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3402

Always surprised to see Tepepa sitting so high at 21. Always thought that one was just ok and most of the other big Zapatas are miles better.

3403

Just one little correction : the director of “For a book of Dollars” is Mario Bianchi not Renzo Girolami. It’s a Mistake caused by a missinterpretation of one of his pseudonyms. Girolami has nothing to do with this flick.

3404

Yes, I prefer Il mercenario, Companeros, Giu la testa and Quien sabe?, which are all one or two steps ahead. But then, these are also all higher in the top 20. But obviously Tepepa is a steady climber in the list, the 4 films behind Tepepa are very close though, and it was only in the last days that Tepea came back to # 21.

In the uncut version Tepepa is a good film. Some flaws still there, but the positive stuff dominates.

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3405

Ahh, ok, but are you sure?

The database and the Bruckner book both feature Girolami as director. Kessler’s book also.

Is this a newer information?

3406

the original credits named “Renzo Spaziani”. Just one pseudonym for Mario Bianchi. But the most databases makes the mistake to name Girolami.

in the hurry, I only found this information proofed on : Italo-Cinema.de

3407

the original credits named “Renzo Spaziani”. Just one pseudonym for Mario Bianchi. But the most databases makes the mistake to name Girolami.

in the hurry, I only found this information proofed on : Italo-Cinema.de

and the german DVD mentioned Bianchi as director

3408

All sources I checked name Girolami, and if you check IMDB it seems Girolami used this Renzo Spaziani pseudonym more often for his credits as assistant director.

Well, the one miserable point for this film will be gone anyway when 1 or 2 new lists are posted, which solves the problem for the top 20 list in a charming manner …
How’s with a top 20 from you?

But it should be checked at first for the database entry.

3409

I think the Problem is that both directors used the same pseudonym, but Girolami only as a assistant director.

3410

Im working on my top 20 and hope to release it soon.

3411

Great …

And this Spaziani problem needs some further research for the database.

On IMDB no Bianchi credits are linked with that pseudonym, only Girolami.

Bruckner credits the film to Girolami, but in the pseudonym section of his book it is an alias for Bianchi.

3412

difficult to clear this question. but maybe we will find another hint.

3413

I got it ! Bianchi should be the director but in the end Girolami take over.

https://www.davinotti.com/film/piu-forte-sorelle/8169

This interview with Bianchi shines a little light on it.

3414

That makes sense.

3415

I’m more puzzled by the fact that someone actually voted for that piece of crap :smiley:
Anyway, all this could be transfered to it’s own topic.

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3416
  1. Once upon a time in the west
  2. The good, the bad and the ugly
  3. For a few dollars more
  4. Il grande silencio
  5. Django
  6. A fist full of Dollars
  7. Il Mercenario
  8. Cemetery without crosses
  9. Duck you sucker
  10. The big gun down
  11. Face to face
  12. Se sei vivo spara
  13. Death rides a horse
  14. Days of Anger
  15. Blindman
  16. My name is Nobody
  17. Companeros
  18. They call me trinity
  19. Bandidos
  20. Trinity is still my name

Very hard for me to decide a top twenty. I love much more flicks in this genre, but would should I do ?

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3417

Movies that didn’t make my top twenty but really have to

  • A bullet for the general
  • El puro
  • Death sentenced
  • the bounty killer
  • run man run
  • Matalo
  • A stranger in town
  • the grand duel
  • a pistol for Ringo
  • Providenza (both of them)
    and so on :wink:
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3418

Your SW Top list is probably one of few that have so many (75 %) from my own current SW Top 81. I started actively 2018 and was almost finished around 2022/2023 and only minor additions since then.

3419

My top 20 spaghetti westerns

  1. For A Few Dollars More
  2. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
  3. A Fistful Of Dollars
  4. Bandidos
  5. Vengeance Is Mine
  6. The Great Silence
  7. Texas, Adios
  8. Django
  9. A Bullet for The General
  10. If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death
  11. I am Sartana Your Angel of Death
  12. And God Said to Cain
  13. Day of Anger
  14. The Big Gundown
  15. Return of Sabata
  16. Cemetery Without Crosses
  17. Once Upon A Time in The West
  18. Sabata
  19. The Mercenary
  20. Massacre Time
  • I have not seen Keoma, Companeros, Face to Face, Death Rides A Horse, Run Man Run, Matalo plus a few more
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3420

Then you have a lot of interesting stuff to explore …

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3421

shame on me. I forgot to rank Keoma in m top 20. I hope the great God of SW will forgive me. :wink: