Something will come along that will suit you. And every presentation will help you further
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Just received an email from Powerhouse saying they are now signed up to a central selling platform called Limelight which will be fully operational for deliveries next month.
The platform focuses just on the smaller labels doing cult films and books on films and the key benefit seems to be that we will be able to buy from multiple labels and only pay one or no shipping cost. So far I can see Powerhouse, Radiance, 88 and Third Window who might be interest to us for Blurays and Hemlock and FAB Press for books. I daresay more companies will follow.
This is UK based obviously so not sure what their international shipping cost will be.
Worth checking out for a commission link set up @Admin ?
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doesnt look like they have a referral program yet. will keep an eye on it. but honestly, the only sites generating a few books reliable are the US, German and UK amazons, everything else is so niche, it takes years to earn enough for these to even pay out minimum sumsā¦ the only remedy would be if we all invested serious time every week to spread the word like crazy and doubled or tripled overall visitor numbers to the SWDb especially from territories that are so far underrepresented, this includes spain, italy, france, etcā¦ but thatās for the other topic that we have on this 
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Nothing
excepted I have been very busy ā¦ and I have painted a beautiful painting this summer
itās so restful to do anything else than being face to computer
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Sorry for what seem random musings on random films but I am currently in the middle of a 2-3 year European western ājourneyā to watch 200-250 spaghetti westerns to finally get my knuckles round the genre. I decided to do them in chronological release order per Wikipedia release dates si I could see who the real influences were on what so Gunfight at Red Sands to Silver Saddle with the pick my own based on what I knew and what seemed interesting and what was available on Blu Ray and what had received a theatrical release in the UK. I have seen about 80 of these before but couldnāt remember much of at least half of them (eg Ace High which I had seen on TV over 30 years ago and could only recall the final gunfight) so many of these were fresh. Just finished 1968 - about 30 films in that year I picked - and starting 1969 with Cemetary Without Crosses (never seen) and Tepepa (saw a long time ago but have the German Blu Ray to watch).
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Good luck - though, from experience, youāll probably hit the metaphorical wall when you get into the 70s. 
Ha - but I saw Djangoās Cut Price Corpses just before starting my quest so i donāt have that to endure again. But Godās Gunā¦
Nostalgia timeā¦
Does anyone else remember the British TV adverts in the 80ās/90ās for āHolsten Pilsā lager, starring Griff Rhys Jones?
I will always remember the āGreat Escapeā oneā¦brilliance!
Hereās a reminderā¦
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A highly successful advertising campaign until Griff joked in an interview that āall the sugar turned to pissā. Holsten Pilsā slogan was āall the sugar turns to alcoholā. He was fired the next day. My favourite was the one with George Raftā¦
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Brilliant! I love itā¦the older adverts were the best: and, sometimes the corniestā¦
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Iād only seen the Marilyn and McQueen ads, the rest are all new to me ā¦ very well done ā¦ Cheers for posting them.
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Thank you for your kind compliment, amigo. Very much appreciated. 
Does anyone happen to know where I could find information on dubbing in Spaghetti Western?
Iām making my BA thesis on dubbing in Spaghetti Western and Iāll be analyzing the different languages versions of Django the Bastard, but I havenāt been able to find that many sources.
I think Iāll just have to combine them: use texts that are about dubbing, dubbing in different languages and other sources about Spaghs 
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I congratulate your choice of subject ā¦ thatās pretty āOut Thereā even for spaggy fans, though I would love to read your completed thesis.
There isnāt that much info available, though there are some mentions of a group of ex-patriot actors in Rome who specialised in dubbing English versions in the 1950s, 60s, 70s
The documentary footage from the Los Angeles Spaghetti festival which is on the Wild East release of āEl Rojoā, makes some references to this group ā¦ might be a good place to start? Good luck.
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Whatever you do, Iām very sure that it will be a successā¦wishing you the best with your studies, especially with your fav, Anthony Steffen, in āDjango the Bastardā. 
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I remember those days back in college and writing thesisās and not really enjoying it too much then, but now I think Iād fair a lot better. Your topic choice is quite unique I must say, I donāt think Iāve heard of anyone else digging deeper into dubbing. Iām with @aldo in wanting to check out the finished product, youāve got a few of us quite curious as to how it turns out.
I can say from my personal observation of English dubbing that the majority of it is very bland with very little enthusiasm or life put into it. To say that itās completely wooden would be kind of harsh, but in cases like Django and Massacre Time, itās clear the voice actors were doing the bare minimum just to get their paychecks.
The Leone films, films with Lee Van Cleef, and any presold to US distributers often faired a little better cause the studios hired people who actually gave a damn about quality and wanting to get these films an audience, and while you would find the occasional clunker voice actor in those films even, those folks tried a lot harder.
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As aldo has already mentioned, thereās some interesting info online about the ELDA (English Language Dubbers Association) during the 1960s in Rome, various interviews etc. But very little in regard to putting names to voices. Thereās plenty on the Italian dubbers, but thatās about it.
Good luck.
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I would agree up to point ā¦ but the SWs fare much better generally than the tonnage of dubbed TV and movies that used to play in the 1970s ā¦ I particularly dislike the English dubs of the police dramas and action films of this period ā¦ truly bad acting, which sounds like it could be designed for a kidās cartoon, rather than a serious film.
But quality varies, and I expect if an out of work actor in Rome rolls into the studio to dub yet another āHorse Operaā, it would be difficult to maintain enthusiasm after 10 years of the same product.
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Saw this meme being passed around listing the movies with the biggest disparities between how men and women view them. Topping the list of movies men like that women donātā¦ 
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Quite a few people have piā¦ed me off in the past. Iām sure I unknowingly do the sameā¦
However, I realise that no-one is perfect, but some seem to go out of their way to be diā¦heads, and offend you.
Rather than retaliate to rudeness, I prefer to play the following little ditty, which is performed most excellentlyā¦
It may help others to deal with petty irritations, and neanderthals in lifeā¦
Afterthought: Itās always best to move on, learn from the experience, and not bear a grudge. Life is too damn short.
Itās a good song thoughā¦
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