Try not to wear that disc out, mate.
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Iām kinda intrigued now those are all my favorite elements of proper cinematic torture.
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Never seen this poster before! Very nice. I enjoy this one, plenty of fun action!
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In all honesty, I canāt see myself completing this year. I mean Iāve already missed two days from the first ten and, despite having purposely paid as little attention to the movie as possible the first few times I had it on, Iām already flinching from it and weāre not even half way. And Iāve had to relegate it to watching it bloody late at night; the wife was properly done with it by day 2, I think.
zero disciplineā¦ that is outrageous
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Youāve come to your senses! LOL ā¦ yeah, pack it in, or youāll resent the movie for the rest of your days 
Spagfest isnāt supposed to be torture, is it ? ā¦ but if someone were masochistically inclined thereās no shortage of material to accommodate them. Try a season of Fidani or just the endless riding scenes played in a loop for 30 days?
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Day 11: Taste of Killing
So just when I was about to lose all faith in the genre, I picked a goodie. Violence, cynicism, sadism, maniacally laughing Mexicansā¦ all the things I love in a spaghetti western. Also helps that it look gorgeous and has a great soundtrack.
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This was always a concern but itās why I was careful in picking a movie that I liked enough (I thought) to watch multiple times in relatively quick succession but not so much that, if it turned out I couldnāt do it without resenting the movie, I wouldnāt be spoiling a big favourite of mine. The movie I chose needed to sit in that ālike it a lot, but Iām not fanatical about itā bracket.
Indeed not, sir. But, for me personally, a great degree of the fun in these movie challenges - not just SpagvemberFest but others too - is in making them a bit of aā¦ well, a challenge. To that end, I also quite like those movie challenges where thereās a different challenge every day but, on some of the days, there are challenges such as āMovie you liked, but that you now hateā or Most disappointing movie of last year" or what have you. Nowt wrong with a dab of masochism here and there, pickle! 
And, just like that, my thoughts turned to SpagvemberFest 2021ā¦
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Iāve seen Some Dollars for Django (1966) and found it surprisingly enjoyable. Albeit predictably corny and naive, the story is quite well penned and kept my interest throughout the running time despite no cattle being involved. Unfortunately, the biggest drawback of the motion picture is Castellariās direction; not that itās bad, but itās pretty uncharismatic and characterless and lacks the kind of directing assurance Castellari would find in his later pictures. Overall, just slightly above average, but an enjoyable early entry thanks to its fairly solid script. Tomorrow Iāll check out A Long Ride from Hell (1968).
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Day 11-go for broke
An enjoyable, kinda silly western starring many genre greats and a nice score, despite all of this it failed to make any kind of impression on me, I would recommend it but not to beginners. Lenzi is way better at crime films
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I had the same thoughts after finishing Lenziās Una pistola per cento bare
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I looked into my list of watched spaghettis and realized I have to watch only one to enter golden 300 club. Now I had to think preeeetty hard what to pick up to achieve this position. It must be something special.
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My marathon got abruptly cut off by some Covid-19 related bullshit, anyways as of yesterday Iām back on the horse. Revisited Variās A Hole in the Forehead - thoroughly entertaining stuff for sure, Ghidra is always a good lead for me. Hundar makes a great villain aswell, he looks terrifying!
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- Ricci: The Great Treasure Hunt
-Tonino Ricci was responsible for some of the worst films of the genre but surprisingly he also made The Great Treasure Hunt which is one of the better films of the early 70ās. Made a bit tongue-in-cheek with some comedic elements but far from the regular slapstick stuff of the time. Good entertaining film with a good dose of Rosalba Neri in leather pants. 6/10
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Hm, Tonino made a bunch of White Fang spaghs I never heard of, have you seen them, are they any good? The one with Maurizio Merli looks interesting.
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Day 11 has another classic I kept on meaning to check out
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Bandidos
I still wanna get the German DVD, but for the moment until I can work my summer job again, Iām watching it on the YouTube channel Films&Clips. Their print is slightly enlarged, but not in a distracting way. Iāve heard this is one of the darker efforts of the genre, but it looks no less enjoyable.
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āFace to Faceā (1967)
One of my top 20 Spaghetti Westerns. Beautifully directed by Sergio Sollima, and accompanied by a gorgeous Ennio Morricone soundtrack.
Tomas Milian is one of my favourite Spaghetti actors, and he doesnāt fail to rise to the occasion with his weird hairstyle, and a quirky character interpretation. Gian Maria Volonte, as always, is excellent, and excels in his role as the self-righteous school teacher, whose morals are questioned when he encounters Beau, the bandit, played magnificently by Milian.
A host of familiar faces, including William Berger, Frank Brana, Aldo Sanbrell, Linda Veras, and Angel de Poza, add bandoliers of fun
A thoroughly entertaining film, which perfectly encapsulates the subject of role-reversal; and which needs to be seen in its entirety, in order to admire its craftsmanship.
Hopefully watching āThe Big Gundownā this evening, another Sollima classicā¦
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Iāve been avoiding this Corbucciās for a looooooong time. Letās face Johnny Oro
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SPAGVEMBERFEST 2020: DAY 11
Amd as my better half drifts off to sleep itās time for my spag du jour: A Fistful of Dollars (Leone, 1964) , a jukebox musical featuring the songs of ABBA and starring Clint Eastwood as a blushing bride-to-be who needs to find out which of three charming fellows is her father before the big day. I mean, why not?
Tonight will be my third crack at the Frayling commentary and Iām still confident/hopeful that Mr. Frayling will see me through the rest of the week at least, and maybe as much as the entire middle third of the month (although thatās asking a lot). After that I donāt know how Iām going to sustain an interest. Count the hats, maybe?
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