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I just watched Blood at Sundown for the first time yesterday. I didnāt recognize Gianni Garko at first, because he didnāt have facial hair and wasnāt wearing black. It was fun to watch Garko play a villain. The Aztec/Mayan ruins as the hideout for Sartanaās gang was a notable touch to the overall scenery of the film. I found the dynamics of some of the characters annoying. The over-protectiveness of Jerryās sister towards Jerry was frustrating after witnessing him take the pistol off one of Sartanaās men and shoot a couple of them off of a roof with perfect aim, and blow several others up with explosives in previous scenes. The shop owner making the snarky comments got on my nerves when he was mocking Jerryās mutism. As always, Steffens was great as Steffens. I really like the theme song at the beginning of the movie. I think itās one of the better scores in the genre. Overall, It was an enjoyable watch.
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Finally cracked open my Wild East copy of this film. It is a winner! Among the best of the āBā films in my book. Now I need to compare the WE version to my Koch printā¦
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A very very strange movie. A lot of non- realist scenes including Jerry and Johnny shooting at bad guys from completely different positions from shot to shot, endless bloodless fist fights, that Astec fort with the unrealistic matte and a very jumpy narrative. The English dubbing is awful and a lot of the dialogue is really odd and often deliberately bad. Itās too long and there isnāt a proper story were my main gripes because Steffen just kept finding excuses not to kill his brother. Some of the characters such as Manuela didnāt look old enough to be adults 12 years ago when Steffen was imprisoned.
A couple of posters from some years backed queried the UK BBFC cut to the UK video release. This was for a cruel horsefall when Steffen brings down two horses in an alleyway in the Wishville sequence at about 35m.
One of the towns still has the Blackstone Hill sign from Arizona Colt (shot a few months earlier).
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Why deliberate ?
Well for example, when Steffen rescues Blanc from 4 men trying to kill her the exchange is this:
AS - Whatās this all about?
EB - oh itās nothing, nothing at all. I guess I owe you my life and I donāt like that kind of a debt
Thatās got to be some kind of spoof dialogue.
Iād have to see the scene again to judge the context, but it doesnāt seem all that odd to me ā¦ and certainly not funny enough to be considered a spoof.
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Are there any English subtitles for the original Italian audio? I really donāt want to watch that goofy English dub. I also fear the dub might not be an accurate translation.
Personally, I donāt care about the film that much, but I have to admit, my man Johhny Liston has one of the best themes of the genre 
Dat trumpet hits different
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Watched this tonight, as a continue through my Wild East dvd. A lot of mixed comments about this film, but I gotta sayā¦ā¦it was pretty good! Iāve certainly seen far worse SWās! I do agree, the fist fights go on far too long and some of the editing is head scratching, but an entertaining, action packed film.
For me, itās a solid 3/5.
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Hereās one for heavy metal fans:
Lemmy and Philthy Animal Taylor of Motƶrhead in front of a āBlood at Sundownā poster.
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Motƶrhead played rockānāroll not metal, well certainly during their late 70s early 80s heyday. The photo was taken in February 1980 on the French leg of the āBomberā tour.
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Credits page has been created for Mille dollari sul nero (1,000 Dollars on the Black)
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This movie was so much fun, had to hop on here right after finishing it. Few too many fistfights for my liking but everything else was downright awesome. Iāve never cared for Steffen at all but now I feel like I need to revisit that opinion, I liked him a lot in this. Already love Garko but I was blown away by him in this, what an amazing scumbag. Genuinely one of the best bad guys Iāve ever seen in the genre, and this was definitely one of the most enjoyable spags that Iāve watched recently.
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I was of the same opinion ā¦ but found that perhaps I was being too harsh in my judgment and also viewing these escapist films with more cynicism than is fair.
They should be just watched as light entertainment ā¦ and itās no biggie if some are a bit below par ā¦ just move on to the next.
Iāll bet no one involved in their making would ever have thought, āPeople will be discussing these films 60 years from nowā ā¦ so, a little latitude maybe required.
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That is a great way to look at them, Iām definitely guilty of a bit of cynicism when watching if Iām not in the right mood. I went into this one hoping to be entertained and got exactly that! Might be time to give some other Steffens a chanceā¦
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I mean, not that I want to continue a debate about music on this forum but itās a bit difficult to argue that Motƶrhead isnāt metal. They certainly had a unique sound but definitely classic metal!
Iāve got to disagree with you there. What made Motƶrhead cool (and credible) in their Bronze records heyday (1979 - 1981) was that they definitely werenāt classic metal. I saw the band a few times on the āNo Remorseā tour in 1984 and the audience was still strikingly different to your standard heavy metal crowd - a load of disillusioned Hawkwind fans and punks whoād never be seen dead at a Judas Priest or Iron Maiden gig. As I implied earlier, they were later lumped in with all the metal bands, but by then Iād lost interest anyway, as similar to the Ramones, Lemmy and co had become very much a parody.
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