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I can't believe this film isn't in the special reserve database. Not many have heard of it, but it's a film one must see.
‘Ghost Dog’ is an unusual gangster movie. It is a modern day hit man who lives his life by the code of an ancient culture. It deconstructs the stereotypical gangster movies and incorporates elements of other genres, which add to its originality.
The cartoon genre is another kind that features heavily, as well and is highly significant. They comically act as a way to defy the stereotypes of gangsters such as ‘Handsome Frank’ and Vargo who constantly watch these cartoons. But they also act as a comical commentary for the action by foreshadowing the consequences of certain events. We see that the cartoons influence the violence, which is made out to be comical when compared to the cartoons.
‘Ghost Dog’ even manages to bring in a Western genre into the scene of the ‘final show-down’. The bells chime and him and Louie become face to face like a western shootout. All these different genres are added to the film to make it an unusual but original gangster movie. It is a refreshing change to the ever so common stereotypical gangster movies we tend to see.
Comparing such a film with other gangster movies such as ‘Goodfellas’, we recognize vast contrasts, which seem so different and unusual they are comical to the audience. It almost makes ‘Ghost Dog’ out to be a black comedy. We see Ghost Dog himself as the complete opposite of the stereotypes of the hit man we see in films. He is a big, black, overweight hit man who lives by the ‘way of the samurai’. He lives in a shed on top of a roof with his pigeons. These similar scenes all seem very similar to the film ‘Leon’, but when compared to Robert De Niro’s character in ‘Goodfellas’ or the ‘Godfather’ films we find the contrasts humorous. ‘Ghost Dog’ depicts the gangsters as far from intimidating characters. We have three very unusual gangsters. Vargo who constantly watches cartoons, Valirao who is into Rap music and ‘Flavour Flav‘ and an old guy who can’t talk properly, needs a walking stick to get anywhere and dies in the most pathetic way. They try to act like stereotypical gangsters by greeting each other with kisses on both cheeks and ‘Whacked’ and ‘Iced’ as euphemisms for killing someone.
Ghost Dogs main relationship is with Raymond. He has developed a strong relationship with him despite the language difference (Raymond can only speak French). It shows that relationships between cultures has no boundaries, it just unites them peacefully. He is able to fully understand Raymond even though they do not speak the same language. It shows that culture does not affect people’s relationships with each other. To me the chess set that Ghost Dog and Raymond play on represents unity and tranquillity between race and culture, and reflects Ghost Dog’s relationship with Raymond. It lets them interact without any of the complications culture can bring, like language. The conflict between race and culture is a main theme of ‘Ghost Dog’, similar to gangster films like ‘Goodfellas’ and the ‘Godfather’ films. But instead, it deals with the peaceful side between cultures as well as the conflicts between them. The relationship between Ghost Dog and Raymond represents that culture can be united together in peace. However, the gangsters in the film are there to represent the ignorance of conflict between different cultures whereas Ghost Dog represents the tranquil unity between races.
What do you think of the movie?
‘Ghost Dog’ is an unusual gangster movie. It is a modern day hit man who lives his life by the code of an ancient culture. It deconstructs the stereotypical gangster movies and incorporates elements of other genres, which add to its originality.
The cartoon genre is another kind that features heavily, as well and is highly significant. They comically act as a way to defy the stereotypes of gangsters such as ‘Handsome Frank’ and Vargo who constantly watch these cartoons. But they also act as a comical commentary for the action by foreshadowing the consequences of certain events. We see that the cartoons influence the violence, which is made out to be comical when compared to the cartoons.
‘Ghost Dog’ even manages to bring in a Western genre into the scene of the ‘final show-down’. The bells chime and him and Louie become face to face like a western shootout. All these different genres are added to the film to make it an unusual but original gangster movie. It is a refreshing change to the ever so common stereotypical gangster movies we tend to see.
Comparing such a film with other gangster movies such as ‘Goodfellas’, we recognize vast contrasts, which seem so different and unusual they are comical to the audience. It almost makes ‘Ghost Dog’ out to be a black comedy. We see Ghost Dog himself as the complete opposite of the stereotypes of the hit man we see in films. He is a big, black, overweight hit man who lives by the ‘way of the samurai’. He lives in a shed on top of a roof with his pigeons. These similar scenes all seem very similar to the film ‘Leon’, but when compared to Robert De Niro’s character in ‘Goodfellas’ or the ‘Godfather’ films we find the contrasts humorous. ‘Ghost Dog’ depicts the gangsters as far from intimidating characters. We have three very unusual gangsters. Vargo who constantly watches cartoons, Valirao who is into Rap music and ‘Flavour Flav‘ and an old guy who can’t talk properly, needs a walking stick to get anywhere and dies in the most pathetic way. They try to act like stereotypical gangsters by greeting each other with kisses on both cheeks and ‘Whacked’ and ‘Iced’ as euphemisms for killing someone.
Ghost Dogs main relationship is with Raymond. He has developed a strong relationship with him despite the language difference (Raymond can only speak French). It shows that relationships between cultures has no boundaries, it just unites them peacefully. He is able to fully understand Raymond even though they do not speak the same language. It shows that culture does not affect people’s relationships with each other. To me the chess set that Ghost Dog and Raymond play on represents unity and tranquillity between race and culture, and reflects Ghost Dog’s relationship with Raymond. It lets them interact without any of the complications culture can bring, like language. The conflict between race and culture is a main theme of ‘Ghost Dog’, similar to gangster films like ‘Goodfellas’ and the ‘Godfather’ films. But instead, it deals with the peaceful side between cultures as well as the conflicts between them. The relationship between Ghost Dog and Raymond represents that culture can be united together in peace. However, the gangsters in the film are there to represent the ignorance of conflict between different cultures whereas Ghost Dog represents the tranquil unity between races.
What do you think of the movie?
i keep meaning to get it as i saw it on a film four free view weekend.
the soundtrack kicks as$ (although i am a rap/hip-hop fan so i would think that)
class film get it if you can.
the soundtrack kicks as$ (although i am a rap/hip-hop fan so i would think that)
class film get it if you can.
oh well at least this post is here as proof that i warned you.
Wow, this is weird.. I ordered Ghost Dog last night with an amazon voucher my aunt e-mailed me for christmas... I'll post my opinion in "one to two weeks" (that's amazon speak, which roughly translates as "one week! HA! We only put that in to make you feel like it'll get there soon; you'll be lucky if it gets there after four weeks! Naive consumer fool!!!")
Ashley is probably wrong. I was given the Time Out film guide from my Aunt for Christmas and that raved about it. And Time Out didn't like Mallrats, so raving about a film must mean that it's pretty darn good. the reviews off Amazon seemed to suggest that it was not just a good film but a "life-changing" film no less.. Oh well, it's back to the Big Lebowski for me, unless my technophobic mother's trying to fit the Billy Elliot case into the DVD player :-)
Merry Christmas all!
Ashley is probably wrong. I was given the Time Out film guide from my Aunt for Christmas and that raved about it. And Time Out didn't like Mallrats, so raving about a film must mean that it's pretty darn good. the reviews off Amazon seemed to suggest that it was not just a good film but a "life-changing" film no less.. Oh well, it's back to the Big Lebowski for me, unless my technophobic mother's trying to fit the Billy Elliot case into the DVD player :-)
Merry Christmas all!
Fool - your comments barely diserve a response. Ghost Dog is an amazing film and if anyone else gets the chance to see it, go for it! Overall it is a very tender film, but with an AMAZING action sequence at the end and a whole bunch of unconventional relationships thrown in between Ghost Dog and pretty much everyone else in the film.
This is one of the worst films i have ever seen it is disjointed and not very interesting with random quoted thrown in. It just doesn't go anywhere i definitely wouldn't recommend this film.
I can't believe this film isn't in the special reserve database. Not many have heard of it, but it's a film one must see.
‘Ghost Dog’ is an unusual gangster movie. It is a modern day hit man who lives his life by the code of an ancient culture. It deconstructs the stereotypical gangster movies and incorporates elements of other genres, which add to its originality.
The cartoon genre is another kind that features heavily, as well and is highly significant. They comically act as a way to defy the stereotypes of gangsters such as ‘Handsome Frank’ and Vargo who constantly watch these cartoons. But they also act as a comical commentary for the action by foreshadowing the consequences of certain events. We see that the cartoons influence the violence, which is made out to be comical when compared to the cartoons.
‘Ghost Dog’ even manages to bring in a Western genre into the scene of the ‘final show-down’. The bells chime and him and Louie become face to face like a western shootout. All these different genres are added to the film to make it an unusual but original gangster movie. It is a refreshing change to the ever so common stereotypical gangster movies we tend to see.
Comparing such a film with other gangster movies such as ‘Goodfellas’, we recognize vast contrasts, which seem so different and unusual they are comical to the audience. It almost makes ‘Ghost Dog’ out to be a black comedy. We see Ghost Dog himself as the complete opposite of the stereotypes of the hit man we see in films. He is a big, black, overweight hit man who lives by the ‘way of the samurai’. He lives in a shed on top of a roof with his pigeons. These similar scenes all seem very similar to the film ‘Leon’, but when compared to Robert De Niro’s character in ‘Goodfellas’ or the ‘Godfather’ films we find the contrasts humorous. ‘Ghost Dog’ depicts the gangsters as far from intimidating characters. We have three very unusual gangsters. Vargo who constantly watches cartoons, Valirao who is into Rap music and ‘Flavour Flav‘ and an old guy who can’t talk properly, needs a walking stick to get anywhere and dies in the most pathetic way. They try to act like stereotypical gangsters by greeting each other with kisses on both cheeks and ‘Whacked’ and ‘Iced’ as euphemisms for killing someone.
Ghost Dogs main relationship is with Raymond. He has developed a strong relationship with him despite the language difference (Raymond can only speak French). It shows that relationships between cultures has no boundaries, it just unites them peacefully. He is able to fully understand Raymond even though they do not speak the same language. It shows that culture does not affect people’s relationships with each other. To me the chess set that Ghost Dog and Raymond play on represents unity and tranquillity between race and culture, and reflects Ghost Dog’s relationship with Raymond. It lets them interact without any of the complications culture can bring, like language. The conflict between race and culture is a main theme of ‘Ghost Dog’, similar to gangster films like ‘Goodfellas’ and the ‘Godfather’ films. But instead, it deals with the peaceful side between cultures as well as the conflicts between them. The relationship between Ghost Dog and Raymond represents that culture can be united together in peace. However, the gangsters in the film are there to represent the ignorance of conflict between different cultures whereas Ghost Dog represents the tranquil unity between races.
What do you think of the movie?
‘Ghost Dog’ is an unusual gangster movie. It is a modern day hit man who lives his life by the code of an ancient culture. It deconstructs the stereotypical gangster movies and incorporates elements of other genres, which add to its originality.
The cartoon genre is another kind that features heavily, as well and is highly significant. They comically act as a way to defy the stereotypes of gangsters such as ‘Handsome Frank’ and Vargo who constantly watch these cartoons. But they also act as a comical commentary for the action by foreshadowing the consequences of certain events. We see that the cartoons influence the violence, which is made out to be comical when compared to the cartoons.
‘Ghost Dog’ even manages to bring in a Western genre into the scene of the ‘final show-down’. The bells chime and him and Louie become face to face like a western shootout. All these different genres are added to the film to make it an unusual but original gangster movie. It is a refreshing change to the ever so common stereotypical gangster movies we tend to see.
Comparing such a film with other gangster movies such as ‘Goodfellas’, we recognize vast contrasts, which seem so different and unusual they are comical to the audience. It almost makes ‘Ghost Dog’ out to be a black comedy. We see Ghost Dog himself as the complete opposite of the stereotypes of the hit man we see in films. He is a big, black, overweight hit man who lives by the ‘way of the samurai’. He lives in a shed on top of a roof with his pigeons. These similar scenes all seem very similar to the film ‘Leon’, but when compared to Robert De Niro’s character in ‘Goodfellas’ or the ‘Godfather’ films we find the contrasts humorous. ‘Ghost Dog’ depicts the gangsters as far from intimidating characters. We have three very unusual gangsters. Vargo who constantly watches cartoons, Valirao who is into Rap music and ‘Flavour Flav‘ and an old guy who can’t talk properly, needs a walking stick to get anywhere and dies in the most pathetic way. They try to act like stereotypical gangsters by greeting each other with kisses on both cheeks and ‘Whacked’ and ‘Iced’ as euphemisms for killing someone.
Ghost Dogs main relationship is with Raymond. He has developed a strong relationship with him despite the language difference (Raymond can only speak French). It shows that relationships between cultures has no boundaries, it just unites them peacefully. He is able to fully understand Raymond even though they do not speak the same language. It shows that culture does not affect people’s relationships with each other. To me the chess set that Ghost Dog and Raymond play on represents unity and tranquillity between race and culture, and reflects Ghost Dog’s relationship with Raymond. It lets them interact without any of the complications culture can bring, like language. The conflict between race and culture is a main theme of ‘Ghost Dog’, similar to gangster films like ‘Goodfellas’ and the ‘Godfather’ films. But instead, it deals with the peaceful side between cultures as well as the conflicts between them. The relationship between Ghost Dog and Raymond represents that culture can be united together in peace. However, the gangsters in the film are there to represent the ignorance of conflict between different cultures whereas Ghost Dog represents the tranquil unity between races.
What do you think of the movie?