Another classic spaghetti western

Angela 2022-10-22 17:10:02

Another classic spaghetti western, with the perfect golden configuration "good script + good actors + good soundtrack + good director", I was a little excited after watching it, and the feeling of watching "Once Upon a Time in the West" came back.

Good script:

This script is from Luciano Vincenzoni
's reading into the 1960s. Vincenzoni, who was already a well-known screenwriter, met Sergio Leone, who was an Italian film circle at the time. The in-demand assistant director just came into the public eye with Red Dead Redemption (1964). After that, the two collaborated on "The Dead and the Dead" (1965) and "The Bad and the Dead" (1966), subverting the "very serious" creative routine of previous westerns, causing a huge sensation at the time, the term "macaroni western" That is where it comes from.

Good Actor:

Starring: Lee Van Cleef / John Phillip Law
The actors in this film can be said to have performed well in an all-round way. The starring Lee Van Cleef is naturally too good. IMDb praised Lee as "One of the great movie villains". Although John Phillip Law is not well-known, he looks very seductive in the movie. There is a temperament in it, a bit like the temperament of Charles Bronson in "Once Upon a Time in the West". He plays the process of the boy becoming a gun god. It's interesting to change.

Good soundtrack:

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone
Before this film, he has already composed the classic "Red Dead Trilogy", so there are more or less some elements of Red Dead in it, but don't worry Whether it is original or not, if it feels just right, it can set off the atmosphere and emotion.

Good director:

Director: Giulio Petroni
He doesn't have many movies, and this is almost his only masterpiece, maybe because the story is very good, and the other behind-the-scenes are also very good and in place, and he happened to be at his best at the time performed to a normal level.

Finally, I would like to thank the subtitle translator of this film. Without you, there would be one less classic known in the world. I sincerely say thank you!

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Death Rides a Horse quotes

  • Ryan: If you're going to follow somebody, youngster, do a better job of it. This world is full of nervous characters. They'd shoot you in the back first, and then introduce themselves.

  • Ryan: My gun.

    [Warden retrieves Ryan's gun]

    Ryan: Thank you... Now, the bullets.

    Prison Warden: The bullets?

    Ryan: Twenty seven. Fifteen years ago, you put 'em in one of those bottom drawers there.

    Prison Warden: Twenty seven. You have a good memory.

    Ryan: Well, sometimes its not difficult. I still had six in my gun and 21 in my belt. If they hadn't double- crossed me, the count had been a little bit different.