After twenty-five years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.Read More »
Euro Westerns
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Pedro Almodóvar – Extraña forma de vida aka Strange Way of Life (2023)
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Werner W. Wallroth – Blutsbrüder AKA Blood Brothers (1975)
Werner W. Wallroth1971-1980DramaEuro WesternsGermanyWesternBlood Brothers (German: Blutsbrüder) is a 1975 East German western film directed by Werner W. Wallroth and starring Dean Reed, Gojko Mitic and Gisela Freudenberg.
The film’s sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Röske and Marlene Willmann. It was made by the state-controlled DEFA company.
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Harmonika, an American deserter, is captured by a tribe of Indians, who believe he has murdered the wife and child of their chief Grey Elk. It is the chief himself who sets the American free, and Harmonika stays with the tribe and gradually wins their friendship. He becomes the blood brother of his one-time enemy Hard Rock and marries his new friend’s sister Fawn. Harmonika becomes increasingly more aware of the purposeful lies of the white men.Read More » -
Demofilo Fidani – Per una bara piena di dollari aka Coffin Full of Dollars (1971)
1971-1980Demofilo FidaniEuro WesternsItalyWesternA frontier feud breaks out on the border of Mexico when Gangster Hagan’s brothers are wiped out whilst conducting a raid on the Nevada Kid’s family. Hagen (Kinski) orders his henchmen to destroy the Hamiltons, but doesn’t reckon with the ‘Kid’ (Cameron), who on returning from war teams up with a bounty hunter to hunt down the bandit gang.Read More »
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Ferdinando Baldi – Texas, addio AKA Goodbye Texas (1966)
1961-1970ActionEuro WesternsFerdinando BaldiItalyWesternThe tough gun-man Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero) leaves his job as a town sheriff to go to Mexico to find the man, Cisco, who killed his father many years ago. He and his younger brother arrive in a small town where everybody is afraid of Cisco who has become the local landowner. But there is a secret. It turns out that Cisco is the father of Burt’s younger brother and Cisco are craving for respect from his “son”. Burt Sullivan joins forces with the local townspeople to stop and bring Cisco back to his punishment in Texas…Read More »
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Luc Moullet – Une aventure de Billy le Kid aka A girl is a gun (1971)
1971-1980Euro WesternsFranceLuc MoulletWestern“Reminiscent of the finale of Duel in the Sun, but pushed to the level of excruciating lunatic farce, with a touch of Fuller’s madness.”
— Jonathan RosenbaumIMDB:
Despite most Cahiers du cinéma critics admired many western authors, when they themselves became filmmakers few dared to overtly revisit that genre. One year after Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El topo and as Sergio Leone premiered A Fistful of Dollars, Moullet charges full steam ahead with a wild western starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, taking this genre and one of its key characters to unexpected territory.Read More » -
Roberto Mauri – …E lo Chiamarono Spirito Santo (1971)
1971-1980Euro WesternsItalyRoberto MauriWesternThe owner of a ranch commissioned Holy Ghost to carry out the robbery of a cargo of gold transported by a train. Holy Ghost hires some men, and makes the criminal enterprise that generates even death of Consuelo. The contracting party accuses Holy Ghost who killed her.Read More »
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Joris Ivens – De wigwam AKA The Tipi (1911)
1911-1920Euro WesternsJoris IvensNetherlandsSilentWesternAt the age of 13 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from his father’s shop. This became his first film Wigwam, with his own family as cast. Black Eagle, a bad indian, kidnaps the daughter of a farmer’s family. Flaming Arrow, played by the young Joris Ivens, saves the child from the kidnapper and brings it back to her family. No better conclusion than smoking a peace pipe.Read More »
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Hugo Fregonese – Savage Pampas (1966)
1961-1970AdventureEuro WesternsHugo FregoneseSpanish cinema under FrancoWesternIn the late 1800s, an army captain tries to tame the open plains of Argentina, which are dominated by Indians and bandits. To help do this, the captain brings in a party of women to keep his soldiers happy.Read More »
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Giuliano Carnimeo – Il momento di uccidere AKA The Moment To Kill (1968)
1961-1970ActionEuro WesternsGiuliano CarnimeoItalyWesternLord and Bull are two adventurers recruited by Judge Warren for a mysterious mission. On reaching the village to know the details of the mission they don’t find the judge and discover that many people want them dead.Read More »