[quote=“Phil H, post:1140, topic:372”]If you like this sort of stuff Scherps I can recommend the Alatriste books by Arturo Perez-Reverte. There’s a ton of them in the original spanish but so far only about three have made it into english translation, all of which I’ve read and thoroughly enjoyed. Capitan Alatriste is a veteran of the wars in Flanders which should give you some local interest at least and the stories interweave real and fictional characters from the spanish golden age with lots of swash buckling sword play for good measure.
They made a film adapted from the books recently with Vigo Mortensen which didn’t make it to screens in the UK so can’t say what it was like but the books are entertaining for sure.[/quote]
I’ve seen the film, it was a major dissapointment
I guess they tried to compres too much material in two hours film, since it was very episodic and the storyline often jumpy
There were some good action scenes tho’, and one line spoken in Dutch (during the siege of Breda)
I’ll look for a translation next time I’m in Brussels (there’s a large English bookshop)
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:1141, topic:372”]I’ve seen the film, it was a major dissapointment
I guess they tried to compres too much material in two hours film, since it was very episodic and the storyline often jumpy
There were some good action scenes tho’, and one line spoken in Dutch (during the siege of Breda)
I’ll look for a translation next time I’m in Brussels (there’s a large English bookshop)[/quote]
My understanding is the film condensed two books into one which is never a good idea. Keep your eye out for the books though. You might find they have already been translated into Dutch. It wouldn’t surprise me.
Underrated film starring that man from the 70’s Mr.Elliott Gould.
Christopher Plummer has an excellent opportunity to play a sadistic ‘bad’ guy, and does a great job.
Susannah York always stars and looks great.
Best moment for me in the film is when Plummer is robbing the bank for the first time dressed as Farther Christmas and goes up to bank clerk Gould, and says ‘Give me the Money Fucker’.
A film I will have to try and watch at Christmas next…just to get in the Christmas spirit of course ;D.
Watched Scanners few days ago. Definitely a great movie that should be remebered not only for the famous exploding head scene. Michael Ironside is an essence of the pure evil in this one.
Charleston starring Bud Spencer, James Coco and Herbert Lom. Nice comedy with Spencer as the con-man Charleston trying to con a couple of other swindlers in a boat sale. Fun and definitely recommended.
Duccio Tessari’s Bastard with Gemma, Kinski and Rita Hayworth. Good film as you’d expect with such a cast but my version was only 67 minutes long and imdb has 102 mins running time for this. So I probably saw only half of the whole thing??
It’s psychedelic, there are hippies in it, but sadly it’s by no stretch of the imagination a spaghetti western, so it belong here, not in that orher thread
I’d seen it in cinema when it was first released in '79 and wasn’t very fond of it then
It was made at least 10 years too late and looked very dated for that reason
But now, nearly thirty years later, if anything it seems an advantage that the sixties were recreated artificially in the late seventies. Forman has toned down the typical sixties optimism by ironizing the anti-bourgeois mentality a little, all to the advantage of the film’s expressiveness. In fact it seems to have gained in significance: it’s not too difficult to draw some parallels with Americas contemporary foreign policy and the way the country treats its own sons.
Apart from all this, the film is a feast for both eye and ear
And don’t miss those Beverly d’Angelo topless scenes !
Teddy Page: Fireback with Richard Harrison. This is one of the worst films I’ve seen, so bad that it’s actually very funny to watch. Script is so weak that it’s like written by 12-old kid who has just seen Rambo and some Bond films. Harrison looks like he’s bored to act in such a poor film.
[quote=“Lindberg, post:1149, topic:372”]Wasn’t Hair a stageplay/ musical at first?
What about doing the reverse and set up a SW on the stage? :D[/quote]
It was
A SW on stage?
Why not.
It wouldn’t even surprise me if somebody, somewhere, some time already did or will do it
I could imagine (although I’m not certain if I’d like to see it) a musical stage version of The Good, the bad and the ugly: the strong music is there, the strong characters are there, and it would’t even be too difficult to recreate (or at least suggest) the landscape
I saw The Eagles some eight or ten years ago in Gent (Belgium): they managed to recreate a desert landscape and a western town with some cardboard cacti, the sound of a howling wind and musical craftsmanship
Desperado …
A dramatized version of the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, seen through the eyes of his wife
It was not the first film of this director that was a dissapointment to me
The guy tries so hard to be meaningful with his movies, that you feel a bit sorry for him the result is so poor
But while The road to Guantanamo still was worth a quick look, this misfire is a complete waste of time
We all know what happened to Pearl, but Winterbottom manages to make us completely insensible to his ordeal, which is quite an effort
And no, it was not a good idea to cast Angelina Jolie as Pearl’s French wife …
[quote=“Lindberg, post:1152, topic:372”]Some scenes of GBU or some other SW would probably be perfect to recreate on an outdoor arena.
It would be like an opera, and since the films are at times very operatic in style this would work very well.
But many other details of the films would be totally lost in a stage version for sure.
Anybody from Germany seen the Karl May festspiele? How are they set up?[/quote]
the karl may festspiele was what i was thinking about just as i read your posts. I have been there once only and don´t remember too much. But they have a huge arena with some separated areas(just by a wall or something) to do different scenes. But it was quite impressive and a bit like those stunt shows you see in disneyworld etc.
but to do the key scenes of GBU might be possible as most of the important stuff happens outside(the beating up of tuco could also be done outside). http://www.karl-may-spiele.de/frontend/bildergalerie.php
for some pictures
Half-watched two recently as I’m transferring my vids to dvd. Both starring George Hilton but neither are spaghettis.
Holy God, Here comes the Passatore - half watched it cos I was getting on with some work, and because it’s a lightweight comedy romp :P. Watched the bits with the scantily clad women and quite got into the very well choreographed fights as well. Wouldn’t have stood for this Trinity style nonsense in a spaghetti, but it was …ok-ish.
Secondly, just put what remains (the last hour) of Desert Battle on disc so I can throw away the knackered tape.
Half watched it cos a chunk at the beginning is missing and I’d seen it before - a good movie - as I’ve said before. Frank Wolff marvellously deranged(?) as a bloke that hates officers (Hilton) more than the Germans.
[quote=“Reverend Danite, post:1155, topic:372”]Secondly, just put what remains (the last hour) of Desert Battle on disc so I can throw away the knackered tape.
Half watched it cos a chunk at the beginning is missing and I’d seen it before - a good movie - as I’ve said before. Frank Wolff marvellously deranged(?) as a bloke that hates officers (Hilton) more than the Germans.[/quote]
I haven’t been able to trace a copy of this one
Last time we were discussing it, I mentioned another spaghetti war movie, La battaglia di El Alamein;
I traced a German DVD, but it has only German audio and it’s said to be of afwul quality (both video & audio) so i didn’t order it
But the El Alamein incident was filmed again in 2002 by Enzo Monteleone; apparently it’s not a remake of the '60s production, but it’s quite good. It’s not that spectacular, instead it concentrates more on character and story:
You might have to click here and there to start it up
(I usually keep clicking till it works or crashes completely)
Last nights genre another giallo flicked across the screen: The Black Belly of the Tarantula aka La Tarantola dal ventre nero. Let me say this one of the better gialli I’ve watched. Giancarlo Giannini plays the inspector that must solve the murders where women are paralyzed when the murderer inserts a needle in their neck and subsequently slaughters them. Giannini is excellent as the tired inspector that doesn’t think he’s fit for the job and perhaps feels a little bit by the murder victims caught in arrested development in a relationship with his wife where he doesn’t have much to say. Excellent performance.
Highly recommended movie eventhough the final explanation of the murders is a bit far-fetched, but isn’t that nearly always the case…
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:1135, topic:372”]Just finished watching a Swedish-Finnish movie i recorded earlier today (and I hope I get this right):
Elina - som om jag inte fanns / Elina - as if I wasn’t there (2002, Klaus Härö)
A small (only 75 mns), tender movie about a young girl who, after being recovered from tuberculosis, feels distant from the world around her. The only ‘person’ she can really talk to, is her deceased father, who spoke finnish with her, a language she (and some other finnish speaking children in her class) is not allowed to speak in school.
Even with this short running time it’s a movie that takes its time, but it’s very rewarding for those who stay with it
Those Swedes are better than anybody else in making this kind of movies …
Recommended[/quote]
Watched this the other day, hadn’t seen it before, a very beautiful little film
