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Seriously, though, good to see Spaghetti Western fans here coming out. It's a very underrated and overlooked genre that sadly went extinct.
Terence Hill did quite a few serious SW films, too. But, he was more successful in the more comedy-oriented entries. Bud Spencer also did a few standalones, not to mention comedies. There's one segment in Buddy Goes West that gets me every time when he assumes the identity of a doctor, helps an ill man drink acid with bullet powder and then... you know the rest. :))
There ye go! I was thinking the same thing!
But I agree the Spaghetti western outside of the dollar films and Once Upon a Time in the West are overlooked or forgotten about!
And My Name is Nobody is the best western he ever played in, IMHO, of course.
Maybe Robert Rodriguez could do it justice.
If there's a director I heartily despise, it's Rodriguez.
Desperado was enjoyable, but that's about it. I'm glad he didn't get to direct The Mask of Zorro.
That Mario Girotti, later to become Terence Hill, played in that German movie (among others) is not so surprising if one knows that he was born to an Italian father (who however worked for the Schering pharmaceutical company in Germany) and a German mother, grew up initially in Dresden (surviving the bombings), and only spoke German until he was six.
It surprised me much more to discover him in Visconti's Il gattopardo a few years ago.
By the way, I recently rewatched My Name is Nobody a while ago after having seen it at a cinema in the Seventies...and was deeply disappointed by it this time around. It really was the start of Hill/Girotti's career playing for cheap laughs in mostly stupid comedies, along with Bud Spencer. Both of them could do far better, but that's what the public seemed to want.
Speaking of which, BONE TOMAHAWK is a cannibal western, and it sounds disgusting, but really is a fantastic film.
British production, but shot in Spain... so... Spaghettish Western-?
What about those israeli westerns?
My IMDB List... If you've seen these two dozen Spaghetti Westerns, you've pretty much got the genre covered. (Listed by year/alphabetically.)
imdb.com/list/ls053336952/
Although, I'd discard a few, like Django, Kill! (which, to those who don't know, has nothing to do with Django) which was horrid piece of an addition in the genre. Some scenes are overly disturbing in it and the violence feels forced.
Yeah, I thought DJANGO KILL was borderline unwatchable and a waste of Tomas Milian's talent. I'm always surprised that film gets so much attention.
I'm much more fond of DJANGO, GET A COFFIN READY a.k.a. VIVA DJANGO, which stars Terence Hill and was intended as an official sequel to DJANGO (with the same producer and writer).
Terence Hill's Django, Prepare A Coffin! was definitely a genuine Django film as it was a retelling of Corbucci's original Django. Only instead of Major Jackson being responsible for the death of his wife, this time it's the politician David Barry who double crosses him. Horst Frank always made for a terrific villain, anyways.
There are some other variations. Hill's character poses as an executioner and stages fake hangings to put together a team of men, all believed to be dead, to hunt down Barry and his lackeys (including the towering George Eastman, who turned up in a lot of Italian exploitation movies). The men soon turn on each other, almost ruining Django's plan. Django also has an interesting relationship with a gold-hungry Mexican farmer and his benevolent wife. It's a very different movie, even though it retains the revenge premise and Django's trusty machine gun.
I've only seen parts of the other official sequel, DJANGO STRIKES AGAIN (starring Franco Nero), and should probably give that another look.
I also haven't seen much of Django Strikes Again which was poorly received due to the direction. Corbucci wrote the script but couldn't direct due to his poor health. He died before production began. There's news that a third Django film with Franco Nero is in development called Django Lives! which is to be set 50 years after the events of the film.
No. Obviously.
Title of the thread is Spaghetti Westerns - although some non Italian films probably still count due to their influence on them. I've always said that Fist of Fury starring Bruce Lee is a 'spaghetti western'!
Seriously thinking about this one. I know it would be an excellent package as I already have a few Arrow Video box-sets. Just need to find the money somehow.
Waiting for the double-bill of A Pistol for Ringo/The Return of Ringo to arrive. Should go nicely with my dollars trilogy and Day of Anger and Django: Prepare a Coffin.