[quote=“AvatarDK, post:1040, topic:141”]Saw La Vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? aka Life Is Tough, Eh Providence . This is a movie that I honestly didn’t think I would like very much. But much too my surprise this is a very good move. A slap-stick comedy BUT it works. Tomas Milian is great as the rather odd-looking and odd-behaving bounty hunter Providence. Definitely one of the very best comedy westerns. Of course there is also Morricone’s enjoyable score. Very much recommended.[/quote]My favorite comedy western too. There’s some bizarre elements which makes it work better than most comedy westerns. Milian is hilarious as this “Charlie Chaplin in Wild West” role. Morricone’s score is weird but good and fits perfectly to film.
The Sequel is maybe even better. Milian even sings in it!
Haven’t got that one but sounds great ;D. Not out on dvd yet as far as I know in English dub or with understandable subtitles!? There are always bootlegs of course, or the odd VHS-release.
Hills Run Red made by Henry Silva’s role as Mendez.He has some great
dialog.
Bill $5000 On One Ace from what company did you buy this from?
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[quote=“violentprofessional, post:1045, topic:141”]Bill $5000 On One Ace from what company did you buy this from?[/quote]I got it from trade. I believe it’s Cinecity’s version. Some of the dialogue is in spanish and the transfer switches once in a while from awful hebrew subtitled version to another with little better quality.
Watched No Room to Die yet again… Well, what can I say, Antonio de Teffe’s best spaghetti in my opinion. May have something to do with him playing up against William Berger which has also seldom been better. An action-packed and very well shot movie, with a lot of nice angles. Also starring the lovely Nicoletta Machiavelli, nuff’ said. And oh, that theme music is just fantastic. Definitely recommended.
Wanted Johnny Texas is outstanding.Faultless almost gothic SW with a few twists, interesting characters & gritty violence.Best SW soundtrack.The actors fit the film perfectly.James Newman,Howard Ross,Fernando Sancho,Rosalba Neri(cameo)&Monika Brugger.Monika was is 2 films for her career both SW.Personally I thought she is talented & one of the genres most beautiful.
I’ve seen the film 4 times & it still remains intense.
I just saw High Noon again, the film stars Garry Cooper and Grace Kelly. This is one of the best westerns ever made IMO. The film has been a clear source of for inspiration for “High plains drifter” directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
Another film that borrows from High Noon is Don Siegel’s “Dirty Harry” also starring Clint Eastwood.
[quote=“Dorado, post:1054, topic:141”]I just saw High Noon again, the film stars Garry Cooper and Grace Kelly. This is one of the best westerns ever made IMO. The film has been a clear source of for inspiration for “High plains drifter” directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
Another film that borrows from High Noon is Don Siegel’s “Dirty Harry” also starring Clint Eastwood.[/quote]
High Noon is a great film and strangely overlooked recently considering it’s success in it’s time. Definitely fits into the ‘psychological’ western category of the 1950’s and is an intelligent film, not just an all out action fest.
And you’re right, High Plains Drifter was devised as a ‘what if’ idea based on the aftermath of High Noon. The idea was ‘What if the Sheriff had lost and a ghost came came back to punish the town for it’s sins’. It’s great when one excellent film inspires another.
I don’t know if it ever clearly was established that Eastwood was a ghost, or just his patented garden variety saddle tramp. The whipping sequences never show Clint’s face. It’s still a little ambiguous to me, on that point.
I’m not sure that Eastwood’s character is meant to be a straight out ghost of the dead sheriff or a reincarnation of sorts but he was certainly meant to represent a supernatural avenging angel of some form, come to punish the town, it’s people and of course the Sheriff’s murderers.
I remember reading an interview with Eastwood several years ago, and he said that, in the original script for “Drifter” his character was the dead Marshall’s brother out for revenge, but Eastwood (as producer and Director) decided to leave it up to the audience’s imagination as to who or what his character was.
As a fan of supernatural films (my favorites along with westerns) I like to go with the “Ghost” angle for this movie.
[quote=“cigar joe, post:1058, topic:141”]John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946) not very good history but a great Iconic feel to it (Victor Mature was miscast though).[/quote] Iliked Vic Mature. He sometimes came off as a cheesy egotist, but he had a lot of good work on the resume. He was perfect for Samson and Delilah.
