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Lanky | A guy named Hank Fellows - called "Lanky" ever since his birthday - watches an assault on a money transport from a distance, but doesn't take action when all soldiers escorting the money are killed. The leader of the bandits, Sanchez, departs with two of his men to put the money in a safe place, and sends the rest of his gang to the town, in the uniforms of the soldiers they have just killed. Lanky starts stalking Sanchez and eventually kills him and his men. He then rides into town to return the stolen money to the rightful owners and helps them wiping out the entire. The banker and mine owner ask him to put the money he has earned in the town's bank and ask his assistance for the protection of a gold transport, against a bandit far more dangerous than Sanchez, a guy called Gus Kennebeck. Lanky gladly accepts the offer, because Kennebeck is the man who has killed his brother years ago ... | ||
Taste of Killing was the first movie directed by Tonino Valerii, better known for two other genre entries, [[Giorni dell'ira, I|Day of Anger]] (1967) and [[Mio nome è Nessuno, Il|My Name is Nobody]] (1974), often appearing on people's lists of favorite spaghetti westerns . Vallerii, who worked for [[Sergio Leone]] on both [[Per un pugno di dollari|A Fistful of Dollars]] and [[Per qualche dollaro in più|For a few Dollars More]], was recommended for the job by Leone himself. It is also sometimes said that Leone came up with the original idea for the movie - a bounty hunter who doesn't chase outlaws but follows money transports, knowing that outlaws inevitably will turn up - but I couldn't find conformation of this. However, stylistically the film is deeply indebted to Leone's Dollar movies. | Taste of Killing was the first movie directed by Tonino Valerii, better known for two other genre entries, [[Giorni dell'ira, I|Day of Anger]] (1967) and [[Mio nome è Nessuno, Il|My Name is Nobody]] (1974), often appearing on people's lists of favorite spaghetti westerns. Vallerii, who worked for [[Sergio Leone]] on both [[Per un pugno di dollari|A Fistful of Dollars]] and [[Per qualche dollaro in più|For a few Dollars More]], was recommended for the job by Leone himself. It is also sometimes said that Leone came up with the original idea for the movie - a bounty hunter who doesn't chase outlaws but follows money transports, knowing that outlaws inevitably will turn up - but I couldn't find conformation of this. However, stylistically the film is deeply indebted to Leone's Dollar movies. | ||
The movie lacks the psychological dimension of ''Day of Anger'' and the | The movie lacks the psychological dimension of ''Day of Anger'' and the higher ambitions of ''My Name is Nobody''. It's a more straightforward (if morally ambiguous) action movie. Nevertheless, it is considered by some to be Valerii's best film. Giusti puts it like this: ''When first released, I found it wonderful (...) none of Valerii's films, despite their bigger production values and greater success, has ever given me that same impression of freshness'' (1). Others have criticized the film for its superficial character drawing; on a Dutch film site, staff member Bad lieutenant puts it like this: ''I can't say it's a bad movie, but it's not a good one either. (...) The characters all seemed rather one-dimensional to me'' (2) . | ||
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A guy named Hank Fellows - called "Lanky" ever since his birthday - watches an assault on a money transport from a distance, but doesn't take action when all soldiers escorting the money are killed. The leader of the bandits, Sanchez, departs with two of his men to put the money in a safe place, and sends the rest of his gang to the town, in the uniforms of the soldiers they have just killed. Lanky starts stalking Sanchez and eventually kills him and his men. He then rides into town to return the stolen money to the rightful owners and helps them wiping out the entire. The banker and mine owner ask him to put the money he has earned in the town's bank and ask his assistance for the protection of a gold transport, against a bandit far more dangerous than Sanchez, a guy called Gus Kennebeck. Lanky gladly accepts the offer, because Kennebeck is the man who has killed his brother years ago ...
Taste of Killing was the first movie directed by Tonino Valerii, better known for two other genre entries, Day of Anger (1967) and My Name is Nobody (1974), often appearing on people's lists of favorite spaghetti westerns. Vallerii, who worked for Sergio Leone on both A Fistful of Dollars and For a few Dollars More, was recommended for the job by Leone himself. It is also sometimes said that Leone came up with the original idea for the movie - a bounty hunter who doesn't chase outlaws but follows money transports, knowing that outlaws inevitably will turn up - but I couldn't find conformation of this. However, stylistically the film is deeply indebted to Leone's Dollar movies.
The movie lacks the psychological dimension of Day of Anger and the higher ambitions of My Name is Nobody. It's a more straightforward (if morally ambiguous) action movie. Nevertheless, it is considered by some to be Valerii's best film. Giusti puts it like this: When first released, I found it wonderful (...) none of Valerii's films, despite their bigger production values and greater success, has ever given me that same impression of freshness (1). Others have criticized the film for its superficial character drawing; on a Dutch film site, staff member Bad lieutenant puts it like this: I can't say it's a bad movie, but it's not a good one either. (...) The characters all seemed rather one-dimensional to me (2) .
(1) Mario Giusti: Dizionario del Western all'Italiana
(2) http://www.filmboob.nl/filmrecensies/1599/Per-il-Gusto-di-Uccidere-Taste-of-Killing.html
--By Scherpschutter
