Western Movies
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bassnation
the abyss
oliver craner said:
its a pity he never combined this with his other big genre films- a zombie cowboy movie would truly be a wonder to behold.
bruno
est malade
oliver craner said:
i have just finished watching it. this film has all the right elements. gorgeous women, great soundtrack (and very liberal use of it). what else. a lynch mob, backward villagers. the boy in the well, the seizure sequence, the bedroom sequence (hmm). nice little film! thanks for the recommendation.
ivansmagghe
in the wrong meeting
gay western
ah ok.
check Nicholas Ray's johnny guitar. a proper western with massive lesbian/impotence subtext. amazing.
ah ok.
check Nicholas Ray's johnny guitar. a proper western with massive lesbian/impotence subtext. amazing.
bassnation said:
Fulci aside, would this be a "wonder to behold", the unwatchable
Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill (Byron Werner, 2004)???
"When a group of college kids stumble upon a small abandoned town of Sunset Valley, they must fight a band of Zombies led by a Confederate soldier seeking retribution for his grisly execution ..."
Can hardly compare, though, to the [cinematically] ground-breaking The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Rex Ingram, 1921), about an Argentinian cattle barron and his two daughters, which some argue was the first-ever anti-war movie [as well as putting Rudolph Valentino on the star-map]:
That's quite a collection of coyboy zombies, ho ho ho.
Alternatively, The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse was part of a volume of woodcuts illustrative of the Apocalypse published by Albrecht Dürer in 1498. It is considered to represent Dürer's favorable view of the Reformation, with Babylon standing for Rome: Crusader Cowboys
Ho ho ho ...
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:8
The Biblical Chapter Revelation, is also known as the Apocalypse. The "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" were war, conquest, famine and death. A modern version of these four death-dealers might be overpopulation, unsustainable economic development, poverty and environmental degradation.
Ha Ha Ha Ha ...
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Omaar
Guest
oliver craner said:
You're not alone there.
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droid
Guest
Omaar said:
A virtual manifestation of some unconcious group psychosis perhaps?
All the Peckinpah Westerns are fantastic, as are Budd Boettecher's, I recommed '7 men from now' (which just got a nice DVD release) and 'Decison at sundown'.
The Spag western's though are INCREDIBLY critical of the american frontier, starting undisputably classic 'Once Uopn a Time in the West' - yeah got for it you lazy post-modern fascist spastics, the film is untouchable and brilliant, no revision needed, it's PURE.
But Oliver was on the money with DJANGO, KILL, I'd also recommend Corbucci's SUBLIME anti-violence film THE GREAT SILENCE, and for the gays out there Fassbinder's WHITY and Passolini playing Don Juan in KILL AND PRAY.
The world needs more Randolph Scott's rather than gay-wank-fantasies like Drongo Ledger and Jake the Flake Gylenhal.
The Spag western's though are INCREDIBLY critical of the american frontier, starting undisputably classic 'Once Uopn a Time in the West' - yeah got for it you lazy post-modern fascist spastics, the film is untouchable and brilliant, no revision needed, it's PURE.
But Oliver was on the money with DJANGO, KILL, I'd also recommend Corbucci's SUBLIME anti-violence film THE GREAT SILENCE, and for the gays out there Fassbinder's WHITY and Passolini playing Don Juan in KILL AND PRAY.
The world needs more Randolph Scott's rather than gay-wank-fantasies like Drongo Ledger and Jake the Flake Gylenhal.
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luka
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crackerjack
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Good thread, worth reviving, if only to mention I watched Geronimo: American Legend last night.
Not great by any means (esp. since Walter Hill directed and Milius scripted), but interesting for way it lays bare the extent of the 'white-eyes'' savagery and systematic political duplicity. Shame that the liberal good guys (Jason Patric, Matt Damon) are pussy-ass bores while the old-fashioned right winger (Robert Duvall) is a macho manly man's man who eats bullets for breakfast.
On a slightly related note, i also just listened to this
http://www.rootsknottyroots.com/dev/single.php?id=102E361B
which is a fucking odd one. Jack Palance as dick, just what the veggie (virgin) wants, over the Heptones' Fat Girl rhythm.
Not great by any means (esp. since Walter Hill directed and Milius scripted), but interesting for way it lays bare the extent of the 'white-eyes'' savagery and systematic political duplicity. Shame that the liberal good guys (Jason Patric, Matt Damon) are pussy-ass bores while the old-fashioned right winger (Robert Duvall) is a macho manly man's man who eats bullets for breakfast.
On a slightly related note, i also just listened to this
http://www.rootsknottyroots.com/dev/single.php?id=102E361B
which is a fucking odd one. Jack Palance as dick, just what the veggie (virgin) wants, over the Heptones' Fat Girl rhythm.
empty mirror
remember the jackalope
i just saw Hang 'Em High and it was good except for like a 20 minute love-interest detour (much like the strange "raindrops are falling on my head" interlude in the otherwise tight "butch cassidy & the sundance kid")------delicious moral ambiguity, lots of squinting by clint, and some fine duds on all parties. plus nathan hale (SKIPPER!) as a baddy!
an aside: been ages since i watched a western. will admit to have worn spurs (c'mon---at aged 18) whilst smoking cigarillos. difficult to drive a vehicle wearing spurs.
an aside: been ages since i watched a western. will admit to have worn spurs (c'mon---at aged 18) whilst smoking cigarillos. difficult to drive a vehicle wearing spurs.
