hmmm, guess Iāll have to rewatch it. I do remember him being very upset about Sebastianās death and also choosing to go completely butt naked when Sergei and Paco send him on his merry way. But I also remember him being surrounded by those ātwo ladiesā at the beginning which he used as his queens in the card game.
I hope Koch keeps the english audio or I donāt think Iāll be upgrading unless they do find a longer version which I doubt exists.
Homosexuality in SWs seems to be topic in a couple of threads these days. Maybe it would make a thread itselfā¦
I like that one ;D
I showed a bunch of friends the duel on Youtube during a random Youtube session and it was weird the division of enjoymentā¦The youngest of my friends found it awesome another was unimpressed and it went alot like that with everyone else. But everyone loved the music. Morricones music has a pretty much universal love like the Beatles.
I actually saw Companeros first but as Iām watching Iām asking myself which I like better. The score & the duel with curly put it over the top for me. The blood from the flower was one of the best duel moments ever. This was one of the last on the sw top 20 for me to see but worth the wait. Tony Musante was great in this movie & I donāy think Millian would have done a better job. As for Pallanceās curly being gay, he did have a perm & the fact that he was surrounded by beautiful women shouldnāt mean heās not gay. He could be overcompensating.
The majority of male fashion designers are gay and they spend most of their lives surrounded by beautiful womenā¦
This was one of the first SWs I can remember seeing and itās never let me down; each time I revisit it, the entertainment and the intensity strikes me anew. Itās uneven like most of Corbucciās films (and like 99% of SWs), but remains a firm favourite.
This is repeated by Alex Cox in ā10,000 Ways to Dieā who specifically cites Marco Giusti as stating this scene to have originally been included.
This is one of my favorites by Sergio. Nero is great and Palance is as well. I also like Musante in the peasant turned revolutionary.
I too saw Companeros first but this one is better (I am not a huge Milian fan). The music is far superior even though Morricone did both soundtracks and I like Neroās and Palanceās characters in this one a lot more.
I just finished watching this and itās the best SW Iāve seen in quite some timeā¦makes my personal top 15 for sure. Itās my second favourite Corbucci (first is Il Grande Silenzio) and, I would say, edges out Companeros.
Fantastic score, excellent cast, very few flaws in this one.
Glad you liked it.
Did you already make a top 20? It was a bit calm at the voting front the last months.
[quote=āPacificador, post:128, topic:177ā]I just finished watching this and itās the best SW Iāve seen in quite some timeā¦makes my personal top 15 for sure. Itās my second favourite Corbucci (first is Il Grande Silenzio) and, I would say, edges out Companeros.
Fantastic score, excellent cast, very few flaws in this one.[/quote]
Couldnāt agree more, almost makes up for your flawed opinion of BLOOD AT SUNDOWN. ;D
Iāll wait to rewatch it ntil the KOCH release arrives. This will be the best way to enjoy it once more.
ha ha ! heyoā¦ ;D
Call me crazy but I didnāt like it that much. Sure, great music, actors, settings, directing, everything but it didnāt work for me. It doesnāt have this revolutionary mood of Companeros.
Blasphemer!
mabye iāll finally get to see this film with this Koch release coming upā¦exicted! seen most corbuccis but for some reason i could never find this fucking movie
[quote=āSilence, post:133, topic:177ā]Call me crazy but I didnāt like it that much. Sure, great music, actors, settings, directing, everything but it didnāt work for me. It doesnāt have this revolutionary mood of Companeros.[/quote]same here, itās a great movie but somehow I never got that into it. Iād easily give it 4/5 stars but itās not a personal favorite.
For now, Iām agreeing with silence. It had great potential and a welcome large budget but I found it a bit disjointed. However, the cheap direct source US DVD I first saw it on (and paid a $200 deposit to my vid store as itās apparently out oā print) could be to blame for this as it was fullscreen (I think) and possibly cut. Either way, I still canāt put it high on my rewatch pile.
OKā¦you are crazy! 
I like COMPANEROS, but nowhere near as much as I like THE MERCENARY.
I am completely opposite of Bill san Antonioās view of these two films.
THE MERCENARY is in my Top 3 or 4 among SWāsā¦whereas COMPANEROS is just barely in my Top 25.
bought a bootleg copy of the japanese disc off ebay a long time ago, one of the first spaghettis I boughtā¦ have loved it ever since.
its long overdue for a rewatch, but waiting for the Koch release
[quote=āChris_Casey, post:138, topic:177ā]OKā¦you are crazy! 
I like COMPANEROS, but nowhere near as much as I like THE MERCENARY.
I am completely opposite of Bill san Antonioās view of these two films.
THE MERCENARY is in my Top 3 or 4 among SWāsā¦whereas COMPANEROS is just barely in my Top 25.[/quote]
Could this be down to the āMilian Factorā for you Chris?