The Best (or Worst) of Demofilo Fidani aka Miles Deeem, Sean O'Neil, Slim Alone

Also in Quintana, about 23 mins in…

[quote=“autephex, post:20, topic:1391”]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


This scene is from “One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!” Is it really looped sound? I couldn’t tell. Great scene, probably the best Fidani ever directed.

[quote=“autephex, post:20, topic:1391”]…and I also grabbed a hilarious scene demonstrating Fidani’s masterful editing techniques


:smiley:

The guy who’s edited in… what movie is he from? Great editing indeed and the guy looks hilarious! Very nice smile! ;D

[quote=“autephex, post:20, topic:1391”]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


That’s simply hillarious ;D I swear i’m gonna add this wolf loop sample to one of the tracks if we’ll ever record a demo with my band :stuck_out_tongue:

Hey alk0! What happened to your Rod Steiger?

He was replaced by Gianni Garko. Don’t worry, he’s got sideburns as well!

Although they’re hardly visible there…

But you can still see the moustache clearly

OK, better than nothing…

Oh, it’s definitely a loop. Same wolf sound, over… and over… and over… like clockwork.

Fuckin hell… I’ll have a look at my Fidanis TODAY!

I want that loop!

I watched Giu la testa hombre these days. There was no loop :frowning:

Maybe there’s no one in this one, or it’s been dropped in the German dub…

I have to continue this quest!

I voted for “Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows.” That ones definitely my fav, although, I like everything else too… I find it interesting that many people state Demofilo Fidani’s films are the worst of the worst, yet it seems most people like and enjoy them…

i think they’re the worst only in grading the film on how it was put together/edited/made… the lowest of the low in production values for the most part… however, i’m very impressed with how entertaining the films are… Fidani did a lot with very little, in my view

My favorite thing in any film genre is when someone does something interesting with a small budget. Fidani seems to fit this very well in my opinion.

Is it because Fidani fills his films with action that he is looked upon favourably or that his films are laughably bad in their production and overall features no matter how entertaining?

I’ve only seen a couple of Fidani’s films so far, but i haven’t found them to be in the ‘so bad they’re good’ category. As autephex said ‘Fidani did a lot with very little’. I agree in spades.

In addition to the twelve films included in the Poll (one of which - Il suo nome era Pot… ma… lo chiamavano Allegria - was completed by Fidani but partially directed by Lucio Giachin) Fidani’s SW filmography as a Director includes the comedy Amico mio… frega tu che frego io/Anything for a Friend and maybe Prega Dio… e scavati la fossa!/Pray to God and Dig Your Grave, as everybody knows a direction of uncertain attribution.

Up to now I’ve seen eleven of his SWs:

  1. Straniero… fatti il segno della croce!/Stranger, Say Your Prayers!
  2. Inginocchiati straniero… i cadaveri non fanno ombra!/Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows
  3. Era Sam Wallash! Lo chiamavano… E Così Sia!/Savage Guns
  4. Per una bara piena di dollari/A Barrel Full of Dollars
  5. Passa Sartana… è l’ombra della tua morte/Shadow of Sartana… Shadow of Your Death
  6. Quel maledetto giorno d’inverno … Django e Sartana all’ultimo sangue!/One Damned Day at Dawn … Django meets Sartana!
  7. Giù la testa… hombre/A Fistful of Death
  8. E vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana/Four Came to Kill Sartana
  9. Amico mio, frega tu… che frego io/Anything for a Friend (Comedy)
  10. Arrivano Django e Sartana… è la fine/Django and Sartana Are Coming… It’s the End
  11. Ed ora… raccomanda l’anima a Dio!/And Now… Make Your Peace with God

[quote=“JonathanCorbett, post:37, topic:1391”]It’s time to update this thread! ;D

In addition to the twelve films included in the Poll (one of which - Il suo nome era Pot… ma… lo chiamavano Allegria - completed by Fidani but for the most part directed by Lucio Giachin) Fidani’s filmography as a Director includes the SW comedy Amico mio… frega tu che frego io/Anything for a Friend and maybe Prega Dio… e scavati la fossa!/Pray to God and Dig Your Grave, as everybody knows a direction of uncertain attribution.

Up to now I’ve seen eight of his SWs:

  1. Inginocchiati straniero… i cadaveri non fanno ombra!/Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows[/quote]

I think I’ve seen all of those 8, but I do get confused about which is which.
Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows is easily the best. I think it’s quite marvellous in fact. My review for those that missed it… you need to see this one!

http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Dead_Men_Don't_Make_Shadows_Review

quote=“Silver Wolf, post:22, topic:1391”

This scene is from “One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!” Is it really looped sound? I couldn’t tell. Great scene, probably the best Fidani ever directed.[/quote]

Quoting myself (below) from the “Talk Anything” thread because I would have posted it here if I realized this was the original topic. If this scene is indeed exclusive to The Ballad of Django / Giù le mani… Carogna, then I’d really like to know if anyone has or knows of a decent looking version. The one I have is widescreen with hardsubs and the quality is very poor. Would be a nice one to upgrade.

[quote=“autephex”]This clip is from Giù le mani (http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Giù_le_mani…_Carogna), which is basically several Fidani films edited into a new one. I think someone previously said on here that its from “One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana” so I’ve since assumed that it was, but now I’ve just scanned through One Damned Day trying to find it and cannot see the scene anywhere. It certainly looks like the same film and perhaps I’m missing it, but I scanned through on a fast forward type stream and did not see it.

I also checked Shadow of Sartana… Shadow of Your Death, Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows and Django & Sartana are Coming Its The End - neither contain the scene

Also not Savage Guns (His Name Was Sam Walbash) or Giù la testa… hombre[/quote]

Just checked - mine. Probably the same as yours, but I wouldn’t say “very poor” as compared to some I have. Anyway - exactly the same version as the youtube clip is what I got. Same subs and same 9 bullets in his gun. ;D