So I looked at the top fives and decided that three out of eight required visual evidence and two youtube evidence, so I'm doing two posts. This round is one of the youtube ones and the visual evidence-less ones, the next will be the other youtube spam one and the ones with picspams
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Mastroianni is great, so is Gassmann, and so is a lot of Italian actors of that time. WHAT HAPPENED TO ITALIAN CINEMA. I'm glad to see that it seems like Italian cinema is slowly resurrecting, also thanks to Sorrentino, who IMO is starting to shape as one of the best visual directors the world has seen. I don't think I'm exaggerating, I have big hopes that he'll give Italian cinema a good name again. (I'm not a Benigni supporter when it comes to movies...I like him in other fields, but movie direction is definitely not his thing IMO.)
Also, THANKS TO YOU now I think I'm in love with SIlence and Trintignan's green-eyes and the western on snowy fields idea. And that soundtrack, FUCK. Thank you for existing Morricone. Btw, I've just started watching it and I'm already in love. Is the 'bad guy' the one who was playing the hunchback in For a Few Dollars more? :D
I have to notice the Italian dub is weirdly bad in this one (for the non-Italian actors), while usually these westerns have great dubbing all around (at least Leone's westerns...). I didn't check though, maybe this one is earlier than Leone's?
Still, wonderful movie it's shaping up to be, thanks for the rec!
"though now I think we suck equally lololol"
Oh yeah, at least we have got better with time, while I still think watching one of those Pixar movies with English dub is a painful experience...I always, always watch those in Italian.
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I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE DOING BETTER NOW BUT WE DID SUCK FOR A WHILE. And Sorrentino IS good.
I'm not a Benigni supporter when it comes to movies...I like him in other fields, but movie direction is definitely not his thing IMO.)
... are you me? Because the only Benigni movies I really like are the ones where he isn't directing. XDD And I love everything else he does but I'm not his movie's biggest fan.
And HAHAHAHAHAH SCORE FOR ME. THAT MOVIE IS GORGEOUS. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THE ENTIRE THING. (Also if you want the soundtrack I can totally upload it for you. It's gorgeous.) AND TRINTIGNANT'S EYES ARE A THING OF BEAUTY. HE IS A THING OF BEAUTY. And haha yeah the bad guy was the hunchback in For A Few Dollars More indeed! ;D
This is from 1968 so it's after-Leone, but believe me, the English dub is worse. Also they changed the names and half of the dialogue, whut. Then again the important one doesn't talk, so. XD
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THAT MOVIE. I CRIED. The last scene had me jumping in my seat, I couldn't believe it. :// And wow, it makes so sense that this movie is set after Leone's Stranger with No Name's epic, because this one actually gives a new perspective on bandits and bounty hunters. It's perfectly reversed, and I suppose that makes KK's Tigrerio our Clint Eastwood...FUCKING COOL.
I also adore the fact that usually the actors are so inexpressive in these westerns, cold eyes and everything, while this one is ALL played on the VERY expressive eyes of the leads. Same goes for the OST, which IMO is warmer for this movie, than for the other soundtracks Morricone made for the CE's movies.
And then there's the snow, that I'm going to think of as symbolic too, and in perfect opposition to western's usual hot settings. It's like this movie is made to reverse all western's cliche.
The Sheriff is also a very original character! And the lady makes me think very much of Claudia Cardinale in C'era una volta il West, as she's strong and moves forward the plot (unusual in these kind of movies).
All in all, THANK YOU for making me know about this movie. <3<3<3
PS: PLEASE YES TO THE OST. I WAAAANT IT. :D
PS2: I can't believe I didn't know Klaus Kinski well before. I must have been blind!
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AHA TOLD YOU IT WAS GOOD. AND I KNOW??? :((( I went into it knowing how it ended and I still was like '.... punch to the gut ohmygod NOOOOOOOO ;__________; *WEEPS*'. And I know? I mean, I'll always <333 Leone movies like woah but you can't argue that this one is way historically fairer. And oh dear now I'd just like Clint Eastwood to shoot KK in some random crossover sequel ;) ;) ;)
Also I KNOW? I LIKE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ACT. FOR GOOD. I have a thing for eyes-driven acting but in this one it was just like 'OH MY AWESOME'. I don't even have words for how good JLT is. <333 And yeah word about the western cliché reverse. That's why I love it so hard. Among other reasons. And I think I have a girlcrush on the lady. She's awesome. And SHE'S A REAL CHARACTER! Bless that. I mean, I don't watch spaghetti westerns for rampant feminism, but having a woman who actually plays a role and is actually awesome is refreshing. ♥ and YOU'RE WELCOME, I'll always be happy to pimp this movie out.
theeere you go with the ost!
And heee, I knew KK from some of the movies he did with Werner Herzog, then I found out he did a bunch of spaghetti stuff where he always played the bad guy and I was like 'aha you totally have the right face'. But he's GOOD. Except that in this particular movie I just wanted him to suffer even if I knew he was going to be the only surviving one.
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AHAH, I thought of CE shooting KK in some crossover movie too, LOL. I mean, KK is SO EVIL in this one, you can't believe it. The weird voice (could it be him speaking? I hear he talks Italian) is a plus.
JLT is like, one of the most beautiful and expressive men in the universe. Like most French actors of those years to be fair...there are a LOT of French actors I dig, to be honest. Remaining in the topic of hotness, i just read on IMDB that Tarantino is still not over with revisiting Italian cinema, so this time it's Django's time. And apparently Franco Nero (one of the best looking Italian actors ever IMO) is going to star in his upcoming movie too.
I googled Franco Nero just for kicks, and yes, still beautiful as I remember him. :)
Yeah, feminism isn't that popular in these movies, of course. :) And of course having a cool strong female in it is a great surprise! She's very beautiful too, WOW. I mean, her eyes!!
OMG THE OST, THANK YOU!
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Okay, drool fest over, in order. Daunbailò is hilarious really - and the fact that it's an american movie where one of the three leads speaks horrible English-turning-into-Italian half of the time is delightful. I enjoyed it a lot. :D
I KNOW? I mean jesus you don't get more evil than THAT O_o and yeah the Italian voice was so creepy/slimy. It was perfect for their target though, not complaining. But I'd have really liked to see Clint shooting him in an ideal crossover sequel. ;) and nn word about JLT. I totally dig French guys a whole damn lot but damn his face. And I know about the lady? She was stunning. Between him and her it was an overload of stunning. ;)
MY PLEASURE <33
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Veramente su un sito di TH c'è...forse è TH? MA POSSIBILE CHE NON LI DISTINGUO CON IL CAPPELLO!?
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