Ah, but they’re not riding. They’re just tied to the horsey, like a prospector’s shovel.
That’s less Dead Men Ride, and more Dead Men Bind Quite Well to Galloping Horseys if They’re Secured to the Saddle in an Appropriate Manner which admittedly isn’t quite as snappy a title though, ironically, it’s possibly a better Italo-Western title.
Well, they ride though, even if they don’t enjoy it, but they don’t get saddle sore either. And the horses decide the direction, but good horses can do this.
Just think about Jolly Jumper, the most clever horse in the world.
Today, I was supposed to be giving a rewatch to Bandidos (Dallamano, 1967), but I’ve not had the opportunity. Pooholes! >:( So I think it’s going to form part of a double-bill tomorrow now, with spag non-westernwestern Man, Pride & Vengeance (Bazzoni, 1967), which I’ve never seen but which I understand is a bit of a good 'un.
A good western directed by Delmer Daves, starring Richard Widmark, but with a script that wasn’t exactly water-proof:
[size=12pt] THE LAST WAGON[/size] [size=12pt](1956, Delmer Daves)[/size]
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At the halfway point in my November Spag Marathon, I’ve watched:
So far, so good.
I didn’t think all that much of Man, Pride & Vengeance. A couple of decent sequences but it all felt rather traditional, and that’s not really my thing. Today, I’m giving a second look to Run Man Run (Sollima, 1968). Thought it was okay but no more than that the first (and only) time I saw it. Seem to recall that it starts very well indeed and rapidly gets bogged down. Still, those second viewings can be all-important. Vengeance, Four of the Apocalypse and Bandidos have all climbed significantly up my list of favourite westerns as a result of looking at them again. And God Said to Cain and The Great Silence have had slight climbs, too.
Tried to watch it the other day, but it was rather late and I quickly lost interest and went to sleep. So far I haven’t given it another try.
It’s true that films often get better by repeated viewings, at least some type of films, but I find it very hard to give a film a second chance when you’ve given up the first time.
The Homesman (2014)-Tommy Lee Jones
A claim jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) and a pioneer woman (Hilary Swank) team up to escort three women from Nebraska to Iowa.
Yeap!..that’s basically the storyline here, and i really didn’t mind it at all, it was interesting and IMO very good. Good use of scenery and both ( Tommy Lee and Swank are great in this. It’s one of those movie’s that is perfect for a lazy sunday afternoon with a nice cup of hot chocolate. I enjoyed it, slowly.
Run Man Run was definitely a better film than I’d previously perceived it to be but, for me, it’s simply not a Premier League Spag.
Tonight, I shall be trying Long Days of Revenge (Vancini, 1966). It’ll have to wait 'til bedtime, though. Monday night is Walking Dead night at casa.caress.
I liked Long Days of Revenge. Wasn’t earth-shattering but it was an enjoyable romp. Yesterday’s movie was a second look at My Name is Pecos (Lucidi, 1966) and yet again it was a movie that benefited greatly from that (I hadn’t thought all that much of it the first time around).
Today’s is due to be Execution (Paolella, 1968). I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock since the version I own - on the Westerns Unchained 25-film blu-ray - turns out not to be in English! ;D Ah, cheapo box-sets. I love 'em! Still, CG has come galloping to the rescue with a fandub which I’ll have a look at this evening, hopefully it’ll be fine and I won’t have to make a late substitution (although, in anally-retentive fashion, I drew up a reserve list back when I worked out what Spags I’d be watching each day this month. Start warming up, Navajo Joe! 
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How is the picture quality on that Westerns Unchained? Some interesting titles on it. Run Man Run would have been way more interesting if Lee van Cleef was in it!
Picture quality is broadly similar to the many cheapo DVD sets you will have seen by now. Seen Ten Thousand Ways to Die or the Spaghetti Western 44-Movie Collection, both by Mill Creek? It’s in that general ballpark. A bit pixelly, a bit washed out, a bit stolen-off-of-YouTube. Some mis-spelling on the title screens (Long Days of Revegne). A wild and wacky “Play All” button, obviously there for the exclusive use of the heavy amphetamine users among the spag-watching community, I’m not sure who else will be watching forty hours straight of Italian Western mayhem 
. All widescreen though (I think! Now I’ve said it, I’m doubting myself. But I think they are. The ones I’ve watched anyway. I haven’t watched all of them yet). And I’m not a clarity disciple; as long as I can see what’s on the screen, I sometimes think that the scuzzy nature of these prints can often contribute to the overall spag experience. Bottom line? I think it’s well worth the measly asking price.
The Great Treasure Hunt.
Viewed this one again via the recent fandub. Nice to finally see it in the correct aspect ratio. Its a fun film for me with always alot going on re plot wise.
Thanks, I dont mind VHS quality and occasional tracking lines but pixels really bother me… Ill give it a try though. Just watched Ringo and His Golden Pistol. Not sure what to make of it. Entertaining but not a top SW. Guess Id rate it 3/5.
Things do get pretty pixelly during action sequences. Always bound to happen though when 25 movies are compressed onto one disc.
Anyway, today’s viewing: I didn’t watch my Execution fandub yesterday so it’s forming a double-bill today, alongside George Hilton arseing about and Hunt Powers “monk”-ing it up in Halleluja for Django (Lucidi, 1967). Sing along, everyone!
(sings)
#Yessirreee, bang bang! Ah-ha, haa, bang bang! Yessirreee, bang bang! With a wagonload of gold, and all for meeeeeeeeeee!#
No? Okay then. ;D
[quote=“ENNIOO, post:11573, topic:141”]The Great Treasure Hunt.
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Me too!..thanks to the chap that uploaded it. Really like this spaghie, quite entertaining with an amusing Mark Damon and a lovely Rosalba Neri.
[size=12pt]A Man Called Horse - 1970 - Elliot Silverstein[/size]
[url]Photobucket | The safer way to store your photosFirst time for me, I was really curious about it, after recently revisited Jeremiah Johnson, waned to check another western based in Native American way of life
But while the last one is a modern film, A man called Horse feels like a classical western (or film) that took too much LSD, so in that aspect is quite an uneven film.
But only in that aspect, the thematic is quite interesting, clearly a late sixties films, portraying the life and culture of the Indians after years of being the bad guys on the screen. The clash of cultures is not the leit motiv of the film, but really to understand another culture their costumes and way of life.
There are some weakness for me like the obvious romantic bit of the plot, and the opportunity of Batise character, but apart from that I enjoyed the film, it eludes a more documentary kind of style, but with an intelligent and not that obvious anthropologic approach.
Harris is actually quite good (that sun ritual really looks painful), he was an actor with the tendency to dramatize his scenes, but that didn’t bother me, considering the film was almost an one man show. Liked the other actors, pity they didn’t use more real native actors to the main parts.
In the end a film that gave a strange feeling with that sixties thematic wrapped in a classic film, no doubt Elliot Silverstein was a classic director.
Enjoyable, too late to become a classic to me, but not late to go into my personal collection.
I’m becoming overwhelmed now. 
I watched Halleluja for Django but I still didn’t watch Execution, and I’m not going to get the opportunity to watch today’s spag, which was due to be (checks) Gun For 100 Graves (Lenzi, 1968). I can’t do three in one day tomorrow, I’ll have to try two double-bills over the weekend, incorporating those two movies plus Saturday’s scheduled movie Face to Face (Sollima, 1967) and Sunday’s movie Shoot the Living and Pray For the Dead (Vari, 1971).
It was quite good, Burt Reynolds gave good performance as Joe. Violent enough and plot while nothing remarkable to shout about got the job done, it did not drag one bit.
Nice train robbery scene, but surely snowplow would have pushed those logs aside from railroad. I would not have stopped with 500 000$ cargo 
Gun for a Hundred Graves meant well but it was all a bit of a debacle, really. I’ll say this for it: I was never bored, but I frequently found myself shouting self-righteously at the telly as the action unfolded. The actions of many of the characters often seemed distractingly dunderheaded to me. Ah well.
I didn’t do any yesterday so I’m still three behind. I can’t do all three today having already done Gun For a Hundred Graves this morning, but I can do one more today at least.
