[quote=ākorano, post:20, topic:779ā]Probably the most sylish spaghetti iāve seen.
I have a question for someone who is good at catching smybolism in spaghettis. At the end where we see Leroy riding off with th bag of gold, there is a long shot of Leroy holding the gold which also focuses on Leroyās crotch. Is it posible that Brass is making some sort of symoblic gesture with this shot of Leroyās gold and crotch. It makes me uncomfortable noticing this but Tinto Brass has a history with sex and nudity.[/quote]
I saw the film some twenty years ago, and I remember there were a lot of hints at homosexuality, like in a lot of other spaghettis by the way. Donāt remember this scene, but its symbolism seems more than obvious.
Got the FrancoCleef versionā¦ watched it last night. It surely wasnāt as atmospheric/surreal as I expected from reading everything, but thatās not to say it wasnāt a good movie. It definitely is pretty decent and a good watch (although the scene in the āghostownā was a little long and drawn out.) It did seem to have a lot of semi-original ideas compared to many other SWs, which is always a plus.
It seemed to me, that the 60ās obviously had a big influence on this filmās look and style. Sort of a retro look. In other words, I wouldnāt be surprised if I travelled back into the 60ās and saw some of those guys dancing in a club.
The filmās style is very suave and clean without any real dirt in it. But itās a good thing here. I have made the claim before that this is the most stylistic Spaghetti there is! Not that Iāve seen but there is. The camera use is great and creates some kind of psuedo surrelistic feel. While were are still very much still grounded in reality. Brass does some very very cool things here that make the film unique in its use of color to portray feeling or atmosphere. When the woman goes to kiss Leroy, the light goes red. At least to us as I donāt think in the west everytime someone got kissed, the lights go red. But it is very cool here. And after the massacre, when the sherif and many others are dead, the sky is red with the blood of the murdered innocents.
I really wish the producers would have let Brass finish editing this film the way he wanted. It would have been very cool.
I did appreciate the red lighting on the faces and suchā¦ I also liked the idea of that camera being directly on top of scenes (and below like the scorpion ring of fire scene) ā¦ definitely good stuff. The film almost reminded me of Django Kill, but I hate Tomas Milian as an actor so Yankee definitely beats it.
Haha, as far as the main guyās hat being too bigā¦ I didnāt notice, Iāll have to check it out sometime. Man, if only I could remember what movie I saw recently with the biggest hat Iāve ever seenā¦
[quote=ākorano, post:29, topic:779ā]Hereās some things I notice about the film:
It seemed to me, that the 60ās obviously had a big influence on this filmās look and style. Sort of a retro look. In other words, I wouldnāt be surprised if I travelled back into the 60ās and saw some of those guys dancing in a club.
The filmās style is very suave and clean without any real dirt in it. But itās a good thing here. I have made the claim before that this is the most stylistic Spaghetti there is! Not that Iāve seen but there is. The camera use is great and creates some kind of psuedo surrelistic feel. While were are still very much still grounded in reality. Brass does some very very cool things here that make the film unique in its use of color to portray feeling or atmosphere. When the woman goes to kiss Leroy, the light goes red. At least to us as I donāt think in the west everytime someone got kissed, the lights go red. But it is very cool here. And after the massacre, when the sherif and many others are dead, the sky is red with the blood of the murdered innocents.
I really wish the producers would have let Brass finish editing this film the way he wanted. It would have been very cool.[/quote]
Watched this earlier & was pretty disappointed - not half as good or strange as Iāve read.
There were some great shots, but I wasnāt that keen overall. It didnāt help that I didnāt like the two leads much, and I thought the character of Yankee was a smug twat. I also found the score a bit naff & repetitive.
Overall, not bad, but pretty average IMO.
Does anybody else wonder what this film would be like if the producer let Tinto Brass cut it his way? Thatās a stupid question. Iām sorry. Anyguesses as to how it would look?
