I haven’t seen those two films you mentioned… however, I have seen Companeros. And your right, it’s not exactly a comedy but it does have some fun/lighter hints to it. I like Franco Nero, Jack Palance, and Sergio Corbucci, but I don’t like Tomas Milian. That film is “okay” but it’s not high on my list.
[quote=“Søren, post:20, topic:244”]What you feel about Spencer & Hill movies I feel about George Hilton spaghetti western comedies. Very hard to swallow.
If you haven’t seen Long Live Your Death aka Don’t Turn the Other Cheek you should definitely check that one out… I take it you have seen Companeros? Didn’t like that one either? Not a comedy comedy but at least have a lighter tone.[/quote]
Not a big fan of Milian either, but just viewed this one the other day and thought it was pretty good… definitely some lighter moments, surprisingly mostly coming from Nero it seemed.
Probably not the right thread to post this in, but today is Terence Hill’s 70th birthday … Read it first on the Danish text tv (don’t know what it’s called in English, somebody correct me) under the heading “Trinity turns 70” … Just to show the influence that movie has had over 30 years later… in Denmark
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer were VERY popular here in Sweden in the 70s/80s, among the biggest stars in the first videowave, kind of hard to grasp now.
I also like almost all their films, but it´s not good to see too many in a row… The biggest favorite for me is not a western but WHO FINDS A FRIEND FINDS A TREASURE, followed close by I´M FOR THE HIPPOPOTAMUS! yeah, i know i have a silly sense of humour…
for real groundwater-level comedy check out (or better not) the cheap imitators Paul Smith and Michael Coby, so bad it´s not even funny, there also was an Israeli rip-off, called THEY CALL ME SHMIL, it´s a bit more tolerable with some fun in a kibbutz and actually a great psych-score to one of the chase-scenes.
[quote=“magnus, post:26, topic:244”]Terence Hill and Bud Spencer were VERY popular here in Sweden in the 70s/80s, among the biggest stars in the first videowave, kind of hard to grasp now.
I also like almost all their films, but it´s not good to see too many in a row… The biggest favorite for me is not a western but WHO FINDS A FRIEND FINDS A TREASURE, followed close by I´M FOR THE HIPPOPOTAMUS! yeah, i know i have a silly sense of humour…[/quote]
Glad to know Bud & Terence are old favorites even in Sweden! I loved their films when I was a kid, even though I don’t automatically associate them with the SW genre actually. I tend to think of them as comedies with a Western setting rather than the other way round…
Terence Hill is still active on Italian tv, like in miniseries - I think he has one out now. Bud Spencer’s appearances are more sporadic, but wiki just told me he has a tv series scheduled this year, too.
Terence was the hero of my youth (next to Belmondo), the perfect Star of the 70’s. Athletic, witty, smart, good-looking and super-cool. I still love their movies, especially until 1978. After Corbuccis PARI E DISPARI the films became a bit ridiculous (like Italian comedies in general at that time).
Both Mario & Carlo didn’t like violence in films so as soon as they had the power, they went away from that
kind of film making and made more films for children. That’s fine with me because they made so many great ones when they started out. I especially love Giuseppe Colizzi. A smart talented man who learned a lot from Leone
and for me is the only one that can come near him (visually). A lot of SW look sooo bad, sloppy camerawork by
one-eyed beginners, bad costumes, bad staging & make-up… So for me it’s still a joy too see would could be done with the genre back then. DIO PERDONA! is a bit slow but it was his first film and still remarkable. He saw immediately that Mario & Carlo ‘clicked’ and he can be credited in discovering the most successful comedy-duo in Europe. BOOT HILL is almost an experimental film, with the leading actor having no dialogue for 15 or 20 minutes! Film makers will agree, you have to be damn good to make a film work that way. His films are no comedies, there’s a lot of death & blood in all three of them. But a good director uses chemestry between his actors (if there is any)
and he did perfectly. They both act ‘straight’ they never actually really go ‘for comedy’. The situation and reactions (and ideas!) are funny. Now that’s good film making.
No wonder PIU FORTE, RAGAZZI! (All the way boys, 1972) is my favorite non-western by them. Colizzi used his bigger budget really well, shooting with old airplanes in Columbia (of all countries). Very exotic entertaining film, with ‘real’ props & action, interesting rather unusual story & script.
Barboni just went a step further and went comedy all the way. Great stuff of course, the two TRINITA films are classics in Germany from the day they were first released… well-deserved. But Colizzi mix of coolness, violence & humour worked very well for me (uncut, right scope format and good dubbing given of course).
MY NAME IS NOBODY was the first film I ever saw. I still love it. Back in 1974 it was just ‘funny’ and entertaining, along the years I reliazed it was the LIBERTY VALANCE or RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY of the SW-genre and I loved it even more (only the fast-motion stuff seems off-beat a bit by now. The film doesn’t need it.)
Rare German first release poster and LC’s for DIO PERDONA - IO NO! Last year I worked on a German DVD Edition that presented the film in its original 1968 appearance. Old artwork, uncut & bonusmaterial from that first release (the film was only two years later re-released in 1970 and all traces of ‘Django’ were thrown away and the promo concentrated on HILL / SPENCER while HILL was singled out during the first release…
I remember as an adolescent enjoying the silly humor and slapstick of I due superpiedi quasi piatti when they showed it repeatedly on US cable TV under the title Crime Busters. I had no idea I was watching an Italian movie or that these actors were famous from westerns.
I’m not on FB either - quit about 4 years ago - remember there were quite a few fake celebrity actor accounts on site, so I wonder if you’re certain this is the genuine guy?
I remember getting a ‘friend request’ from a certain Brigitte Bardot! this one I ignored … but there are FB pages run by the friends or family of some real SW personnel.
There was more than one Terence Hill account when I was there - probably an obsessed fan who likes being addressed as though he were his own hero.
People were also following various Lee Van Cleef, pages - asking questions and complimenting his films … seemingly unaware that he had died decades before.
FB is full of tedious crap and some of the dumbest and most egocentric persons dwell there. My humble opinion, of course.
Facebook isn’t for everyone. I mostly use it to keep in touch with friends and relatives but I’m also an admin in a couple groups. I was in a spaghetti western group for years but there was barely any activity. I follow the SWDb page on there. Lots of great posts through that. Sometimes the forum is even referenced. I think it’s a good way to gain some new interest for the site/forum.
I understand and appreciate what you’re saying … and I agree it has it’s positive side - but personally, when I read all that desperate for attention crap from celebs and people who want to be their friends, it makes me want to scream.
These people aren’t interested in your point of view or who you are - they want to be praised and raise their profiles … in the case of Terence Hill for profit and gain.
Hill turned up at the Almeria Western film festival a few years ago, to receive an award for his part in the SW genre. It was the first time any guest had appeared there surrounded by security guards and police - with fans having no opportunity to meet him and say hello.
That festival is very laid back, and people are always very calm and respectful around these aging stars … not like when teenage girls stalk a ‘Boy Band’.
In my opinion he only showed up because he was filming in the area at that time. “wow, I’m too big and important for this hick town!” attitude.
People who didn’t feel the need to have bodyguards were, Claudia Cardinale, George Hilton, Robert Woods, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Gianni Garko, Fabio Testi etc … and as I said, people were polite and courteous and the guests in turn very approachable and happy to be there.
Sorry for going off subject, but that Terence Hill stuff pisses me off.
Well, I’d never buy a Terence Hill t-shirt haha. I mostly just like the films…Trinity, Colizzi trilogy, Django: Prepare a Coffin, My Name is Nobody, etc. I think I first saw Terence’s page when it popped up as “recommended” on my news feed and it seemed somewhat interesting. If the guy is an egomaniac I wasn’t aware.
