Odd movie. It doesnāt really get better with multiple viewings and funny enough itās one of those movies a fan of the genre returns to once in a while, just to know what the whole thing is about; The first time I watched it, I had a very good time with it, because so much things were happening: shootouts, double shootouts, triple double-crosses, stones for gold and gold for corpses, you name it. I thought had missed a clue or something, a plot element that I had overlooked, but after a couple of viewings Iām still not sure were th locate heads or tails. And these ugly locations also start working on my nerves a little.
Remains the best of the series, but no, not in that pantheon
Each to their own of course but I like it more and more with each viewing. Itās unquestionably āSerie Bā but I prefer it to many movies Iād concede were in a different league in terms of their production: The Mercenary, Face to Face, Django, Companeros, The Great Silence, A Bullet For the General, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Return of Ringoā¦
I have that rarelust version but not the WE release. The rarelust PQ beats the various cheap box sets that most here are familiar with, I have at least three. Not ideal but better. Same with audio. Running time favorable too.
Correctly me if Iām wrong, but I remember reading that the old German dvd starts off like the Italian release, with opening titles, then cutting to the old man and woman getting shot by Klaus, and Sartana shooting everybody else and then going straight to the stage coach scene, with the original main titles completely removed. If thatās the case Iām a little worried that the German release will be quite different from the Wild East release weāve all come to love. Though Seb wrote that the release information that itās uncut, so there might be a bit of hope.
The poster of Sartana walking towards the camera wearing a completely different outfit? Apparently the artist ripped that off from a book or something, and did it before they knew anything about the movie.
I wonder who directed that movie.