With Fidani’s film having reputations comparable to Ed Wood, this should be an interesting thread. I dedicate this to Bill San Antonio. The only Fidani fan I know of. I haven’t seen any of his films so I can’t say which I like the most (least). What is yours?
Hehe, the thread should better be called “The Best of the Bad of DF”
I’ve watched eleven of Fidani’s fourteen SWs…
Haven’t seen Era Sam Wallach… lo chiamavano ‘così sia’, …e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! and Ed ora… raccomanda l’anima a Dio!.
I think Per una bara piena di dollari is the “best” of the ones I know. I am a Fidani sympathizer anyway !!! 
[quote=“korano, post:1, topic:1391”]I dedicate this to Bill San Antonio. The only Fidani fan I know of.[/quote]Thanks! I’m proud to be known as the “Fidani fan of the forum” haha. I really love 'em.
But… I’m still holding my vote because there’s still few films I haven’t seen. Can anyone help me to get a copy of these?
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Amico_mio%2C_frega_tu…_che_frego_io!
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Giù_le_mani…_Carogna
Straniero fatti il segno della croce!http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Straniero…_fatti_il_segno_della_croce!
So far my favorites are:
One Damned Day at Dawn … Django meets Sartana!
Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows
[quote=“Bluntwolf, post:3, topic:1391”]I’ve watched eleven of Fidani’s fourteen SWs…[/quote]You’ve seen many. But Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado isn’t really his film so it’s 13 films. Or maybe 13 and a half 
[quote=“Bill san Antonio, post:4, topic:1391”]I’m still holding my vote because there’s still few films I haven’t seen. Can anyone help me to get a copy of these?
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Amico_mio%2C_frega_tu…_che_frego_io!
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Giù_le_mani…_Carogna
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Straniero…_fatti_il_segno_della_croce!
So far my favorites are:
One Damned Day at Dawn … Django meets Sartana!
Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows[/quote]
I have German vhs releases of these movies… If you don’t mind German audio ? The first two are pretty bad but Django Story is a must see anyway. Straniero… was Fidani’s first western (if I remember correctly) and certainly not his worst.
BTW ‘Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows’ is also one of my favorites !
[quote=“Bluntwolf, post:6, topic:1391”]I have German vhs releases of these movies… If you don’t mind German audio ? The first two are pretty bad but Django Story is a must see anyway. Straniero… was Fidani’s first western (if I remember correctly) and certainly not his worst.[/quote]I’m looking for english versions but I think “Straniero… fatti il segno della croce!” haven’t been ever released in english. I have only heard of this German version and Italian version.
Hi Bill!
I have all the Fidani FIlms in english, please contact me if you are interested.
Tom
I am looking for “Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows”. ???
I finally have a good reason to watch the rest of the Fidanis I haven’t gotten to yet
I enjoy the Fidanis I’ve watched
I’ll see if I have any of those titles, Bill san Antonio- unless you’re already taken care of
When we say “best”, do we mean relatively speaking?
I’ve only seen 2, One Damned Day at Dawn, and And Now Make Your Peace With God.
I actually enjoy them because they’re so craptastic.
What of the “Fidani wolf loop”? Are they in all of his movies? There seems to always be a nighttime scene where someone is sneaking around, and in the background, you hear a repeating 5 or 10 second loop of dogs barking and a wolf howling. It reminds me of an old video game where the same sounds loop over and over and over…
I’ve only seen …BUT THEY CALL HIM AMEN, and i found it to be great fun. Thanks for posting this list, i really wanna track down some of these.
[quote=“Bill san Antonio, post:4, topic:1391”]Can anyone help me to get a copy of these?
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Amico_mio%2C_frega_tu…_che_frego_io!
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Giù_le_mani…_Carogna
Straniero fatti il segno della croce!http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Straniero…_fatti_il_segno_della_croce![/quote]
I’ve got Giù le mani… Carogna (Ballad of Django) in English
Straniero… fatti il segno della croce! … In Italian only
Also Atlas Visuals has an English Amico mio, frega tu… che frego io! (Anything For A Friend)
http://www.atlasvisuals.com/spaghetti_a_l.htm
[quote=“lordradish, post:11, topic:1391”]When we say “best”, do we mean relatively speaking?
I’ve only seen 2, One Damned Day at Dawn, and And Now Make Your Peace With God.
I actually enjoy them because they’re so craptastic.
What of the “Fidani wolf loop”? Are they in all of his movies? There seems to always be a nighttime scene where someone is sneaking around, and in the background, you hear a repeating 5 or 10 second loop of dogs barking and a wolf howling. It reminds me of an old video game where the same sounds loop over and over and over…[/quote]
I read about your wolf loop on your page yesterday. I haven’t come across it yet. Maybe it’s missing in the German dub. Maybe I have to listen more carefully in the future?
Whichever film you saw, listen closely at the scene towards the end where someone is sneaking around, although I don’ tknow if it was in the German dub. It’s also in Return of Shanghai Joe, so maybe its “all around shitty film wolf loop” instead of just Fidani.
But it has to be sneaking at night, ok? I have to think about that kind of scenes, where I can find them amongst my gems.
I’ll report to you as soon as I’ll have spotted the crabwolf (hmm… crabwolf, this would be a good name for a forum member. Maybe I have to change my account…).
Oh crap I’m watching Giù le mani… Carogna right now and about 58 minutes in, I hear this sound and I’m thinking, “hmm… what’s that?” and then had a good laugh when I realized it was the goddamn wolf howling loop
Its a scene from one of his other films, I’m not sure which… but I believe its Hunt Powers loading his gun in the middle of an empty town, in the midst of looking for some dudes to shoot
Haven’t had that luck yet.
Here’s the clip I was referring to… the wolves can be heard throughout. I included up to the end of the duel, which happens to be quite good in my opinion
…and I also grabbed a hilarious scene demonstrating Fidani’s masterful editing techniques