[quote=āp.pereira, post:80, topic:1373ā]Iāve bought the Spanish DVD (CWP release), excellent image but 4:3 ratio.
Best role by Woods in a spaghetti in my opinion, reminds me the Horace Pinker character in Wes Cravenās āShockerā.[/quote]
I have the French disc, good image quality too, but yes, 4:3 ratio
I guess all existing prints are in that ratio, Iāve never heard about a widescreen release
Great film, yes, very nasty and violent; if you like them like this, Black Jack is the movie for you
Bleak and violent revenge western with a hero who is driven halfway mad by his thirst for vengeance, and becomes thereby as worse as the men he is out to kill. Doubtless by far Baldanelloās best SW, who nevertheless isnāt a good enough director to be able to realise the full potential of the story (Django the Bastard is a similar case). Still it is, if not a great masterpiece, what we like to call a minor classic.
Baldanello has no talent to make a good SW.
And I also agree, in Django - The Bastard is the same problem.
Both stories have a lot of potential. But both movies have become very average.
Reason are the two directors (Baldanello and Garrone).
In Black Jack, Woods has a large share that the film reaches certain level.
But I think the story just gets caught up too long in this bank robbery. For the actual revenge is little time available. Each of the completed independent revenge parts are completed in a few minutes. One can make no real put yourself in the story.
Too bad. For me, the film is absolute average. But the average is interesting by the performance of Woods.
āDoubtless by far Baldanelloās best SW, who nevertheless isnāt a good enough director to be able to realise the full potential of the story (Django the Bastard is a similar case).ā
Is rather ambiguous and I too thought it was a Baldanello Spaghetti Western at first. Perhaps Stanton should alter the sentence?
[quote=āJohn Welles, post:87, topic:1373ā]As Stanton said, no, but I think the sentence:
āDoubtless by far Baldanelloās best SW, who nevertheless isnāt a good enough director to be able to realise the full potential of the story (Django the Bastard is a similar case).ā
Is rather ambiguous and I too thought it was a Baldanello Spaghetti Western at first. Perhaps Stanton should alter the sentence?[/quote]
I had already changed it in the Database.
But generally, if you think something is wrong you can just change it yourself. Especially if something sounds odd, as my English is far from perfect. I normally check the āRecent Changesā every day. And if I have objections I would simply ask for the reasons.
Baldanello has no talent to make a good SW.
And I also agree, in Django - The Bastard is the same problem.
Both stories have a lot of potential. But both movies have become very average.
Reason are the two directors (Baldanello and Garrone).
In Black Jack, Woods has a large share that the film reaches certain level.
But I think the story just gets caught up too long in this bank robbery. For the actual revenge is little time available. Each of the completed independent revenge parts are completed in a few minutes. One can make no real put yourself in the story.
Too bad. For me, the film is absolute average. But the average is interesting by the performance of Woods. ;)[/quote]
Too bad, indeed. I think both are good examples for the qualities and possibilities of the genre.
I donĀ“t agree with Stanton. Baldanello does a good job with this low budget western. ItĀ“s a straight, no frills, revenge western. A bigger budget and/or a more frivolous director would have probably done more harm than good. Now the atmosphere is great, making for grim entertainment helped by a fitting Lallo Gori score.
;D
The movie could have been executed in a better way, but itās still a little gem. Imagine what Petroni would do with this script for instance though.
I always try to imagine what a good director would have done with Death Rides a Horse. Which tells unlike Black Jack only a business as usual SW story.
Iām looking to see this film, looks rather interesting. Pardon if this was asked earlier, but where might I get a copy with english audio, what is/are the runtime/s, and is the ending cut or uncut? Thankās for the help!
