John Wayne’s a smashing actor but I reckon he must’ve been a total c*nt off the screen 
I think it’s a case of an alcoholic (or hard drinker as the tough guys of this period preferred) who is living with a lot of personal guilt, and masks that with booze and bullshit … and it’s always easier to point the finger of disapproval at others rather than face up to his own issues.
Regarding him being a total cunt … I believe he was well liked by co-stars who said he was always polite and friendly, even those who were expecting to have problems with him.
I think a major part of the problem with Wayne was that he started believing he was this noble heroic character that he played in so many of his movies … a case of ‘Don’t get high on your own supply!’ 
I enjoy many of his films very much, so it’s a bit shocking when you come across interviews about his ideas on race, for instance … because he’s not this big avuncular character that will see fair play for all.
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Oh Duke… not every western has to resemble a Ford or Hawks. Nothing wrong with a bit of variety.
I re-watched Django the Bastard tonight because I needed clips for an edit. I love this film so much 
Is it bad that I prefer Anthony Steffen’s supernatural Django over Franco Nero’s OG Django? 
Sidenote: That little smile of Django’s when he finds Rada Rassimov’s character in the cellar is the cutest and most precious thing I’ve seen tonight (apart from a dog video my brother sent me)
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I felt like something familiar tonight. I love this movie. One of Gregory Peck’s best.
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Just saw Django spara per primo. Decent
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Currently watching Killer Goodbye with PLL. Really struggling to keep my eyes open with this one
I just finished watching Corbucci’s The Specialists.
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Hell or High Water - 2016 neo-Western. Nicely paced, great Nick Cave soundtrack, Jeff Bridges excellent, top cinematography with an effective sense of place.
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Been on a spaghetti kick again past week or two. Which considering I’m on this forum, that’s normal.
Got a 'Steff film in (A Name that Cried Revenge), as well as two PLL entries, (The Artist was a Gunfighter, and God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth), and a these early eurowesterns:
-Apache Fury
-Doomed Fort
-Doc: Hands of Steel
-Dollar of Fire
-Texas Rangers
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Got done watching And God Said to Cain. My favorite film from Arrow’s Vengeance Trails boxset.
Love Kinski’s performance, the music and sounds. Simple story to follow. Reminded me alot of Django the Bastard. 0
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Yesterday I saw Return of Sabata and, to be honest, I didn´t think it was that much worse than Sabata
Night of the Serpent - It’s a bit slow, but I’ll give it a second chance. Think it’s the kind of movie that needs a few views.
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I just finished watching Bone Tomahawk. If you’re a horror fan, this is a good crossover of genres. Almost like Italian cannibal film meets western.
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Red River, Hawkes, 16 B.L.
The Professionals, Brooks, 2 A.L.
(B.L. = Before Leone, A.L. = Anno Leone)
Both well-made with soft-centred, sentimental, redemption of selfish tough guys (played by John Wayne and Burt Lancasrer). In the former, native Americans are murderous savages, of course, whilst in the latter, Mexican bandits are misunderstood, oppressed outcasts.
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Seen some more spaghettis, checking some more off the list.
-God Forgives… I Don’t (1967).
Very good spaghetti western. Absolute classic.
-Crazy Westerners(1967)
It’s interesting just for existing, a pre-Trinity pop rock musical comedy spaghetti western parody, but I have no strong feelings about it either way. Although the Django parody is the best part, obviously.
-Compañeros (1970)
Pretty fun follow up to the The Mercenary, which now I feel I should rewatch. When I made my initial ratings of these films I was still a bit of a greenhorn to the genre, so I only gave The Mercenary three stars, since I didn’t quite comprehend the ironic political aspect of Zapata westerns at that time. I’ve seen it a few more times since but next time I watch it imma bump up it’s rating.
-…Then a Time for Killing! (1968)
I feel this is one of those hidden gems like Hate is my God, or El Puro. I gave this a 4 star rating which is probably a bit much, similar to how I did the same for And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave, but I just loved this film. Ghidra is a great actor and definitely needs more widespread recognition in the spaghetti western canon, and the soundtrack by Francesco De Masi is just a delight.
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‘A Time for Killing’ is a 1967 Glenn Ford flick … this one is known as ‘A Time and a Place for Killing!’ or ‘Tequila Joe’ … there are so many alternate titles for many of these films, that it does get confusing at times.
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The Ride Back. Pretty impressive
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I just saw The great train robbery from 1903 and was really impressed by it. Incredibly fascinating and well made, and also surprisingly violent. Absolutely reccomended for anyone who has not seen it.
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