superb!
One of Corbucci’s best
Preparati la bara! - I actually liked it better the second time. Still not a masterpiece, but it’s pretty entertaining. Hill is good, as well as Eastman and Frank. Nice music too.
[quote=“Bill san Antonio, post:1518, topic:141”]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.[/quote]
Just watched it tonight…I don’t know if I would say it gets boring, but it would have been nice to see more between the hero and villain - they really didn’t come together until the end.
You saw how coldhearted Lanky Fellow was at the end when he was smiling and jaunty despite the fact that he just widowed a woman and killed the boy’s father, looked at them and rode off.
Man Called Noon… Nothing special. Very American but with a couple of spaghetti faces (e.g. a small part for Aldo Sanbrell) … Not really recommended but okay I guess.
[quote=“AvatarDK, post:1564, topic:141”]Man Called Noon… Nothing special. Very American but with a couple of spaghetti faces (e.g. a small part for Aldo Sanbrell) … Not really recommended but okay I guess.[/quote]No, it’s a CLASSIC with rating of 18 out 20. LOL!
I didn’t really like it. Slapping doors, dust raised by the wind, more slapping doors, more dust etc. Some shades of JOHNNY GUITAR too. The story was taken, so they say, from a novel by Louis L’Amour (never read it), but reminded me of THE BOURNE IDENTITY, especially the book. Anybody had the same experience? And if there really are similarities, did Ludlum imitate l’Amours novel or did he see this film?
MAN CALLED NOON 1973 Richard Crenna Rosanna Schiaffino Stephen Boyd
This is a CLASSIC western shot in a SW style with outstanding leading performances
from Stalwart Richard Crenna , Rosanna Schiaffino and Farley Granger.
Based on a novel from prolific leading western writer Louis L’Amour the
plot concerns a wandering gunman called Noon and his adventures.
RATING of 18 out of 20 is correct and when you analyse this cult film you need to
discuss the excellent mysterious plot, the director Peter Collinson , music
and the Top notch cast of Crenna, Schiaffino, Boyd not scenery or doors.
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Lol 
??? It is BETTER than that much praised “Great Silence” 68 which is ruined
by a stiffish, dour Jean Louis Trintignant (never a Sw “actor” or good actor anyway).
Ruthless Four, where everyone is concerned about the gold…
Klaus Kinski is on full sinister mode and with a nice gritty performance by Van Heflin.
[quote=“ENNIOO, post:1568, topic:141”]Ruthless Four, where everyone is concerned about the gold…
Klaus Kinski is on full sinister mode and with a nice gritty performance by Van Heflin.[/quote]
I saw this one on German television a few years ago under the title DAS GOLD VON SAM COOPER.
Good spaghetti western with a great Kinsky at his most sinister.
Endearing surrogate father/surrogate son relationship between Heflin and Hilton, rare in SWs.
A little known spagh (italian title OGNUNO PER SE’) that deserves more attention.
Yes, this was the title that came up on the version I watched.
I think it must be fan project as dubbed into english, with a sprinkling of english subs here and there.
“Pale Rider” (1985)
-Clint Eastwood
Story of a mysterious Preacher who protects a small group of miners from a larger mining company trying to take their claims.
I like this movie. I know the plot is taken from “Shane” and it’s yet another Clint Eastwood spooky gunslinger, but I’ve always enjoyed this film. Not very original but lots of fun to watch.
A TOWN CALLED BASTARD, and have not watched a western for a while where most of the characters look so dirty and sweaty looking.
An intense performance by Robert Shaw which adds to the atmosphere of the film, but just as Telly Savalas is getting into his role…he gets killed ( but he tends to die in most westerns he starred in the 70’s).
Enjoyed the film as not seen for a while.
[quote=“ENNIOO, post:1572, topic:141”]A TOWN CALLED BASTARD, and have not watched a western for a while where most of the characters look so dirty and sweaty looking.
An intense performance by Robert Shaw which adds to the atmosphere of the film, but just as Telly Savalas is getting into his role…he gets killed ( but he tends to die in most westerns he starred in the 70’s).
Enjoyed the film as not seen for a while.[/quote]
I too watched this recently and I have this as one of my favourites - maybe cos I think it was one of the first I saw. The hearse and Stella are great, and it’s hard to believe that the ‘mute’ assassin driver is none other than Lovejoy’s (Ian McShane) sidekick (Dudley Sutton as Tinker).
Savalas’ death does come as a bit of a surprise tho.(Unless you’ve read our spoilers 
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The Hearse and Stella like you say are great !
The mute assassin… I knew I recognised him but could just not place him…so thanks for the info.
I forgot Al Lettieri was in the film, who I really enjoy in The Getaway and Mr Majestyk.
Rewatched Tombstone. As i’ve already said it’s one of my fave westerns, a great movie.
“War Paint” (1953)
-Robert Stack, Peter Graves
Lieut. Billings and his army patrol are ordered to deliver a new peace treaty to the Indian Commissioner, who is missing. They have nine days to get the treaty to Chief Gray Cloud or there will be war. Chief’s son Taslik offers to guide them. But as their water runs low and conflicts escalate, they can’t help wondering why Taslik is wearing war paint.
Average western adventure, with all the crossing the desert cliches.
THE LONG RIDERS
With Brad Pitt still on his way to where I live, it seemed a good idea to me to rewatch this Walter Hill movie.
Called a revisionist western by many critics at the time, the film is surprisingly traditional in emphasizing the importance of family life. The original angle is, of course, that we’re not looking at the Fordian family of righteous men threatened by renegade indians or degenerated bandits, but at families with a criminal background threatened by lawmen with a one-track mind.
A post-Wild Bunch western if ever there was one, Hill manages to make the consequences of a violent life palpable.
While also famous for the casting of real-life brothers Carridine, Keach, Quaid and Guest, in retrospect this casting almost seems the film’s major flaw: James Keach is Buster Keaton’s spitting image and David Carradine does what he does best: impersonating David Carradine.
KID VENGEANCE 1977 An all time western masterpiece.
One of THE BEST stories ever captured on celluloid, in which a young boy gets his revenge. Truelu gut wrenching and heart warming at the same time. The finale is great ----probably THE SUPERBEST EVER filmed---- amateurs like Scorsese: PAY ATTENTION, this is how to make MOVIES!!!
LEIF GARRET The best singer of all time, with billions of fans in Germany.
LEE VAN CLEEF The best actor of all time, almost as good as ANTHONY STEFFEN. RIP :’( :’( :’(
JIM BROWN The greatest football player of the universe.
My score for KID VENGEANCE 1977 is 17.5 out of 20.
>:( ??? : :-X
Those who don’t agree are stupid and don’t know anything : You need to STUDY!!!
You forgot to add: ‘this is much BETTER film than overpraised “The great silence” 68 ruined by stiff Jean Louis Trintignant who is a terrible actor.’
As the guys in the guiness commercials say"BRILLIANT!" ;D