I would like to see his war films, especially Wings and The Story of GI Joe.
And Beau Geste from which I have seen a only a scene which looked great.
And Robin Hood of El Dorado, his only western I haven’t seen.
What do you guys think about Track of the Cat?
This was a studio bound film, which looked rather artificial, and I didn’t liked the heavy with meaning symbolism.
Finished Born to kill yesterday and this morning watched Gatling Gun.
What next? Thinking possibly a bit of Van Cleef…Sabata. Yeah, why not.
Laters chaps…I got to watch a film.
[quote=“stanton, post:3161, topic:141”]I would like to see his war films, especially Wings and The Story of GI Joe.
And Beau Geste from which I have seen a only a scene which looked great.
And Robin Hood of El Dorado, his only western I haven’t seen.
What do you guys think about Track of the Cat?
This was a studio bound film, which looked rather artificial, and I didn’t liked the heavy with meaning symbolism.[/quote]
Track Of The Cat gets a lot of praise in some of the books I read. It’s funny, I don’t remeber it as looking studio-bound. Don’t they spend an auful lot of time in the woods?
I have a hard time watching dysfunctional family melodramas. I just don’t like wtching folks argue. Shoot somebody already.
Blood At Sundown/$1000 On The Black
Ok, let me get this out of the way: why does Anthony Steffen wear those ridiculous looking hats? In almost every movie this guy’s got a hat no self-respecting westerner would go near. Franco Nero said he and Sergio Corbucci spent an entire day trying on hats until they picked the right one for Django. Grrr.
What a weird movie, packed full of psychological elements. Cain & Abel, Oedipus, Seighart Rupp in black leather pants, a man made mute by trauma, it’s all here. Not to say it makes sense, but it is IS strange.
Couple o’ observatins:
Almeria never looked more desolate than in this film
Sartana’s hideout is surreal. Looks like it was designed by Ray Harryhausen
Erica Blanc is hot
It is one of those rare times when a film title makes sense. Sartana says “Before sundown there’s gonna be a bloodbath in this valley”
A stuntwoman does a face first nose dive into a dirt level street camera.
Toward the end, as Steffen approaches Sartana’s gang, the entire gang walk their horses backward!
[quote=“Romaine Fielding, post:3164, topic:141”]Blood At Sundown/$1000 On The Black
Ok, let me get this out of the way: why does Anthony Steffen wear those ridiculous looking hats? In almost every movie this guy’s got a hat no self-respecting westerner would go near. Franco Nero said he and Sergio Corbucci spent an entire day trying on hats until they picked the right one for Django. Grrr.[/quote]
Agreed. Steffen had the worst hat in western history. Looks like a glorified trilby your grandad might wear except with strings underneath to keep it from blowing away. Can’t imagine why someone in the wardrobe department didn’t just give him a slap and set fire to it. But he stuck with it through all his earlyish films. Rarely see him in anything different until around 1969 when he seemed to finally come to his senses. The hat he wore from then on (darker with a much wider brim and set lower down on his head) was fine and should have been selected much sooner.
[quote=“Romaine Fielding, post:3164, topic:141”]Blood At Sundown/$1000 On The Black
What a weird movie, packed full of psychological elements. Cain & Abel, Oedipus, Seighart Rupp in black leather pants, a man made mute by trauma, it’s all here. Not to say it makes sense, but it is IS strange.
Almeria never looked more desolate than in this film
Sartana’s hideout is surreal. Looks like it was designed by Ray Harryhausen[/quote]This film was a big let down for me. I liked music and the look of the film and all the good stuff you mention but in the end everyone are just having endless fist fights.
They do go on and on…
Bill, have you seen the “companion” to this (Seven Dollars On The Red)? I have the Koch dvd but have not watched it yet. Is it similar?
[quote=“Romaine Fielding, post:3167, topic:141”]Bill, have you seen the “companion” to this (Seven Dollars On The Red)? I have the Koch dvd but have not watched it yet. Is it similar?[/quote]Yes I have but it’s been a while since I watched them but I’d still say they’re pretty similar. Both have nice atmosphere and some twisted family ties.
Not a real western though but i watched the L’ultimo Pistolero short with Franco Nero. Ok clip which is clearly made as a tribute to Leone and Morricone. And to Franco Nero. The greatest thing in this clip is in my opinion to see how Nero’s trick of making him up to look older in the 60’s has worked. He’s almost 40 years older in this short than he was in Django but doesn’t look a bit like that.
How old was he when he did Django, like 22 or something?
Nice little short, this film.
I don’t think they include this disc anymore when you buy Django…
Watched RINGO’S BIG NIGHT, An extremely average spaghetti with William Berger.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:3171, topic:141”]RINGO’S BIG NIGHT[/quote]The title of this film is strange, it sounds more like a porn or some gay 70’s disco musical. Haha!
Yeah, the unusual thing about this one is that it is supposed to take place during the course of one single night. Berger breaks out of jail and takes care of business in record time. I like Berger so I liked this one.
I guess it could have been Ringo’s Boogie Night…
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:3146, topic:141”]I have been looking at this sentence now for more than five minutes, and simply don’t understand what you mean
I don’t get it
Stupid of me[/quote]
Probably all the drugs you’re using Scherp 
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:3146, topic:141”]I have been looking at this sentence now for more than five minutes, and simply don’t understand what you mean
She (a woman in the picture) said Gordon Mitchell looked like YOU
Unless you’re in the movie, or world famous, like George Bush or the rev’s avatars, I don’t get it[/quote][quote=“scherpschutter, post:3148, topic:141”]Oh yes, I see
Stupid of me[/quote]
LMAO!
Back on topic…watched The Bounty Killer.
-Death on High Mountain
Didn’t like it at all at times, it changes to be comedic and then have a very serious character alike Gary Cooper…
-Lobo, the bastard
Average S.W., very nice to see Peter Martell on the leading role. It’s a shame my version was recorded from TV and ripped from the VHS to a dvd-r… anyway a enjoyable revenge story!
What about the quality of this dvd???
I don’t know what DVD Yod watched but I watched the Franco Cleef release which looks pretty nice.
Django Adios was viewed, and was average Spaghetti viewing.