Spagvemberfest 2022 - the legend continues

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I almost totally forgot to do my Spagvember Fest recap, so here it is,

  1. Il Grande Silenzio - Sergio Corbucci *****

  2. Quien Grita Venganza/I Morti Non si Contano - Rafael Romero Marchent ***1/2

  3. Cheidi Perdono Dio… Non a Me - Vincenzo Musolino (as Glenn Vincent Davis) ****1/2

  4. 10,000 Dollari per un Massacro - Romolo Guerrieri *****

  5. Dio Non Paga il Sabato - Tanio Boccia (as Amerigo Anton) ****1/2

  6. El Desperado - Franco Rossetti ****

  7. Sette Dollari sul Rosso - Alberto Cardone (as Albert Cardifff) ****1/2

  8. Starblack - Giovanni Grimaldi ****

  9. Una Colt, in Pugno al Diavolo - Sergio Bergonzelli ****

  10. Per 100,000 Dollari t’Ammazzo - Giovanni Fago (as Sidney Lean) ****1/2

  11. Dos Hombres van a Morir - Rafael Romero Marchent ***1/2

  12. El Sabor de la Venganza/I Tre Spietati Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent ***1/2

  13. Gli Specialisti - Sergio Corbucci *****

  14. Il Momento di Uccidere - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott) ****

  15. Bandidos - Massimo Dallamano (as Max Dallman) *****

  16. Une Corde, un Colt…/Cimitero Senza Croce - Robert Hossein *****

  17. Sono Sartana, il Vostro Becchino - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascot) *****

  18. C’e Sartana… Vendi la Pistola e Complati la Bara Giuliano Carnimeo (as Antony Ascot) ****

  19. Buon Funerale Amigos!.. Paga Sartana - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott) ****

  20. Una Nuvola di Polvere… un Grido di Morte… Arriva Sartana - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott) ****1/2

  21. Uno Dopo l’Altro - Nick Nostro (as Nick Howard) ****

  22. Sonora/Sartana non Perdona - Alfonso Balcazar ****

  23. La Morte Non Conta i Dollari - Riccardo Freda (as George Lincoln) ****

  24. Una Pistola per Ringo - Duccio Tessari *****

Another solid Fest this year, started to burn out a little after finishing the Sartana marathon, but all in all I did pretty well in my choices.

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Lol. ‘Django, Prepare a Coffee’ would make an interesting short film about him riding into a new town and becoming a pistol-packing barista. Would you like your bullets with soy or almond milk?

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I’d buy a ticket. :laughing:

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Each morning he makes “a coffee for the sheriff”

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Ok, I’ll post my third and final reply here. It’s December, but these are films I’ve watched earlier this week and the likes on my last post by three admins brought me to the conclusion that I would indeed be allowed to close the 2022 fest.

The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima, 1966)

My third viewing (I don’t watch films again too often, only watch favorites on special occasions and this was one such occasion) of Sergio Sollimas masterful debut in Spaghettiland is a part of my ongoing Sollima retrospective project, which I inaccurately thought I could finish before the end of the month. You see, it’s not too easy to watch a film on TV when you feel like when you live with three other people, of whom two occupies it for a large part of the day due to the World Cup (my student apartment is still in the pipeline, mostly due to my own hesitation to join my local nation etc,) so you have to take care of the opportunities you get to watch something you really like. That said, I’m still planning to watch Face to Face and Run Man Run in the upcoming days.

Nothing really new to say about this one, its status as one of my favorite films of any genre remains steady. Although this time around, my awe of it came at the end as I summarized it rather than when I watched it. Maybe I’m beginning to get used to most scenes the impressed me on my first viewings, but it doesn’t make them worse. I could watch the opening scene in the mountains over and over again, same with the entire final 20 minutes. That’s the pure wonder, inbetween it’s just generally very good, although the scene midway trough at the well stands out in it’s own way because it illustrates the gradually changing relationship between Corbett and Cuchillo so well.

Sugar Colt (Franco Giraldi, 1966)

It’s been a while since I watched A Minute to Pray…, which is the only other Giraldi I’ve seen, although by memory, I would say this one is more even, albeit obviously less ambitious and thematically impressive. It’s an interesting and entertaining film with several good ideas (like the school for women’s self-defence at the start) that sets it apart from your average spaghetti western despite some silly scenes (like the barroom brawl). The story, about a regiment held for ransom, is less than desirably structured, but it’s compensated by a remarkably (by genre standards) strong cast and great cinematography. Also, it’s nice to see two strong major female roles. I wouldn’t call it a classic entry in the genre, but certainly an above average one. A likable film - 6/10.

In conclusion, as Porky Pig would say; That’s all, folks!

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there’s no judge dredd here blowing you to smithereens if you keep posting :wink: especially if you watched these last month haha

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Thanks! When the 2023 Spagvember rolls around I shall plan it a little bit better (which will probably be a bit easier than it’s been yet, as I’ll probably have a student apartment by then).

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Lol. And he knowingly serves the bandit leader, Grande, an iced frappuccino with real whole milk, even though the leader is deathly allergic.

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Me too, lol!

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I find it to be excellent bedtime viewing when she’s looking to get sleepy… works like a charm. Except for when I’m watching a Fidani film and it keeps playing that same song over and over and I can tell she’s waking up annoyed

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before I close this topic for good (we will be opening one for 2023 shortly)… who’s gonna make some graphics for this year’s 'fest ?