I like that a lot. Very clear, and all there right on the screen in front of me. Not quite as essential viewed on my Windows phone but still nice and tidy.
So I just tested recording Skype calls, so whoever wants to jump on a Skype call with me and chat about spaghetti westerns, letâs do it. I will then play around with it and put it up on Soundcloud as our first Spaghetti Western podcast 
In my view those two are the main points.
Let us not forget that Database content is more important than form, here are some ideas to improve it:
- To create a SW Western Towns category, each page including a good number of pictures showing the subject from different angles.
- To create for each movie a precise and detailed Censorship & Alternate versions section reporting all the scenes that were originally target of censor, a point of reference in order to facilitate comparison between the different versions (everything is much easier and faster when you know exactly what to check).
- IMDb-type keywords (for instance Dynamite, Machine gun, Whipping, Duel, Bank robbery, Bridge, Civil War, Native American, Hanging, Drinking Milk, Beating, Parasol, Revenge, Surprise ending, Mexican Revolution), but chosen from a rigidly predetermined and specific list to avoid an uncontrolled proliferation of uninteresting or repetitive entries.
- Uncredited actors marked with an asterisk or other graphic sign.
1 Like
I think that would be very useful
Not so sure about the use of this honestly. Wouldnât it be better if we had really good synopses with each mvoie?
Good point.
You are quite right, sir. Especially in terms of high res posters, lobby cards, stills and other publicity material, we havenât seen many additions in years. This needs an effort from the entire community. A quick âhow toâ guide about how to add those might also help⌠and probably a better gallery format
Hereâs another idea: I think it is time the SWDb got a prominently staffed advisory board
To my way of thinking tags and search by keyword are very useful: for example, letâs say a newcomer wants to know which SWs include a buried to the neck scene.
In a second I can think of seven (Companeros, Death Rides a Horse, Turn⌠Iâll Kill You, 10.000 Dollars for a Massacre, Pray to God and Dig Your Grave, Shango and Professionals for a Massacre), but if I try a Database search I found only 4 movies: Companeros, Death Rides a Horse, Pray to God and Dig Your Grave and the" new entry" The White, the Yellow, and the Black.
So red light for documentary research on Western Towns?
I have a request pertaining to the Forum, Marshal: can you please rename these seven topics in the Spaghetti Westerns category? Thanks in advance!
This is the correct version:
Venditore di morte (1971/Gicca Palli)
Vendo cara la pelle (1968/Fizzarotti)
Vengeance for Vengeance (1968 /Colucci)
W Django! (1972/Mulargia)
Death Played the Flute aka Requiem for a Bounty Killer (1972/Pannacciò)
Shango (1970/Mulargia)
Pray to God and Dig Your Grave (Prega Dio⌠e scavati la fossa) (68/Mulargia)
What do you have in mind?
Well, most prominent companies and foundations etc. have advisory boards that help them get expertise, visibility, open doors, have ambassadors, signal expertise, etc. For the SWDb a mix of industry folk, academics, living actors/directors and maybe cultural folks (e.g. Almeria,film institutes), authors, etc. would make sense⌠I think it could give the SWDb a huge post, would open doors and help the status of the project a lot regarding possible long term scenarios
I will look into these asap
Youâve already done, thanks a lot!
For Price of Death the Blackberries seller thing still remains, more instead of morte 
Where might this information be available?
Would a simple âalso with:â be sufficient?
It would be even more simple just to list them at the end as uncredited, or to write uncredited in brackets behind the name.
Another important category in brackets could be âinvented by Weisserâ
Mainly from a precious Italian project, they collect and preserve the cut scenes and made the information taken from Censorship certificates available.
Certainly, that is a good alternative.[quote=âstanton, post:24, topic:3713â]
It would be even more simple just to list them at the end as uncredited, or to write uncredited in brackets behind the name.
[/quote]
The second option is not good, with an asterisk you donât need to write âuncreditedâ a dozen times.
The second option is not good, with an asterisk you donât need to write âuncreditedâ a dozen times.
[/quote]
I thought if these are only the usual minor roles, we could name them at the end with an âuncredited:â followed ba ll the names, if there are more than one.
But if it is a more important role, one which should appear higher in the actorâs list, an âuncreditedâ in brackets is a good solution.
As stated above, but also in a lot of cases we have discussed versions here, or they are hidden in talk about DVD releases, or on schnittberichte.com etc., I think over time we could amass quite an extensive knowledge about versions and censorship
Not more simple just worded differently
Sometimes âuncreditedâ is a judgment call what with aliases and different credits for co-productions.
So not online but a physical archive or database that can be researched?
1 Like
Reduced the character minimum a bit, if you still encounter the warning let me know, but I suspect those cases should be very rare. I know you fellas are a chatty bunch 
So both the GBU as well as the Great Silence pages do rather well when pasted into a Facebook post (picture preview, teaser text). But I am not yet happy with how movie pages should generally look like. Here are my thoughts of what we should aim for:
- Find sub pages and reviews etc quickly, without need to scroll down
- See a visual representation (in most cases the poster) without need to scroll down
- Start the page off with a short, but informative text with the main keywords
- Make best use of screen real estate (i.e. no wasted space, not too much empty space, but also not everything crammed in)
- Works well if viewed on a small, big or mobile screen