But is it an anti-western?
But is it an anti-western?
Good question. What determines it as an anti-western, according to Lagos?
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I liked the brothers and their history and I also liked the actors playing them, but I didnât like the other actors and characters and the story meanders too much to hold your attention all the way. And that formula yes, I donât think that was such a good idea, even if it illustrated the psychology of the characters, notably Phoenixâs character.
Well to me the Anti-Western encompasses two âsub-subgenresâ lets say (three if you count the spaghetti western under the âantiâ umbrella, which i personally donât, they are their own thing except for some few movies here and there which obviously experimented)
one being the revisionist western (mccabe & mrs miller, little big man, the wild bunch, etc) and the other being the acid western (el topo, django kill, etc)
i see Dead Man as a spot between these two, with enough historical revisionism & political commentary from the former as well as the surrealism and mysticism from the latter
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Watched this on mega filmes online hd - from apknite. This app could be good if it had lighter movies.
The Kid. Didnât like it as much as some folks, but still a decent effortâŚ
I watched the first 25 minutes of Lucia Fulciâs Massacre Time as background while rowing. Enjoyed it so much Iâll put it on again from the start for my partner,who is a huge Franco Nero fan. Pretty ropy-looking picture on a 8-films on two-discs compilation but correct aspect ratio so itâs watchable.
So I popped Massacre Time on the main TV, on which the DVD player is linked via HDMI cable, with the result that the disc looked considerably better. Iâve popped a picture of the DVD set I got it from at the bottom of the post.
I was ultimately disappointed in the film. The setting up of the plot was interesting and it was definitely trying to recreate some of Djangoâs magic, dressing Nero in black cloak and hat at times, and making his character really suffer. It also must surely have been the most violent western of 1966 - Fulci was using blood squibs and lingering close-ups of staring eyed corpses several years before most directors. Unfortunately, it just descends into Franco Nero and George Hilton shooting dozens of baddies, none of whom could apparently hit a barn door at ten paces. Shame, it could have been so much better.
Any recommendations from the other films on this set?
Iâd say Massacre Time is the best of the bunch along with Light the FuseâŚ
Little Rita is a weird title for such a set as it is a western musical.
Iâve got Arrowâs Sartana box set, so am saving those for when I get round to that. I might try Little Rita next just for a laugh.
High Noon (1952). Iâve always managed to miss this one over the years, but I needed to watch it as research about a different film entirely. Iâm so glad I did - what an amazing film. Absolutely nail-biting suspense as US Marshall Gary Cooper (on his wedding day to Grace Kelly, 28 years younger than him and the age difference looks even greater on screen) tries to enlist the help of unwilling townsfolk to defend their small Western town against a crazed outlaw coop had put away five years earlier.
A serious question - are there any better westerns that this from Hollywoodâs golden age? I doubt it.
Depends on oneâs taste âŚ
Any recommendations? I very much enjoyed Peckinpahâs Ride the High Country, for example.
Which is already a revisionist western, about the vanishing of the West, and for that the beginning of the cycle of twilight westerns, which dominated the US westerns in the late 60s up to the Heavenâs Gate (1980) disaster.
Which other westerns did you like from the 50s or earlier?
What about the films of Ford, Hawks, Mann? The Searchers and Rio Bravo are meanwhile the most valued westerns of the 50s.
Shane (1953) is a western often compared to High Noon.
3:10 to Yuma (1957) is probably one you can try (it shares a few similarities with High Noon).
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Yes, the example I gave was definitely post the classic Hollywood period. I like Shane very much, and should give Rio Bravo a try, as it specifically made as a reposte to High Noon.
High Noon was made as a political allegory about the McCarthy red scare and political blacklisting and Wayne was very right wing
I want to like High Noon more than I do; itâs a terrific film but its overuse of its theme tune renders it almost unwatchable to me. I know it was an Oscar-winning tune at the time but it drives me up the wall, and it plays relentlessly through the entire picture. And itâs such an earworm, it doesnât even stop when the movie does! Any time Iâve watched High Noon Iâve had âDo not forsake me,oh my daaaarlinnâ, on this our weddinâ daaaaayyâŚâ pinging around inside my tiny mind for the next bloody fortnight!
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Do you like it more than the angelic vibes of A Stranger in Town?
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Song for song, Iâd say I (narrowly) prefer The Ballad of High Noon. At least itâs in tune. That A Stranger in Town tune - doo-DOO-doo-doo - is like some sort of Guantanamo Bay torture device.
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And apparently producer Stanley Kramer dialled back the use of the tune after test audiences had precisely that reaction to its overuse!
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Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi
Nice western which brought back a lot of childhood memories.
I read the books of Karl May and when video was introduced (around 1984, we were one of the first that had a video 2000 system of Philps, with 2-side tapes 
) these were among the movies that we could rent.
The village in the movie even looked like the western Playmobil buildings I used to play with 
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