I think Mann and Boetticher are the origins of the Spaghetti westerns. I obviously didn't grow up near a reservation -- not unless there was one on Clapham Common that nobody told me about -- but even as a small child I refused to join in games of cowboys and indians as it just struck me as wrong.

I love Chan, Li and Yun Fat... I'm much less familiar with Lau Ching Wan. The Hong Kong action film isn't as popular in the South as it is with me. *g*

I'm also a big fan of film noir and recently while watching Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid I was laughing twice as hard as my mates because unlike them I was very familiar with all of the original films as well. *g*