Redbelt
Interesting sites that highlight the use of martial arts in movies and television programs.
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Review: A strong cast in Mamet’s take on the samurai code (MarcoNews.com)
by Betsy Pickle
“Mamet has made a film about fighting that isn’t about fighting. It’s about the samurai code and the philosophy of Brazilian jujitsu and what it demands of practitioners in terms of honor, discipline and mental acuity. And how even a wise man can be a fool, but his code can redeem him.” (Originally Published: 5/14/2008; Last DCTKD update: 5/14/2008)
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Talk Hard (CityPaper Online)
David Mamet’s Latest Hatches A Character Who Hits Better With His Fists Than His Mouth
by Bret McCabe
“...internalized confidence is one of the oldest tropes in martial Asian cinema, going back as far as early samurai flicks and on up through the Shaw Brothers actioners, The Karate Kid and, now, Tony Jaa’s movies. True warriors only fight when pushed, not because they can. Honor is as important as knowing how to drop somebody with a knee to the forehead. And, conveniently enough, the fight means nothing without the reasons why.” (Originally Published: 5/7/2008; Last DCTKD update: 5/7/2008)
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Mamet directs martial-arts film ‘Redbelt’ (SF Gate)
“‘It was a privilege to work with the master,’ said [John Machado, a former jujitsu world champion], who helped choreograph ‘Redbelt’ and co-stars as a corrupt big-money fighter. ‘I think this movie will become a classic in the martial-arts (genre). I don’t think there’s been one in the U.S. done by a director like Mamet; that’s unique in itself, for someone of his caliber to do a martial-arts film. And the cast, where he was able to mix known actors, high-caliber actors and martial artists, fighters. It was like a symphony.’” (Originally Published: 5/2/2008; Last DCTKD update: 5/4/2008)
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Mamet brings mixed martial arts to the big screen (ESPN)
by Sam Alipour
“‘Redbelt’ is [award-winning playwright David] Mamet’s love letter to this nondescript building along a sun-bleached slab of Ocean Park Boulevard, the men who sweat here and its purveyor, Renato Magno, a BJJ black belt and Mamet’s teacher of six years.” (Originally Published: 4/23/2008; Last DCTKD update: 5/6/2008)
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