The western town doesn’t look like a western town either.
Still working on my review, not an easy task to write a compehensive review of this movie either. Dear me, what a mess.
no 26. Baldi: Hate Thy Neighbor (1968)
-I bought Koch’s dvd years ago but it was still wrapped on my shelf. George Eastman steals the show in this one as the hero is really bland. Horst Frank is good too. Ok film but nothing special 5/10
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We recently agree on a lot films.
Indeed. Even its Italian title (opening credits) is a mess: “uccidi Django,” without a comma before “Django,” means “kill Django,” the imperative to kill Django. That could be the intended meaning (as in the film’s French title: Abattez Django le premier, “Kill Django First”), but then the title’s second part, “uccidi per primo,” “kill first,” makes no sense.
Spagvemberfest 2016 Number 28
They Call Him Cemetery
One of those few films which gets the balance right between the light-hearted and the gritty. The teaming of Garko and Berger certainly helped as these two seem made for each other and it remains a highly entertaining film. An alternative top 20 film for me in the past but may well have been usurped since I made that list a while ago. We’ll see when I update it which I intend doing, along with my regular Top 20 before Christmas.
Yesterday I watched W Django!, and what a relief it was after Batzella, Fidani, Garrone and Squitieri. Edoardo Mulargia delivers a solid, if predictable revenge Western, starring Anthony Steffen as Django, whose wife once again is murdered, her death triggering the film’s story. W Django reshuffles well-known motifs, situations, constellations and tropes from earlier Spaghetti Westerns in a fairly entertaining way.
According to my self-compiled list, W Django! was the last “fake-Django,” the fourteenth. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, there are three more “sotto-Djangos” on JonathanCorbett’s list. In any case, I’ve had my fill of “under-Djangos” and decided to trick and treat myself to one of my secret favorites tonight: Armando Crispino’s John il bastardo (1967). Giddyap, dark horse!
SPAGVEMBERFEST 2016 - A FISTFUL OF REAPPRAISALS: DAY 27
Yesterday, I didn’t do a double-bill so I’ve written A Gun For 100 Graves off for SpagvemberFest; it’s only my second missed movie of the month though so that’s not too bad. What I did watch however was God Forgives… I Don’t! (Colizzi, 1967), a terrific “Sunday” movie and without doubt my favourite Hill/Spencer outing (even though it’s stolen from beneath the pair of them by Frank Wolff in maybe an all-time best performance).
SPAGVEMBERFEST 2016 - A FISTFUL OF REAPPRAISALS: DAY 28
Tonight, immediately following my weekly dose of the increasingly frustrating The Walking Dead, I shall be settling down to the grim ‘n’ grimy Cut Throats Nine (Marchent, 1971). Not strictly a spag of course but, well, bollocks to it. I’ve been fancying a return to this one for ages.
no 27. Fago: Vengeance is Mine (1967)
-Here’s a favorite I haven’t seen for ages. It was even better than I remembered, Camaso and Garko are very good and the film looks awesome. Who ever was responsible for the costumes did a great job, can’t think of any other sw where people wear such a dirty, dusty and sweaty clothes (while contrary during flashbacks everything is clean and fancy). The old sheriff particularly looks like a scarecrow. Another good candidate for my top20 if I’ll be rearranging it some day.
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He also had more or less the same look as the old miner in the awful "Kill Django…Kill First
Started this November short of some films in my alternative 20, now I have one (or two) too many. Django il bastardo was planned as one of my last films for November, but it didn’t arrive in time. Instead El Puro uncut dropped into my mailbox the other day. So that will be my last SpagvemberFest film. Never seen it uncut before.
27. Dio perdona … lo no A better film than I remembered.
28. Bandidos Keep on getting better all the time.
29. Johnny Yuma Two good things about this one: Nora Orlandi and Rosalba Neri. Otherwise it doesn’t sit well with me.
no 28. Merino: More Dollars for the MacGregor (1970)
-This was one of the first sw’s I saw after Leone films, didn’t like it at all back then but now I like it quite a lot. Interesting and a bit different kind of a western and one of PLL’s best ones. Better music would have been beneficial, some of the music is too merry. 7/10
This will probably be my last film for the spagvemberfest because tomorrow I’ll be going to see The Maestro. 
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SPAGVEMBERFEST 2016 - A FISTFUL OF REAPPRAISALS: DAY 29
My penultimate SpagvemberFest movie is another of those I’ve seen but about which I remember practically nothing: It’s Dead Men Ride (Florio, 1971), and all I can remember is not being quite as impressed as I’d hoped I was going to be. Maybe this time.
Spagvemberfest 2016 Number 29
Django, The Last Killer
The penultimate film of this year’s Spagvemberfest it’s more Ghidra which of course cannot be a bad thing. Always liked this film despite it’s obvious flaws and this viewing confirmed that status. I like George Eastman despite his being an unfeasibly tall Mexican paisano, I like the gentle the theme music but find the incidental music jarring and clumsy, I like the story but although it has been done to death and could most certainly be fleshed out and developed more here. But what I like without reserve is Ghidra who improves everything whenever he is on screen. So not a classic but still a film I enjoy whenever I see it.
This spagfest has been a genuine joy this year and I haven’t found it difficult to keep up either which is somewhat amazing. My only struggle will be what to choose for tonight’s finale. A couple of contenders but the choice will probably be influenced most heavily by which members of the family are likely to be watching with me. Whipping of semi clad females will need to be kept to an absolute minimum I suspect.
Uccidi Django … uccidi per primo!
Kill Django, Tequila, or whatever the movie was called God only knows where and when … this must be one of the most chaotic productions in the history of the genre. Hardly any coherence, an American villain who turns out to be a Mexican bandido (in the days when he was wearing a wig) and a Mexican samurai who is played by a China man and is living in a grotto
At least you can’t say you’ve heard all these things a thousand times before
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Kill_Django_…Kill_First!(Tequila)_Review
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In the meantime, while writing the review of Uccidi Django … I rewatched
Sonny & Jed
that late Corbucci western that often doesn’t feel like a western at all (but I wouldn’t know what it does feel like instead). I don’t know what to think of it either. Watched it before and even wrote a review of it, but I don’t really remember what my ideas about it were back then.
So that was that. La grande finale 30. El Puro
And what a great film this is.
Watched the Cult Action DVD for the first time. Agree with authepex’ comment: the extra 10 minutes do add a bit of depth and atmosphere. Maybe even a little more than that. And of course, Berti in the changeroom:
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SPAGVEMBERFEST 2016 - A FISTFUL OF REAPPRAISALS: DAY 30
Wow, over already! Even having failed on a couple of days, this year’s SpagvemberFest feels like it’s flown past. And tonight, @MazzyStar and I are getting a pizza in and watching the last Spag of the month together: Antonio Margheriti’s Goth 'em Up And God Said to Cain (1969), all bells, pipe organs and Hammer Horror, with a rare “Good Guy” turn from Krazy Klaus Kinski just to add to the weirdness.
I’m going to miss the Spagness tomorrow; maybe I’ll just watch a few more until I’m truly “spent” (oo-er, missus!).
MY SPAGVEMBERFEST 2016
Nov 1: Shango (Mulargia, 1970)
Nov 2: One After Another (Nostro, 1968)
Nov 3: Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows (Fidani, 1970)
Nov 4: Garringo (Marchent, 1969)
Nov 5: I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (Carnimeo, 1969)
Nov 6: A Stranger in Town (Vanzi, 1966)
Nov 7: Taste of Vengeance (Siciliano, 1968)
Nov 8: Long Days of Vengeance (Vancini, 1966)
Nov 9: Man, Pride & Vengeance (Bazzoni, 1967)
Nov 10: Vengeance (Margheriti, 1968)
Nov 11: God’s Gun (Parolini, 1976)
Nov 12: Hallelujah For Django (Lucidi, 1967)
Nov 13: Bandidos (Dallamano, 1967)
Nov 14: May God Forgive You… But I Won’t (Musolino, 1968)
Nov 15: My Name is Pecos (Lucidi, 1966)
Nov 16: Django the Bastard (Garrone, 1969)
Nov 17: Go With God, Gringo (Mulargia, 1966)
Nov 18: The Stranger Returns (Vanzi, 1967)
Nov 19: Sabata (Parolini, 1969)
Nov 20: Adios Sabata (Parolini, 1970)
Nov 21: Taste of Death (Merolle, 1968)
Nov 22: Texas, Adios (Baldi, 1966)
Nov 23: Four of the Apocalypse (Fulci, 1975)
Nov 24: The Deserter (Kennedy, 1970)
Nov 25: Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (Castellari, 1968)
Nov 26: A Gun For 100 Graves (Lenzi, 1968)
Nov 27: God Forgives… I Don’t! (Colizzi, 1967)
Nov 28: Cut-Throats Nine (Marchent, 1971)
Nov 29: Dead Men Ride (Florio, 1971)
Nov 30: And God Said to Cain (Margheriti, 1969)
Summary of my SpagvemberFest 2016
- Valerii: Price of Power (1969) 6/10
- Carnimeo: I am Sartana Your angel of Death (1969) 6/10
- Lupo: Buddy Goes West (1980) 6/10
- Fago: One More to Hell (1968) 5/10
- Carnimeo: They Call Him Cemetary (1971) 7/10
- Baldi: Get Mean (1975) 4/10
- Damiani: A Bullet for the General (1966) 8/10
- La Loma: Boldest Job in the West (1972) 8/10
- Corbucci: The Mercenary (1968) 8/10
- Romitelli: His Name Was King (1971) 3/10
- Pannaccio: Death Played the Flute (1972) 5/10
- Baldanello: This Man Can’t Die (1968) 2/10
- Vari: Django the Last Killer (1967) 8/10
- Castellari: I Came, I Saw, I Shot (1968) 6/10
- Vanzi: The Silent Stranger (1969/1974) 6/10
- Fidani: His Name Was Sam Wallach But They Called Him Amen (1971) 5/10
- Baldi: Forgotten Pistolero (1969) 7/10
- De Martino: Django Shoots First (1966) 6/10
- Capitani: Ruthless Four (1968) 8/10
- Mauri: Django… Adios! (1972) 2/10
- Lizzani: The Hills Run Red (1966) 7/10
- Boccia: Kill the Wickeds (1967) 6/10
- Bianchini: God Forgives… His Life is Mine (1968) 5/10
- Mulargia: El Puro (1969) 9/10
- Valerii: My Name is Nobody (1973) 10/10
- Baldi: Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) 5/10
- Fago: Vengeance is Mine (1967) 8/10
- Merino: More Dollars for the MacGregor (1970) 7/10
- Ennio Morricone concert (beyond rating)
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Spagvemberfest 2016 Number 30
Killer Kid
As it turned out I chose Killer Kid for the final entry of the month because Fernando Sancho is a popular character with the family but I wound up watching it mostly on my own anyway. Always been a favourite of mine and this one gets better for me if anything with every viewing. Arguably the best and still most typical work of both Sancho and Steffen and their contrasting styles of scenery chewing and botox inflected non expression compliment each other perfectly. Ken Wood makes a great villain in uniform and Savona’s direction is actually very good without being overly flashy.
For me this is a great example of just what can be achieved with a minimal budget, a quarry, some fake cactus and occasional access to a backlot Mexican village. This has always been in my alternative top 20 but, for sheer pleasure’s sake and it’s perennial re-watchability it might even challenge for a place at the foot of my actual Top 20 when I re-do it for Christmas. Either way a very enjoyable way to end an extremely enjoyable month.
And, amazingly, I not only kept my marriage intact but didn’t miss a day. So here is my full list of 30 viewed this Spagvemberfest:
If You Meet Sartana Pray for your Death
Once Upon a Time in the West
Today it’s me…Tomorrow You
I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death
The Price of Power
The Hellbenders
Have a Good Funeral My Friend…Sartana Will Pay
Death Sentence
Light the Fuse, Sartana is coming
California
One after Another
My Name is Pecos
Hole in the Forehead
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Specialists
Fort Yuma Gold
Adios Sabata!
Massacre Time
Pistoleros
Navajo Joe
Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead
Mannaja
Yankee
Keoma
Four of the Apocalypse
The Hills Run Red
Vengeance is Mine
They Call Him Cemetery
Django, the Last Killer
Killer Kid
But what to do now? I feel like a little lost lamb, ambling without purpose through life. Why bother getting up in the morning? Why bother washing? Getting dressed? What’s the point of anything anymore?
But wait…December…that sounds a bit like Steffember…I think I feel a purpose coming back…now just how to spin it to the wife in a positive light. “Here Darling, remember how much we both enjoyed Killer Kid…”
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