[quote=âMenschenjaeger, post:301, topic:172â]Saw this one Friday. What kept me hooked was how completely corny, how totally OATER Lawâs character was, while Van Cleef was a pure Spaghetti badass. The youngster was a classic American western character, and the oldtimer was the ânew waveâ - I wonder if that was intentional or just my perception of the filmâŚ
Kinda reminded me of The Avenging Eagle, an even better film.[/quote]
A very interesting take and you may be right! Irony was a huge part of what made SWs appealing. The conventions of the Hollywood western get turned on their head.
I remember the first time I saw this film at the movies in the late sixties I thought it disastrously bad, mainly due to John Phillip Law. Today I think better of it. Watched it again the other night, this time with an Italian audio. The Italian dub actually makes Law a lot of good. Four stars.
My main objection nowadays is as to the ending. Our two protagonists urges a whole Mexican village, terrorized by Walcottâs gang, to stand up against him, arming and instructing them like in Seven Samurai, just to desert them when the going is getting tough, leaving the brave men of El Viento to be slaughtered to a man by Walcottâs men. And there is nothing more to it! I really donât know. It is hard to believe that Vincenzoni even wrote this.
And why does it always have to be a shooting practice scene? Bill must have spent a week arranging his training ground, just to shoot everything to pieces in sixty seconds, then one more day to clean up the mess. Moreover, I always think that you cannot fire more than six rounds from a six-shooter without reloading, certainly not eleven, as during this particular shooting practice session.
Van Cleef once again pitted against Luigi Pistilli is a treat, Lee greeting Luigi with: âYou have changed your old clothes, havenât you? But you still havenât been able to change your face. You still got that meanest-looking face I ever did see. And Iâve seen some mean faces.â
I saw that the Death Rides A Horse DVD by Explosive Media is out of stock in amazon now! Iâm not suprised! Itâs one of the bes SWs and in an amazing release!
Can someone correct the IMDb cast as soon as reasonably possible? Mr. Meceita is played by Ennio Pagliani and the correct surname is GIULIANGELI. Thanks in advance!
We must be better coordinated. I spoke to Walter G. months ago, as I said earlier in Death Rides a Horse he plays Bill as a child and his correct surname is Giuliangeli (the image below is from Italian closing credits) and not Giulangeli as in the English version.
He told me he was in other less important SWs, but he doesnât remember the titles of them: what is certain is that he cannot be a henchman in a movie released in those years like The Cold Killer.
Still going through my top 20 which led me to watch this one last week. Still the best revenge spaghetti western if you ask me, I love almost everything about it even Law who I donât think was that wooden. I think he did a good job of playing an enigmatic gunslinger yet a simultaneously scarred and haunted young man. I think itâs his dubbing that sucks not his actual on-screen presence. Quick question-was the set with the saloon that Pistilli gives the speech on (I think itâs called Lyndon City) used in another spag? I hadnât watched this one in a few years and I couldnât help but think Iâd seen the set somewhere else since.
no idea. there was one post on FB where they said they fixed the framing issue that was reported for that⌠otherwise weâll have to wait. But thereâs always a high probability that the license holders supply the same material
Iâd say the clarity is the same as Explosive Mediaâs transfer, and yes the framing issue is fixed.
Coxâs commentary is pretty cool. He actually admits he was completely wrong to criticise the cinematography of this film in his book. He does an impression of one of John Phillip Lawâs wooden lines, and shits on Terence Hill as usual
I have recently got into necklaces and have started wearing some. Iâve always wanted Lee Van Cleefs, Skull necklace. Iâve contacted a company that creates custom necklaces. Has anyone ever found done this? Or even tried to find a replica. For a Few Dollars More has the replicated pocket watch and Lee Van Cleefs pipe, I have never really seen anything other than posters and blu-ray movies.
Itâs one of my alltime favs , John Phillip Law was great in it as well , Lee Van Cleef is stellar . The story moves well , nice action . Worth .99 in my book
They do no longer have the rights to it, but I am fairly certain whoever inherited the rights will not pass up the oportunity of selling new editions to us fans. I stay optimistic, especially because there is HD material (I am less optimistic with movies where no known HD material is out there)
