The Last Western You Watched?

AvatarDK · November 7, 2007, 7:00am

Got it in a trade. DVDR / VHS transfer of course. If you are interested in doing some trading let me know.

AvatarDK · November 7, 2007, 7:26am

There’s a shared soundtrack cd from Beat Records with 11 tracks:

You can get it here:
http://www.beatrecords.it/search.aspx?id=11&lang=1&adv=false&txt=specialisti

and probably a lot of other places.

Bill_san_Antonio · November 7, 2007, 7:31am

[quote=“Silver, post:1499, topic:141”]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![/quote]Heh, I like the nudity scene in the end, it fits perfectly to films weirdness.

Just check our database:

Dunno where to buy it though, amazon maybe.

ok. AvatarDK was faster on the draw

alk0 · November 7, 2007, 11:21am

The Stranger Returns.
This one was great too just like the first one. Some great action, brilliant Cipriani score and more complex story than in the first one. But i have to admit that i can’t tell which one of those i like more. Now i have to get “The silent stranger”. Maybe someone has this one for trade?

ENNIOO · November 7, 2007, 11:34am

I prefer The Stranger Returns as I like the plot.

stanton · November 7, 2007, 12:36pm

I like also both Stranger films. The Silent Stranger is not as good, but also entertaining. But Get Mean, which is sort of the 4th Stranger film, is a real disaster.

Bluntwolf · November 7, 2007, 12:40pm

True, true !!!

scherpschutter · November 7, 2007, 2:27pm

[quote=“Silver, post:1499, topic:141”]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]

To the marxist Corbucci the hippies were parasites who did nothing for the revolution (in Corbucci’s point of view the student uprising of '68), that’s why they are portrayed here as utter trash; the town’s people, judge and executioner at the same time, and mainly worried about their money, are a metaphor for the bourgeoisie, the people hated by most leftist intellectuals of the sixties; the Mexicans refer to Corbucci’s own political westerns, set in Mexico: the former revolutionaries have become self-indulgent and self-obsessed (El Diablo has a clerk who is writing Diablo’s biography!), furthermore they’re completely off-track (they’re in the US) and have turned to brigandage.
The choice of Johnny Halliday is a further reference to the student uprising of '68: rockstar Halliday was (and still is, he’s alive and kicking!) a kind of french Elvis Presley and an idol of nearly all young frenchmen.

Gli Specialisti (plural in italian, the title most likely refers to the town’s people who acted, like I said, at the same time as judge and executioner when they hanged Hud’s brother - other readings are possible) is a very political film, off-beat, even a little depressing. Some people hate it because of this over-political background, others pretend the film can’t be valued without knowing all the details about this background. However, Shobary likes the film without (at least that’s my impression) being aware of all historical references.
Personally, I love it. It’s in my Top 20.

This might also answer some questions Cigar Joe raised on the film’s thread.
(Maybe it belongs there)

Silver · November 7, 2007, 3:26pm

[quote=“scherpschutter, post:1508, topic:141”]To the marxist Corbucci the hippies were parasites who did nothing for the revolution (in Corbucci’s point of view the student uprising of '68), that’s why they are portrayed here as utter trash; the town’s people, judge and executioner at the same time, and mainly worried about their money, are a metaphor for the bourgeoisie, the people hated by most leftist intellectuals of the sixties; the Mexicans refer to Corbucci’s own political westerns, set in Mexico: the former revolutionaries have become self-indulgent and self-obsessed (El Diablo has a clerk who is writing Diablo’s biography!), furthermore they’re completely off-track (they’re in the US) and have turned to brigandage.
The choice of Johnny Halliday is a further reference to the student uprising of '68: rockstar Halliday was (and still is, he’s alive and kicking!) a kind of french Elvis Presley and an idol of nearly all young frenchmen.

Gli Specialisti (plural in italian, the title most likely refers to the town’s people who acted, like I said, at the same time as judge and executioner when they hanged Hud’s brother - other readings are possible) is a very political film, off-beat, even a little depressing. Some people hate it because of this over-political background, others pretend the film can’t be valued without knowing all the details about this background. However, Shobary likes the film without (at least that’s my impression) being aware of all historical references.
Personally, I love it. It’s in my Top 20.

This might also answer some questions Cigar Joe raised on the film’s thread.
(Maybe it belongs there)[/quote]

Thanks! That clears up a few points on the film. (Oh btw i did realise the Italian title was in the plural but went on the French title which was Le Specialiste). To be honest, i am not that keen on political westerns. I will watch (and enjoy) them but prefer it if the point is not laboured. That said, i really did enjoy it, and thought Johnny Halliday played his rlole well. As to the film’s rather depressing air, well, i tend to prefer them that way!

I guess a lot of the time i don’t sound particularly enthusiastic about a lot of stuff, but that’s just me… :-\

Silver · November 7, 2007, 3:27pm

[quote=“AvatarDK, post:1502, topic:141”]There’s a shared soundtrack cd from Beat Records with 11 tracks:

You can get it here:
http://www.beatrecords.it/search.aspx?id=11&lang=1&adv=false&txt=specialisti

and probably a lot of other places.[/quote]

Thanks! I’ll look out for it. (And thanks Bill too!)

Silver · November 7, 2007, 3:34pm

Will do, thanks As to whether i have anything you’d actually want…

Silvanito · November 7, 2007, 5:29pm

Re: Gli Specialisti soundtrack

I have this CD and the main title tune is NOT included on the album!

I like this score too, and this is too bad, I was disappointed when I got it!

JONAH_HEX · November 7, 2007, 8:20pm

A TASTE OF DEATH-1968/merolle

stanton · November 7, 2007, 9:47pm

[quote=“scherpschutter, post:1508, topic:141”]To the marxist Corbucci the hippies were parasites who did nothing for the revolution (in Corbucci’s point of view the student uprising of '68), that’s why they are portrayed here as utter trash; the town’s people, judge and executioner at the same time, and mainly worried about their money, are a metaphor for the bourgeoisie, the people hated by most leftist intellectuals of the sixties; the Mexicans refer to Corbucci’s own political westerns, set in Mexico: the former revolutionaries have become self-indulgent and self-obsessed (El Diablo has a clerk who is writing Diablo’s biography!), furthermore they’re completely off-track (they’re in the US) and have turned to brigandage.
The choice of Johnny Halliday is a further reference to the student uprising of '68: rockstar Halliday was (and still is, he’s alive and kicking!) a kind of french Elvis Presley and an idol of nearly all young frenchmen.

Gli Specialisti (plural in italian, the title most likely refers to the town’s people who acted, like I said, at the same time as judge and executioner when they hanged Hud’s brother - other readings are possible) is a very political film, off-beat, even a little depressing. Some people hate it because of this over-political background, others pretend the film can’t be valued without knowing all the details about this background. However, Shobary likes the film without (at least that’s my impression) being aware of all historical references.
Personally, I love it. It’s in my Top 20.

This might also answer some questions Cigar Joe raised on the film’s thread.
(Maybe it belongs there)[/quote]

Yes, it belongs there. Please transfer it to this thread.

alk0 · November 8, 2007, 11:44am

Texas adios.
Very good movie, with cool Nero perfomance. Music left me with mixed feelings some tunes were great and some pretty standard american-like music. And i thought the main song was rather terrbile [‘texas goodbye you made me cry’, lol ] and along with ridiculous shootout in the credit sequence [2 guys running back and forth in the city and missing only a little bit all the time for about 3 minutes] it made rather terrible first impression. But it only went better from there. Good action, interesting plot [with a hint of what Baldi will do in “Forgotten pistolero”]. Definitely must-see for SW fans and worth seeing for everyone.

Bluntwolf · November 8, 2007, 1:26pm

Well, the movie wasn’t entirely boring but far from exiting !!! German dub. is hard to take at times (typical Brandt) !!!

Jose Bodalo as El Primero is a blast !!! Even better his mother: Looks like Adolfo Celi dressed up as a woman !!! When the bandits have a party 'cause of the stolen gold, the mother reminds me of Jabba the Hutt in the great Rankor scene !!! ;D

For fans worth a watch, others probably would be dissappointed !!!

alk0 · November 9, 2007, 10:08am

Sabata.
Now that was hell of a fun movie. Great Van Cleef being totally badass, incredible action, nice plot, nice tongue in cheek atmosphere and perfect score.

Bill_san_Antonio · November 9, 2007, 10:36am

Valerii: Taste of Killing[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Per_il_gusto_di_uccidere[/url] (dvd)
-first 25 minutes are quite good but after Fernando Sancho is killed off the film just gets too boring. Valerii’s worst film in my opinion.

Bluntwolf · November 9, 2007, 3:41pm

tv version
great Fernando Sancho
nice, little B-Western
quite hard at times

alk0 · November 10, 2007, 12:51pm

The last outlaw. [with Mickey Rourke and Steve Buscemi]
Quite an ok gritty western. Very violent, i don’t think i’ve ever seen such a violent TV western. I draws heavily from The wild bunch and The hunting party but it’s a good movie.