see "Dying ain't much of a living, boy," and "You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?" -- that Mangold realized "The Wolverine" could still be funny. "I didn't want to lose the humor of Logan, but I did want to lose the kind of sitcom, glib quip every time something happened," he said. "While that's been funny and rewarding in other films, we couldn't make the tonal shift and keep that at the same time."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: This film is also a favorite of Quentin Tarantino's, who called it a "fun, cool, rock 'n' roll style film" with a "jumpy energy." Wong Kar-wai made it to distract himself from his stalled epic, "Ashes of Time." It follows two lovestruck cops in Hong Kong and the mysterious woman they both fall for, and what would have been a third of the movie continues in "Fallen Angels."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto009" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"Chungking Express," 1994: This film is also a favorite of Quentin Tarantino's, who called it a "fun, cool, rock 'n' roll style film" with a "jumpy energy." Wong Kar-wai made it to distract himself from his stalled epic, "Ashes of Time." It follows two lovestruck cops in Hong Kong and the mysterious woman they both fall for, and what would have been a third of the movie continues in "Fallen Angels."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}
: Wong Kar-wai won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for this entry about a gay couple living as expatriates in Argentina, who are both alone and together at the same time. As a bonus, Christopher Doyle, who was DP on this and "Chungking Express," was also the cinematographer on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack," Sigur Rós ' "Goobledigook" and Florence + the Machine's "No Light, No Light."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0010" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/>"Happy Together," 1997: Wong Kar-wai won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for this entry about a gay couple living as expatriates in Argentina, who are both alone and together at the same time. As a bonus, Christopher Doyle, who was DP on this and "Chungking Express," was also the cinematographer on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack," Sigur Rós ' "Goobledigook" and Florence + the Machine's "No Light, No Light."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Iconic films that influenced \'The Wolverine\'"}HIDE CAPTIONIconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'Iconic films that influenced 'The Wolverine'<<<
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10>>>Event.observe(window,'load',function(){if(typeof(cnn_adbptrackpgalimg) == 'function' && typeof(cnnArticleGallery) != 'undefined'){cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[0].image,"The films that influenced 'The Wolverine'");}});STORY HIGHLIGHTSJames Mangold's latest film is "The Wolverine"The director said he was influenced by a wide array of filmsMangold drew from westerns to noir in making "Wolverine"(CNN) -- When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the classic Clint Eastwood film, so Mangold sent him a copy.
"I felt like tonally, it would give him a clue of what I was talking about," the director said.The director started thinking about the deep affinity between gun-slinging Westerns and swordfighting samurai films. Mangold thought that drawing upon both of them would help "The Wolverine" stand apart from the rest of the X-Men series.This installment takes place after "X-Men: The Last Stand," as Wolverine retreats from killing the love of his life, Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix, and heads to Japan. It is based on the comic by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, and Mangold thought of it as Hugh Jackman in a Western in Japan, without the horse. To make sense of this movie mashup, the director tweeted images from the top ten inspirations for "The Wolverine," daring fans to identify them.Astute fans of Mangold's body of work (which includes "Cop Land," "Walk the Line" and "3:10 to Yuma") might have spotted the 1959 Yasujiro Ozu film "Floating Weeds," since the director has cited it as one of the best films of all time as well as a major influence on his first film, "Heavy.""Ozu is the most underappreciated Japanese director, in my mind," Mangold said. "For me, the whole trip that Logan takes south to the Nagasaki area, it's almost the reverse train trip that the older couple take in 'Tokyo Story.' ""But it's also about that sense of the beauty and simplicity of rural Japanese life," he added. "When I started scouting Japan, the world of the Ozu films still exists. You ride south; you find yourself in a simple fishing village, and it looks unchanged since the postwar period."Depicting the atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki in "The Wolverine," and the community's recovery, was a useful allegory for Jackman's character: "Out of all the pain and the catastrophe and loss that he had suffered in his life, he's in a place that keeps going," Mangold said. "They keep living, and they keep loving, despite the atrocities that have happened."Also on the list of Mangold's top films of all time is 1947's Himalayas-set "Black Narcissus," about a group of nuns establishing a convent. It was an influence on one of his most acclaimed films, "Girl, Interrupted.""In regards to 'Girl, Interrupted,' it's a conscribed universe with these women all trapped in one place," Mangold said. "But in 'The Wolverine,' it's the tone, which is both realistic and dreamy, the sense of travel to the exotic land and the buried sensuality in this new place."Mangold planted one shot as a direct homage to "Black Narcissus" in "The Wolverine": when a woman runs out of a building and seems on the verge of throwing herself over a cliff into the sea."That's from the final sequence of 'Black Narcissus,' " Mangold said, "from when the nun who goes mad is chasing Deborah Kerr around and they show downward with the cliffs."On the Western front, Mangold cites two classics: 1953's "Shane" and Eastwood's 1976 film "The Outlaw Josey Wales."" 'Shane' is because of the dark outlaw who is brought into town, comes into a new village and changes everyone's lives but can never stay," Mangold said. "He's a soldier of fortune, a vagabond. Logan is like that Western hero, a man who can never stop moving."In "The Outlaw Josey Wales," Eastwood's character loses his wife and children in the very beginning, and it sets him off on a journey built on his rage and loss -- which echoes not just in Logan's loss of Jean Grey but the perceived loss of his mentor, Dr. Charles Xavier, seemingly destroyed by the Dark Phoenix."It's also the journey," Mangold said, "and how the enemy is not clear. It's kind of a labyrinth. And it's also about a wounded soldier trying to get home again. In the end of 'Josey Wales,' it's not like he's victorious against any enemy. He just literally finds a new place to live and love again and the courage to do it."Then, of course, there are the samurai films such as the "The Samurai Trilogy": 1954's "Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto," 1955's "Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple" and 1956's "Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island.""The imagery is incredibly fantastical," Mangold said. "It's not the kind of desolation you'd find in the Kurosawa films. They're extremely lyrical and colorful, with beautiful sets, beautiful design, beautiful use of color."Two films noir are also on Mangold's list: William Friedkin's 1971 thriller "The French Connection" and Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir "Chinatown." Mangold said he values all of the films even beyond the inspiration they provided for his latest project."All of these movies are huge to me anyway," he said. "And they spoke to me as I was working on the script and preparing for this shoot. 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