What do you think about āQuanto costa morireā ? How do you like the soundtrack by Francesco de Masi including its main theme āWho is the manā ???
Well, i do have the soundtrack, and really like it, especially the title song (which i also have on that āWest Goes Popā cd), but unfortunately iāve never managed to see the film. I would like to but canāt find it anywhere. Has it actually been released on dvd anywhere?
Wellā¦after much searching i actually found a dvd release of this film It was on the American TCM site and is under the title āA Taste Of Deathā. I didnāt order it since there was all this stuff about having to work out your own postage and possible customs fees if you were outside of the states, and then they stated that there were no guarantees offered about it actually getting to you. Unfortunately i couldnāt find it on any other US sites that i know, which is VERY annoying >:(
Watched this last night. my version is a dvdr from trash palace and looks like it may have been transferred from a vhs but its fine for me. its a quick movie especially for a spag no time to get bored,i thought it was average and would reccomend it as a middle ground spaghetti western.
I have a copy of Cine Cityās DVD-R, fullscreen, no subtitles, normal 80s VHS quality. Not bad, not great.
This is one of the best SWs ever, āunknownā or otherwise, clearly āinspiredā by The Great Silence, as it even has this Tigrero-type character played by the guy who was supposed to be āItalian answer to Klaus Kinski.ā Both movies have similar snowy landscapes and sad atmosphere. Stories, however, are quite different. (Note: POSSIBLE SPOILERS ahead!) The Great Silence is about few just men fighting for āthe underdogsā against enemies who are clearly superior in numbers and, in the end, the heroes fail. The Taste of Death has somewhat similar storyline about people being enslaved by few strong (and violent) men but this time the few heroes who oppose the enslavers understand that they canāt win alone so they urge the normal townsfolk to ādo their own riseā (as De Masiās beautiful theme song puts it) whic leads to very different (yet still very tragic in a way) outcome. Thematically this films is quite a departure from the usual far-left ideology of SWs where āthe peopleā, as good, collective entity, fight against the strong leaders who are always portrayed as enemies of the average folk. The Taste of Death shows āthe peopleā as conformists and cowards, realizing that they are being enslaved but very unwilling to do anything for āthe good of the peopleā if it endangers their own lives. They find their (collective) strength only when some lonely hero, who is clearly more brave and ideological, āinspiresā those inferior to him. I donāt know if scriptwriter wanted this film to have such bleak view on āaverage peopleā but still, itās very different from the revolutionary westerns where the people are almost a godlike collective power, always brave and right. Anyway, I like this film almost as much as I like The Great Silence and they are both in my top 20 SWs. Great actors, shooting locations, music and interesting storyline alone would make it a classic. Iād give it 4.5 out of 5
[quote=āSilver Wolf, post:10, topic:551ā]I have a copy of Cine Cityās DVD-R, fullscreen, no subtitles, normal 80s VHS quality. Not bad, not great.
This is one of the best SWs ever, āunknownā or otherwise, clearly āinspiredā by The Great Silence, as it even has this Tigrero-type character played by the guy who was supposed to be āItalian answer to Klaus Kinski.ā Both movies have similar snowy landscapes and sad atmosphere. Stories, however, are quite different. (Note: POSSIBLE SPOILERS ahead!) The Great Silence is about few just men fighting for āthe underdogsā against enemies who are clearly superior in numbers and, in the end, the heroes fail. The Taste of Death has somewhat similar storyline about people being enslaved by few strong (and violent) men but this time the few heroes who oppose the enslavers understand that they canāt win alone so they urge the normal townsfolk to ādo their own riseā (as De Masiās beautiful theme song puts it) whic leads to very different (yet still very tragic in a way) outcome. Thematically this films is quite a departure from the usual far-left ideology of SWs where āthe peopleā, as good, collective entity, fight against the strong leaders who are always portrayed as enemies of the average folk. The Taste of Death shows āthe peopleā as conformists and cowards, realizing that they are being enslaved but very unwilling to do anything for āthe good of the peopleā if it endangers their own lives. They find their (collective) strength only when some lonely hero, who is clearly more brave and ideological, āinspiresā those inferior to him. I donāt know if scriptwriter wanted this film to have such bleak view on āaverage peopleā but still, itās very different from the revolutionary westerns where the people are almost a godlike collective power, always brave and right. Anyway, I like this film almost as much as I like The Great Silence and they are both in my top 20 SWs. Great actors, shooting locations, music and interesting storyline alone would make it a classic. Iād give it 4.5 out of 5[/quote]
picture quality is not great,with faded colors sometime.this may sound crazy to most, but in a way bad picture seems to fit some movies for me,it adds a certain atmosphere. probably has something to do with growing up watching badly recorded tv to vcr versions of leoneās films(not that i want to see these like that any more).and ive seen the grand duel in washed out black and white before and it looked great ???whats wrong with me?
Another hidden gem of the genre. If this had been out on dvd Iād bet it would be on our top20.
It borrows a lot from The Great Silence but itās still a refreshing entry to the genre. I was thrilled from the very beginning which is a kind of a dark joke: film starts with funny country song while cowboys are herding their cattle. Then Bruno Corazzariās Scaife enters the picture, music stops suddenly and he shoots the cowboys and the main titles start with De Masiās fine āFind the manā song. Yeah, this is no american western!
Andrea Giordana and John Ireland are fine as the heroes of the film but the real star of the film is Bruno Corazzari who is here at his best as the cruel Scaife. Though his character is clearly inspired by Kinskiās Loco they are different enough and I think Scaife is more interesting villain who shows more emotions and is even capable of falling in love.
No doubt about it !!! BTW, the songās title is āWho is the man?ā ! āFind a manā is by the same composer and the main title of āJohnny Hamletā (also one of my favourite movies and scores) !!!
[quote=āBluntwolf, post:16, topic:551ā]No doubt about it !!! BTW, the songās title is āWho is the man?ā ! āFind a manā is by the same composer and the main title of āJohnny Hamletā (also one of my favourite movies and scores) !!! :)[/quote]oops.
By the way, maybe it was the song and the Giordana in the lead but I felt like this film resembled a little bit of johnny Hamlet too.
I have a fullscreen version too (thanks to a kind forummer), but I read somewhere (probably IMDB) itās originally 1,66:1 (like Django and The Great Silence), so fullscreen isnāt too bad in this case. But impeccable image quality would be welcome, of course.
Iāve put the film (nearly) on top of the 'to watch listā
Hope itās as good as you guys say