Euro-crime thread

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:12 pm

yeah i love doing these genre threads (no sebastian)

might do one specifically for exploitation when grindhouse comes out

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:18 pm

please do it before grindhouse or way after it

the elitist in me implores you

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:54 pm

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:02 am

just swooped up on the following...

and this kinda off topic, but not so much...

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:50 pm

I couldn't believe how good the driver was

Funky Butler · Post by **Funky Butler** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:11 pm

The Driver is one of my favorite movies ever

at the savannah film festival last year, Bruce Dern and Walter Hill both came and I got them sign my copy

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:34 pm

yeah, i love the driver as well. one of the best paced and plotted action movies i've ever seen, not a scene is wasted, it's like a lazerbeam of awesome badassery zeroing in on your eyes.

FB you got to see it on the big screen? you lucky bastard. what was teh occasion for the screening?

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:28 pm

drizzle wrote:yeah, like a lazerbeam of awesome badassery zeroing in on your eyes.

SO AWESOME!!!

drizzle wrote:what was teh occasion for the screening?

i think FB said it was for the Savannah film festival...

Funky Butler · Post by **Funky Butler** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:15 pm

they had a walter hill like retrospective deal

they showed hard times, the warriors, southern comfort, extreme prejudice, the long riders, and geronimo: an american legend

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:16 am

oh god damn replace Geronimo with 48 Hours and that's one of the best lineups ever

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:33 am

StormShadow wrote:oh god damn replace Geronimo with 48 Hours and that's one of the best lineups ever

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:36 am

if you had to buy 3 movies from wildeast.net, which ones would they be?

even if you have em already, which three are the tops...?

reason im asking is im about to place the order now. I already am set on the violent pros, but need some feedback so that i can make the right decision on the other two...

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:21 am

If you buy from xploitedcinema.com you can probably still find some of the out of print movies in which case I'd recommend Sartana and The Grand Duel,

if you're set on using wildeast then I guess I'd recommend the Van Cleef double feature since it's good value and I'm a big Van Cleef fan anyway.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:28 am

my fave wildeast so far has been

- violent professionals (if you can get the double with Almost Human even better)
- matalo
- Sartana
- Day of Anger
- grand duel/beyond the law (the lee van cliff double stormy mentioned)

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:31 am

Oh yeah I meant Sartana and Day of Anger as my two main picks

As drizzle pointed out, the Grand Duel is actually part of the two pack I mentioned, sorry.

And driz, I watched Matalo last night. I was a little eh on it to be honest. I was bored for about 45 minutes, then engaged for 15 minutes, then bored for 20 and engaged for the last 10.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:35 am

StormShadow wrote:And driz, I watched Matalo last night. I was a little eh on it to be honest. I was bored for about 45 minutes, then engaged for 15 minutes, then bored for 20 and engaged for the last 10.

:shrug:

Matalo is def something that flies on style and wierdness though, i'll admit that. It's not the one to see for action and suspense, if that's what you were expecting I could see you being dissapointed

do you like Four For the Apocalypse, those two always pair up in my mind

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:58 am

I like Four of the Apocalypse *better* but I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites. Although any time Tomas Milian is onscreen in that it's pretty electric.

And no I wasn't expecting action and suspense, I was expecting a weird, acid western. Maybe I needed to be high when I watched it because for the most part it was just kind of dull. Super impressed with the camera operator though.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:01 pm

StormShadow wrote:Super impressed with the camera operator though.

this is what got me and for the record i was stoned both times i watched it, so there's the formula for success

although i still wouldn't write this off as a 'stoned' selection by any means

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:36 am

just watched this. very solid action flic. at times id catch myself laughing at some of it. so this Franco Nero guy loves himself...hahaha. dude trips me out. should i be on the lookout for any other Enzo flics...?

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:17 pm

DAMN! Day Of Anger is gonna set me back 30 beans...!

does anyone have any coupons for exploitedcinema.com...?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue May 08, 2007 12:50 pm

check out this thread for Castellari info:

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums/showth ... ge=1&pp=15

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:29 pm

drizzle wrote:check out this thread for Castellari info:

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums/showth ... ge=1&pp=15

awesome...ima check for that BIG RACKET flic...

side note...i just got this today...

would this be considered a euro-crime movie or what...? im fresh out of bud, gonna wait to watch this until i re-up.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:21 am

^^ as far from euro-crime as you can get. One of my alltime favorites though, I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest movies ever made

also, it's a movie i would very much recommend watching sober, as it's slow and subtle. Trust me, this is coming from a huge pothead

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:24 pm

whats the deal with Wild East DVDs not playing in my ps2...?

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:32 pm

Sorry but I have no idea.

Never actually watched a movie on my PS2. I guess they're just incompatible?

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:00 am

drizzle wrote:I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest movies ever made

just watched it. and yeah, im gonna agree with you on it being a goat. the pace was slow, yet it held my attention from start to finish. and the bonus material you get on the 2nd disc is First rate.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:19 am

Melville is not slow, melville is deliberate

As far as wild east, by all acounts they are kind of a lowbudget enterprise, which is impressive considering the consistency of releases. I wouldn't be surprised if they cut a corner or two and didn't get the best possible quality pressing of the dvd.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:31 am

darkwingduck wrote:

just watched this. very solid action flic. at times id catch myself laughing at some of it. so this Franco Nero guy loves himself...hahaha. dude trips me out. should i be on the lookout for any other Enzo flics...?

Hah. Me too, mostly based on the recommendations of this forum. The faces Nero makes when he's getting his ass kicked are hilarious.

I really enjoyed the film so thanks again

.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:12 am

yeah, nero thinks very highly of himself, he's always going for the Blue Steel look

he was like the brad pitt of italy in his day though, so the mentality is understandable i suppose

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:45 pm

Better snap up those Blue Underground releases soon. Company is ceasing to exist within a year's time.