John the Bastard 6,5/10
Four of the Apocalypse 7,5/10
Would you be so kind to tell something about it.
just watched THERE’S A NOOSE WAITING FOR YOU TRINITY!, i didn’t want to watch it straight after CLINT THE NEVADA’S LONER because of the similarities so i gave it a couple of weeks
“Johnny Guitar” (1954)
-Joan Crawford
Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. When four men hold up a stagecoach and kill a man, the town officials, led by Emma Small, come to the saloon to grab four of Vienna’s friends, the Dancin’ Kid and his men. Vienna stands strong against them, and is aided by the presence of an old acquaintance of hers, Johnny Guitar, who is not what he seems.
Interesting little movie. Nothing great but interesting
I just watched the Koch Media release of YANKEE–and was very pleased with it!
The film itself is one of my personal favorites, but the surreal nature of it might put some viewers off.
There is some fantastic camera-work at play here and the performances are quite good, as well.
I had only seen this film in a Spanish language, full-screen, version for many years; so, it was nice to see it in its original Italian with nicely done English subtitles!
Once again, Koch Media have done a wonderful job!
Il Mercenario. One of Corbucci’s best.
“Blazing Saddles”
one of the funniest movies ever made
“Texas Across The River” (1966)
-Dean Martin
A Spanish nobleman gets mixed up with cowboys and Indians in this offbeat western comedy.
After Don Andrea accidentally kills his bride-to-be’s ex-lover, he goes on the lam to avoid capture. He heads off to Texas, where his beautiful Southern belle fiancée, Phoebe, says she will meet him.
However, along the way, Andrea teams up with Texan Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick Kronk, who are running guns through hostile Comanche territory and need a skilled rifleman. Although Andrea’s gun skills are sharp, his lack of experience in this hostile environment leads to hilarious results.
Romantic complications develop when Phoebe catches up with Andrea but falls for Sam. Making the situation even more chaotic, Andrea becomes attracted to a young Indian woman.
THE STRANGER AND THE GUNFIGHTER not as bad as I remembered. No classic Spaghetti western, just a kick back and have fun film, with plenty of clever dialogue and of course and older LVC still doing his thing.
The Stranger and the Gunfighter is the best east meets west spaghetti western I’ve seen. And pretty funny too which is rare even among the comedies in the genre 
Watched Death Walks In Laredo aka Tre pistole contro Cesare last night. An interesting outing that is actually also pretty funny even though it aint a ‘comedy’-comedy (you get the meaning). All in all it’s pretty ridiculous though, the bad guy is going by the name of Julius Caesar Fuller a name which he tries to live up to. Entertaining througout. Recommended.
Adios Sabata.
Had never got around to this one before. It was alright. Nothing special, except a great theme tune from Nicolai and an outrageously camp costume worn by Yul Brynner.
Good fun.
“Maverick” (1994)
-Mel Gibson. Jodie Foster. James Garner
Bret Maverick, needing money for a winner take all poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief and a Marshal who’s not quite what he seems.
In my opinion this is one of the best movie adaptations of a TV series ever made. Good action and humor and it keeps to the spirit of the series.
[quote=“Phantom Stranger, post:1492, topic:141”]“Maverick” (1994)
-Mel Gibson. Jodie Foster. James Garner
Bret Maverick, needing money for a winner take all poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief and a Marshal who’s not quite what he seems.
In my opinion this is one of the best movie adaptations of a TV series ever made. Good action and humor and it keeps to the spirit of the series.[/quote]
Nice to see Garner was used in the film.
[quote=“Chris_Casey, post:1485, topic:141”]I just watched the Koch Media release of YANKEE–and was very pleased with it!
The film itself is one of my personal favorites, but the surreal nature of it might put some viewers off.
There is some fantastic camera-work at play here and the performances are quite good, as well.
I had only seen this film in a Spanish language, full-screen, version for many years; so, it was nice to see it in its original Italian with nicely done English subtitles!
Once again, Koch Media have done a wonderful job![/quote]
I agree with most of this - I was extremely excited to get my copy from Germany, but overall I was disappointed after watching it. Maybe I expected too much.
Without giving away too many spoilers, I’ll explain why. The story never developed the best visual and thought-provoking aspects contained within it. There seemed to be a circular motif linked to death running thru … the floor of the Great Concho’s and Rosita; the ring of fire and the scorpion/our hero. There was sun flare and a gold coin and Concho’s neck jewellery at various times to link to shootings and I have to agree about the fantastic camera work at times. The film certainly looked good. But there were silly mistakes - the cutting between fuse-powder around the wheel and our hero had varying different positions, and I counted at least 9 shots (from our hero) before he’s told that he only has one left???. (Maybe I need to watch that bit again). That ‘game-playing’ ending made little sense as well. BUT!.. somehow (because it is, after all, an ideosyncratic s.w.) I still really enjoyed it thru the disappointment - it just seemed to promise more.Example - There’s a character named Philosopher (Scherpschutter - one for you) but he’s only credited with one piece of esoteric nonsense …and I wanted more).
There’s a nod to Leone and FAFDM with the chair trick and - is it possible that Leone got his ‘hanging’ idea for OUATITW from this film - there’s even a bell ringing at the time?
Now - I watched this film last night, but it’s not really the last film I watched but it was responsible for me watching ‘One after Another’ this morning - for some reason ‘Yankee’ put me in mind of it. There is a bit in Y where it is said that he will get them one after another or one by one … or summat like that. Anyway I found this (despite Weisser’s slammin’ of it) the more rewarding film, and after a cup of coffee I’m gonna say why.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS. Firstly - I gotta say altho’ they’re not altogether similar, there are points of contact that show why I prefer ‘One …’ over the other. Both of these film’s have pretty strange ‘strangers’ … which is good, and Phillippe Leroy plays a pretty weird fish as Yankee and probably does a better job than Richard Harrison as ‘The Milky-Bar Kid with gritted teeth’. But the ‘One …’ story is better on all other counts. Better story - more twists and turns, double-crosses on all sides. Better women - Pamela Tudor does a great main squeeze but the Mexican gals have greater characterisation and facets than Mirella Martin has in Yankee. And that puts me in mind of the ‘women in the bath’ scene that both films have!!! Both pretty damn good, but ‘One …’ wins on a bit of nudity (see appropriate ‘Nudity…’ thread, to find out how much, which needs to be revived on the back of this). Massacres - both have them, but Yankee’s is too predictable and down to the ‘dirty mexicans’, the other’s is painted in blood but also in the spaghetti western ‘shades of grey’ we sort of expect, and in, and despite this, it still remains much more (genuinely) shocking. When both ‘strangers’ do go after their quarry ‘one by one’ Yankee disappoints by comparison. Both ‘strangers’ are caught and tortured (as we’d expect) and in this, Yankee had the best moves and ideas but seriously copped out. Just too easy!
Both films have an undertaker and altho’ Yankee goes for a combined undertaker/barber and plays it well - ‘One …’ has the cliched old nutter that we’ve come to love and with this it does’t disappoint. When we do get the cliches (and ‘One…’ has more - but they are well done) they make up for the possible lack of innovation - that Yankee has more of. So it’s back to that old chestnut again ( we had a bit of a conversation along these lines, Scherpschutter) - Well done cliches in a well crafted twisting storyline beat Innovation poorly executed. At least, in my humble opinion, I reckon it to be the case.
Any other views on these films?
Reverend, you should make such detailed reflections about SWs in a thread about these films, which would also be the appropriate place to start a discussion.
Otherwise your statements are buried in this “Last Western” thread, which would be a shame.
If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death.
I decided to give it a go, even if i had some trouble with guys who sold me copy of it [more in 'i just bought topic]. I liked the movie. Gianni Garko was the best thing about it and all-star supporting cast helped it a lot too. I thought the plot was rather messy and the score was nothing special. All in all it was a very good action packed SW.
A Stranger in Town.
I thought it was absolutely hillarios, fun movie. Much better than it’s opinion. Totally minimalistic, but i think it’s a big plus as it adds to the enjoyment. Tony Anthony guves nice tongue-in-cheek performance and Frank Wolff is great as a villain. Lots of great action and superb atmosphere. Maybe even an top20 movie for me? ;d i will have to think it over and make up my mind after watching “The stranger returns” which is even better as i have heard.
Watched The Specialist earlier this afternoon. It was French audio only but pretty easy to follow. Overall i enjoyed it; Johnny Halliday was ok, the scenery was fantastic… Thought the “hippies” were a bit pointless and certainly could have done without the mass nudity at the end!
Anyone know if the OST has been released on cd, and if so, where to get it?
[quote=“AvatarDK, post:1490, topic:141”]The Stranger and the Gunfighter is the best east meets west spaghetti western I’ve seen. And pretty funny too which is rare even among the comedies in the genre
Watched Death Walks In Laredo aka Tre pistole contro Cesare last night. An interesting outing that is actually also pretty funny even though it aint a ‘comedy’-comedy (you get the meaning). All in all it’s pretty ridiculous though, the bad guy is going by the name of Julius Caesar Fuller a name which he tries to live up to. Entertaining througout. Recommended.[/quote]
Just out of curiosity (as i’s one i’ve wanted to see for some time), where did you get Death Walks In Laredo?