Wednesday, March 9, 2011

What Does The Sideways Peace Sign Mean

Il grande silenzio

1968, Sergio Corbucci.

Masterpiece of the Western, spaghetti or hamburger that is not important, this is Western!, at maximum power. I say this now and again, because the emotion that has attracted me to this vision: it is a masterpiece!

Western Black for the cynical and ruthless bounty killer of evil and those who support them, red for the blood that pours very well if you do not see too much in the film, Black for the particular atmosphere, always surrounded by snow a glacial climate (all exterior was filmed in Cortina d'Ampezzo).

is said, with additions of course fiction, real events that occurred in 1898 in a mountain village and its surroundings, near the border with Mexico, Snow Hill. America still Fresh birth was preparing to change the social style, less violence and more justice said, and this was to be announced an amnesty for a range of minor offenses. In these mountains many bandidos were hiding, and therefore many were at their bounty hunting is where the prey is the hunter. Not talking about murderers, but "little" criminals, crimes of theft, trivial things, but enough to have a size "dead or alive" on him. Cashier's checks that were walking in the eyes of some. Even the less violent they were forced to hide and take up arms to defend themselves, there was no alternative. Snowfall great for those latitudes bandidos led to the valley, and there were real tuna fishing. Some of these massacres are remembered, including precisely to Snow Hill. It took an Italian to represent this story, honor and glory to Sergio Corbucci.

Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a skilled gunman. He never speaks, but the nickname and reputation say where he goes if he does not want anyone survives. A child victim of bounty, or those who want to help bandidos against the same bounty, for a fee but also no. And 'fast and easy way to kill without being indicted, extracts the gun after his victims, but the first shot. Self-defense and no one ever questioned anything.
Tigrero (Klaus Kinski) is the most ruthless bounty killer operating in the Snow Hill. Kill always wanted and leave the carcasses in the snow around and then go and take and take in town for size. It will be a target victim of Silence, but knows his system and will not accept provocations. It 's very smart.
There is also another good gunslinger, the sheriff (Frank Wolff) sent to Snow Hill to try to control the bounty, which he despises. Will Tigrero pretexts to arrest or escape but almost, and can not avoid the ultimate challenge between them and Silence.

images and scenes from all anthology, then I talk about some of these in the frame but it was difficult to select them, as is the beautiful and artistic film from first to last minuto. Alcune devono aver comportato un impegno anche tecnico non indifferente. La forza è però tutta nella tragedia persistente che non abbandona un solo attimo la vicenda, coi bounty come iene al varco, i bandidos disperati per la fame, le loro mogli che a stento vivono e quando possono gridano vendetta.
Peccato non poter citare il finale, importante e molto atipico per questo genere. Dico solo che è degno di un film realista.

Olimpo, e in vetta. Imperdibile.
Sulle perfette musiche di Ennio Morricone non ho più elogi da spendere.

il cavaliere solitario in un deserto bianco, con quella musica, l'incedere, is a starting immediately in the atmosphere that immerses the film
the top floors beautiful. There is every kind of shot possible in this film
digging in the snow or in the ground to bury them? strange feeling that this scene produces
Pollicut, the powerful, wicked, the country, not a bounty but derive profit from the bounty. Luigi Pistilli, among the Italians in the cast, unforgettable then as a commissioner "left" in " Milan Caliber 9 .
that scene! race car on a snowy
nothing, mocking Tigrero not reply to Silence, preventing shoot
the Sheriff right. she is a woman in the saloon, the good Marisa Merlini.
Pauline, vedova di una vittima di Tigrero, ha assoldato Silenzio. gran bella scena d'amore, metto un frame anche sotto. gran bella donna anche, Vonetta McGee.

altra grande scena in campo aperto. prossimi frame mi astengo da commenti, a rischio spoiler


Potevo chiudere la recensione di un film del genere senza citare la o.s.t.? A me dà i brividi sentirla, ripensando alla storia. Splendido this video, just a still image but it contains an anthology of songs and the recording quality.

0 comments:

Post a Comment