Ep. 167: Seven Blows of the Dragon featuring Dirk Marshall
About this episode
The episode discusses the films SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON and THE WATER MARGIN, featuring guest Dirk Marshall.
We are saying goodbye to Foreign Film February (or #FFF for the insiders) with a bang (or is it a clang?) with 1972's SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON and 1972's THE WATER MARGIN. Is this episode the podcast equivalent of a double feature? Not really. You see, some of us watched SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON and one of us watched THE WATER MARGIN. And while SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON and THE WATER MARGIN are essentially the same thing except one of them is 35 minutes shorter... and makes even less sense. Joining us is returning guest Dirk Marshall from the VH US podcast ( https://www.vh-us.com/ ), who we normally bring in for his expertise in Canadian films, and figured he would do the same for a movie made in China. We do our best to piece together a considerably complex plot for a movie that should be more fighting and less talking, which is exactly what Roger Corman wanted. In addition to unraveling the plot, Erica delivers blows to the team for incorrect statements and general bossiness. Dirk correctly points out that the nicknames applied to characters in SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON do little to trigger memory retention for the 100 characters in this movie. He also identifies good…
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