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'The Wolverine' Director James Mangold Tweets 10 Film Inspirations

by Alex Billington
March 4, 2013
Source: SlashFilm, Twitter

This is why I love social media. One of the best examples of a great use of social media for hype, reference, story-building, and just general cinematic awesomeness. Thanks to a tip from our good friends at SlashFilm, we found out that over this past weekend, The Wolverine director James Mangold posted a series of 10 photos on his twitter feed to highlight, as he describes, "images from films that inspired / influenced The Wolverine." His photos are actually a fantastic set of 10 great films, and it's cool to see them listed together for a sense of the tone and style he's going for. As he states: "Name the movies. Even better, go see them."

Here's the full set of 10 tweets in order from #1-10 as @Mangold posted them. Do you know all the films?

I'm posting images from films that inspired / influenced THE WOLVERINE. Name the movies. Even better, go see them. twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #2 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #3 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #4 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #5 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #6 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #7 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Image #8 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Sorry! Image #9 twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Last Image #10. (and if you don't know it, its just too sad and I ain't telling you.) twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Okay, so did everyone figure out what all the photos were as they were going through? Should be easy right (come on, cinephiles)? Well, Mangold posted the full list in a tweet, which we've added below for reference:

1. Chungking Express (1994)
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
3. The Samurai Trilogy (1954-56)
4. Floating Weeds (1959)
5. Black Narcissus (1947)
6. Happy Together (1997)
7. 13 Assassins (2010)
8. The French Connection (1971)
9. Chinatown (1974)
10. Shane (1953)

He also posted one last The Wolverine teaser photo to leave us hyped and still waiting for the first trailer:

I am checking out now. Have a great day. One last image. twitter.com/mang0ld/status…

— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 2, 2013

Based on the celebrated comic book arc by Chris Claremont & Frank Miller, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.

James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Knight and Day) is directing The Wolverine from a script by Christopher McQuarrie and Mark Bomback who are adapting the classic 1982 story arc in the Wolverine comics, which takes our favorite mutant all the way to Japan. The cast includes Will Yun Lee as the Silver Samurai, Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper, Brian Tee, Hiroyuki Sanada and Rila Fukushima. 20th Century Fox is releasing The Wolverine in theaters starting July 26th this summer. Stay tuned for the trailer soon.

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