Day 4: Bullets Don’t Argue (1965) with Rod Cameron and Horst Frank. Horst has been in many of the westerns I’ve seen recently, and I appreciate him more as an actor.
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- Klimovsky: Challenge of the McKenna
-Film with strong opening scene and ending, too bad that most of the middle part are pretty boring. Robert Woods has interesting role as a villain for change and has a wardrobe full of pastel colored suits which looks like out of the Tears of the Black Tiger. Ok film but could have been better. 6/10
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Today I’ve seen Tiger From River Kwai and oddly enough, it ended up being marginally better than the other two spags by Lattanzi. That is not to say that the film is any good, it’s still irredeemably fuckawful, nevertheless, the flick does feel a tiny bit more coherent and taut.
The heinous dubbing, which is undoubtedly the worst I’ve heard in any spaghetti western, and the completely off-the-wall soundtrack propel this thing into a firmly surreal territory. Apart from featuring a cringeworthy imitation of oriental music, the music sounds like a cross between Jean Michel Jarre string synth noodlings and an experimental electronic score, I don’t think I’ve heard anything like this in any other film or anywhere else for that matter.
The voice acting, on the other hand, is so wicked it often feels like a parody and has to be heard to be believed. Lots of really bad kung fu scenes and other nasty shit. All in all, this one ends up being bewildering in every sense of the word, but it is admittedly kind of unique too. I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like it, but then again, I’m not sure if it’s a compliment in this case. At the very least, it was more interesting than the other two Lattanzi spags.
2/10
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Day 4: ‘15 Scaffolds for a Murderer’ (1967)
Not that well known, and done a great disservice with the 2 commercially available releases. But thankfully a great looking rip turned up on Youtube (not sure if it’s still there?)
Basically Craig Hill vs George Martin in a colorful and enjoyable romp with great use of locations, plus a belter theme song by ‘Raoul’
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Off to No. 4, where my #Spagvemberfest efforts once more bring my attention to (HD) rewatches. This time it’s Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch and Jim Brown riding through the streets of Los Albaricoques in…
100 RILFES (El Verdugo), which I hadn’t seen since way back when the German DVD came out. I always had a soft spot for this one, maybe because it might’ve just as well been co-produced by Playboy Magazine - lots of money shots, to say the least. I brought up the fictional Marvin Scharz before, so I had to chuckle because this one is actually produced by a real Marvin Schwartz and co-stars Burt Reynolds. Tarantino fans will get a kick out of some of these trivia bits. At any rate, not a terribly exciting movie but fairly entertaining and lots of “interesting” scenes, including cinema’s most famous shower scene, fun characters, a solid adventure and a nice soundtrack. 3/5
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Spagvemberfest 2021 Day 3: “And Now… Make Your Peace with God.” (1968) It was hard to squeeze one in Wednesday, as I was on a road trip with my wife. Why I didn’t pick a better film, I don’t know. Instead I picked this early entry from schlockmeister Demofilo Fidani. Watched in a muddy print on YouTube,it just added to the cheese. Lots of stagecoach riding and interior scenes here, and while we get early performances from Fabio Testi and Jeff Cameron, oddly the main actor is Iranian superstar Fardin. Actually he has a fair amount of screen presence. Fidani shows a bit more competence than usual, and the story isn’t bad. It’s still not what I’d call a “good” film. It has a number of goofy moments, especially a weirdly mumbled and hummed song from a French saloon girl, and the background line “She has more hair on her legs than you.” I’d suppose I’d rate this a little better than average for Fidani, so a 5.
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Spagvember Fest Day 4
Pecos e Qui: Prega e Muori
A rewatch. While not as good as the original Pecos film, this is still a fun little flick. I’ve heard it said some see it as an adventure film with a Western setting, but that’s what makes the film so entertaining, a Western with a cool adventure aspect. As Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of the first films I fell in love with as a kid, I think that’s why the treasure seeking adventure thrills me.
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I have this one listed too. But to be honest I don’t think I have the courage.
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Day 4 - Land Raiders
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Land_Raiders
I need something safe. This one in on my watchlist for awhile, it seems a perfect candidate.
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It seems whole Lattanzi’s ouevre is just unique.
SPAGVEMBERFEST DAY 4
This evening I’m going with Today We Kill… Tomorrow We Die! (Cervi, 1968), as good a men-on-a-mission film as any I’ve ever seen. Still, love it though I do, I’m really not sure how well one can train oneself to become a six-shooter specialist by practicing with a fake gun whittled from a lump of wood. Even by spag standards, that’s a pretty hefty kick to the ballbags of reality right there.
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I’ll do it!
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Watching tonight Day 4 , And The Crows Will Dig Your Grave . Hope all is well out there amigos.
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LOL…Been wanting to get this one ,like it also… so the blue ray nice? Do you need all region player? Just might be my next buy…working on getting region free player.Seems Germany has some good titles you cant get over here in the USA.
Spagvemberfest 2021 Day 4: Minnesota Clay (1964) I saw this one ages ago and it didn’t stick with me so I though I’d give it another chance. This time I really enjoyed it. Not prime Corbicci, but you can see his style forming. Mitchell is great as the master gunfighter slowly losing his sight, and he’s surrounded by excellent supporting actors, including Fernando Sancho, Georges Riviere as the villainous sheriff, and Ethel Rojo as a particularly sultry Mexican siren. Lots of emotional tragedy here, and it works very well. Of course, I watched the VCI DVD with the alternate tacked on Italian “happy” ending, which completely destroys the mood of what came before. No bueno. Downbeat is the way to go here. My most rewarding rewatch so far. 7.5/10.
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Hey Scotty! No, you won’t need a multi region player for that particular blu, it’s a region-free disc. The audio is English only, with subtitles in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish. It’s not a flawless presentation by any means but I thought it was an improvement on my Dutch (iirc) DVD. 
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Watched this 1969 Sergio Corbucci film for the second time last night, and it’s definitely growing on me. Not my favourite of his, but it certainly contains enough beautiful scenery, and colourful characters, to maintain interest throughout. The ‘Eureka!’ Bluray is outstanding.
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Spagvemberfest 2021
Day 5
Clint, the Nevada’s Loner (Balcazar / 1967)
My Yugoslavian poster inspired today’s choice. That and the recent passing of George Martin. The film is somewhat schmaltzy but I actually quite enjoy it despite the annoying kid. “Come back, Clint! Come back!”
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Day 5: Kill or Be Killed (1966)
Back to YouTube today and this was another film that can’t decide which side of the Atlantic it wants to be on. Some mildly entertaining scenes and at least it’s ‘in sizzling color’, eh? 5/10
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