Greatest Spaghetti Western's EVER...List...?

[Spartan]

Looks like there's a new book for me to check out.
http://www.fabpress.com/vsearch.php?CO=FAB105

just picked this book up. def. a must own.

It's an awesome book.

[drizzle]

so let's quietly use this thread to talk about a certain movie that succeeds marvelously as a genre exercise but that fact is lost on people who are caught up in the faggotry of the official thread

who caught the very very very awesome reference to GBU at the end? it wasn't very obvious but so soooooo damn good

also, was the shot of Foxx bathing in the hot springs directly cribbed from Great Silence?

also, kind of a shame that QT blew his whole load of Spaghetti themes and ques on KB2. these were missed here, not enough of them. and if he wanted original music, there are literally dozens of bands that do similar shit these days, and any one would've fit better than rick ross

[Spartan]

I'll let you know on the 18th, when it's actually released over here.

[Spartan]

Finally watched it and I'll refrain from posting my thoughts in that monumental cock-up that is the official thread. Enjoyed it a lot, but it felt a little bittersweet to me. Definitely have some misgivings about certain stuff. Foxx felt overshadowed by the Waltz, De Caprio and Jackson. Will need to see this again and fully soak it all in.

so let's quietly use this thread to talk about a certain movie that succeeds marvelously as a genre exercise but that fact is lost on people who are caught up in the faggotry of the official thread

who caught the very very very awesome reference to GBU at the end? it wasn't very obvious but so soooooo damn good

Yup and a nice spin on it too.

also, was the shot of Foxx bathing in the hot springs directly cribbed from Great Silence?

i thought so too. I might be wrong but Calvin's blood smear on Broomhilda scene felt like a reference to Lee Marvin doing that in The Klansman. The Aussie miners felt like a reference to something in particular, no idea what.

also, kind of a shame that QT blew his whole load of Spaghetti themes and ques on KB2. these were missed here, not enough of them. and if he wanted original music, there are literally dozens of bands that do similar shit these days, and any one would've fit better than rick ross

Didn't mind the Rick Ross track, it dropped pretty nicely but some of the other songs felt a bit out of place.

[Spartan]

Blue Underground still kicking it. I'm copping this! Wound up buying some VHS transfer on DVD a few years back and I had to take that shit off as the quality was so bad.

GRAND DUEL
DVD
(BLU-DV-1154)
UPC Code: 827058115490
PRICE: $14.98

Director: Giancarlo Santi
Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn, Horst Frank, Klaus Grunberg
Release Date: May 21, 2013

...Be Quick Or Be Dead!

After their powerful father is brutally murdered, the Saxon Brothers hire a group of bounty hunters to bring suspected killer Philipp Wermeer to justice. But when grizzled Sheriff Clayton saves the fugitive Philipp's life, the two set out to confront the Saxons and reveal the shocking truth about who really killed The Patriarch.

The legendary Lee Van Cleef (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) stars in this classic 'Spaghetti Western' stylishly directed by Giancarlo Santi from a clever screenplay written by Ernesto Gastaldi (TORSO, CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS). Also known as THE BIG SHOWDOWN and STORM RIDER, GRAND DUEL has been newly transferred in stunning High Definition from the original Italian negative and fully restored for this release!

Audio Commentary with Journalists C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke
Theatrical Trailer
Spaghetti Western Trailer Reel


Color
Mono
English
2.35:1 / 16x9
1972
94 Mins
Rated R
Region Code: 0


"GRAND DUEL Is A Film That Western Fans Definitely Need To Know!" - Blu-ray.com

"Stylish, Ultra-Cool And Full Of Tense, Exciting Gunfights!" - Blueprint

"One Of Lee Van Cleef's Finest Performances!" - 10k Bullets

"It's One Of Those Movies That Gets Everything Right... The Perfect Mix Of Action And Humor, Tension And Heart... And A Few Cool Plot Twists As Well!" - Rock! Shock! Pop!"

[Tommy Bunz]

Wierd that they are making that their first new release in years, since Mill Creek put it out on bluray last year and you can buy it for $5.

[darkwingduck]

prior to that release, WILD EAST put it out on DVD as well. Looking like a triple nipple dipple.

[Spartan]

Purchasing a Mill Creek release is like playing russian roulette for movie nerds.

[drizzle]

^^ but when you get a good one it's so sweet

i remember the wild east one being good enough, is this new one any significant improvement?

[Spartan]

Was re-reading one of my Cinema Sewer books the other day and I came across this:

The Cinema Sewer List of the 20 Best Spaghetti Westerns

1. Django Kill
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
3. A Bullet for the General
4. Keoma
5. For A Few Dollars More
6. Django
7. Once Upon A Time in the West
8. The Great Silence
9. A Fistful of Dollars
10. Massacre Time
11. Cutthroats Nine
12. Four of the Apocalyspe
13. Blindman
14. Death Rides A Horse
15. Mannaja
16. The Big Gundown
17. Face to Face
18. God Forgives, I Don't
19. Fistful of Dynamite
20. Today it's Me, Tomorrow it's You

[darkwingduck]

Pretty good list. handful of thos i havent seen. Face to Face being one that I really wanna catch. anybody peep that one? Thomas Milan is that dude.

[Tommy Bunz]

I can't take a SW list seriously that has Django Kill first and The Great Silence 8th. Not too mention its missing Cemetery Without Crosses & The Mercenary.

[Spartan]

Pretty good list. handful of thos i havent seen. Face to Face being one that I really wanna catch. anybody peep that one? Thomas Milan is that dude.

Yeah, I thought it was great.

[aleph]

Haven't seen half that list but Face to Face is #1 that I wanna get to. Is it correct to say that it's a virtual redo of Big Gundown? Also wasn't there a recent release of it on dvd (US)?

[Spartan]

There was a reg2 UK release back in 2011, don't know if there was a US release, though.

Watching Cemetery Without Crosses tonight. Looking forward to that.

[drizzle]

Face To Face def wasn't released in US, at least not recently or not legitimately. I still haven't watched it since my all-region game is on hold at the moment, but the description sounds absolutely nothing like the Big Gundown.

[aleph]

Ach, my memory's shot. I don't know where I got that. Definitely have to pick up the import plus check out Cemetery

[Spartan]

Technically, Cutthroats Nine isn't a spaghetti western as it's spanish, isn't it? Great movie, regardless.

[drizzle]

aleph you might be thinking of Run Man Run, a sequel to Big Gundown that has some similar elements. It's been out on BU for a while

[aleph]

You're probably right, I just saw Run Man Run last month so it's all probably running together in my head. I've been on a steady diet of these since the Film Forum program; I could no doubt discern them better if I had gotten into it years ago.

I guess it's the running bandit/mercenary and bandit/intellectual bromance theme in a lot of them, and not a one disappointed. I think The Mercenary/A Professional Gun deserves to be on there or at least top 25. Tepepa, too

[Tommy Bunz]

coming in July from Raro.
Garrone made Django the Bastard right after this one, i'm all in.

[drizzle]

originally read that as Hanging With Django

kinda sad it's not that

[zappy]

still love the trinity movies (they call me trinity, trinity is still my name) they're funny, definitely not top 10 or probably even 20, but still good movies.



for what it's worth, the sequel (trinity is still my name) is better than the first one.

[Tommy Bunz]

[drizzle]

oh man kinski lead = autocop

[darkwingduck]

i just got the hugest tent in my pants when I saw this...!!!

[darkwingduck]

i just got the hugest tent in my pants when I saw this...!!!

ok ladies and gentlemen...

this pick up right here goes down as the best DVD purchase of 2013...right next to the Criterion Zatoichi set...

YOU MUST HAVE THIS!!!

[Tommy Bunz]

Bill Lustig just announced that Blue Underground is putting out this Nero/Kinski joint this year. Same director as the Fifth Cord.
Man, Pride & Vengeance

[Spartan]

Nero, Kinski & Aumont

It's directed by the same guy who made the awesomely trippy Footprints on the Moon too.

[Spartan]

So that upcoming Blue Underground release isn't actually a western at all but an adaptation of Carmen.

Anyhow:






Anyone have a link for Garter Colt (Giarrettiera Colt)?