High Noon

A coworker convinced me to watch this by comparing it to "24." And, with the events occurring in real time and the repeated shots of clocks, I see that. It was nice to see, in smaller roles, both Lee Van Cleef, better known as The Bad, and the glorious Grace Kelley. "High Noon" reminds me of a Kurosawa samurai film, like "Seven Samurai" or "Yojimbo" or "Sanjuro." That's a curious chicken-or-the-egg question for another post: which westerns influenced Kurosawa, and which westerns did Kurosawa influence. Also, I like the marshal's final act, tossing the tin star disdainfully on the ground after having saved the town. Very Kurosawa-esque.