https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php?title=The_Big_Gundown_-_4_Disc_Collector%27s_Edition_Blu_Ray/DVD_Review&feed=atom&action=historyThe Big Gundown - 4 Disc Collector's Edition Blu Ray/DVD Review - Revision history2024-03-29T08:21:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php?title=The_Big_Gundown_-_4_Disc_Collector%27s_Edition_Blu_Ray/DVD_Review&diff=87360&oldid=prevAdmin at 14:24, 16 March 20142014-03-16T14:24:05Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Corbett continues to follow and learn more about Cuchillo riding through the sunny deserts, Mexican border towns and treacherous trails, he slowly begins to suspect something isn't quite right with the seemingly straight forward mission Brokston sent him on. His many years as a bounty hunter have taught him to be an observant detective as well as a super fast gunslinger. He can see that while Cuchillo may be a rebellious rascal he also may be on the run since he's not guilty of the heinous crime he was accused of. In addition, Corbett could be the pawn in a shady game of life and death that the young knife throwing outlaw has been attached to without any prior knowledge.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Corbett continues to follow and learn more about Cuchillo riding through the sunny deserts, Mexican border towns and treacherous trails, he slowly begins to suspect something isn't quite right with the seemingly straight forward mission Brokston sent him on. His many years as a bounty hunter have taught him to be an observant detective as well as a super fast gunslinger. He can see that while Cuchillo may be a rebellious rascal he also may be on the run since he's not guilty of the heinous crime he was accused of. In addition, Corbett could be the pawn in a shady game of life and death that the young knife throwing outlaw has been attached to without any prior knowledge.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While Van Cleef is excellent as the steely eyed, staunchly determined Corbett, the film really belongs to the daring and entertaining thespian Tomas Milian whose colorful, expressive performance as Cuchillo is anything but the standard. Milian's way of bringing a plethora of humor, charm and wit to what on the page would be just another "Mexican bandit", is what gives the film so much energy and life. A detail that gives Cuchillo an even more unique status in the movie is his expertise with knives. He is not the usual skilled sharpshooter like most other popular characters we've seen in the genre.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While Van Cleef is excellent as the steely eyed, staunchly determined Corbett, the film really belongs to the daring and entertaining thespian Tomas Milian whose colorful, expressive performance as Cuchillo is anything but the standard. Milian's way of bringing a plethora of humor, charm and wit to what on the page would be just another "Mexican bandit", is what gives the film so much energy and life. A detail that gives Cuchillo an even more unique status in the movie is his expertise with knives. He is not the usual skilled sharpshooter like most other popular characters we've seen in the genre.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was important to Sergio Sollima that he tell a classic tale of a rich corrupt politician vs. a poor misunderstood peasant/scapegoat within an action-adventure story. It was his way of addressing the age old subject that he being Italian knew quite well living under the dictatorship of Mussolini during World War II. This film would actually share more with Leone's opus [[Once Upon a Time in the West - Special/Review (Scherpschutter)|Once Upon A Time in The West]] than the Eastwood pictures. Each focus on the modernizing of the West and the corrupt, rich businessmen that manipulated and used the poor which has really always been part of society and politics in general.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was important to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sergio Sollima<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>that he tell a classic tale of a rich corrupt politician vs. a poor misunderstood peasant/scapegoat within an action-adventure story. It was his way of addressing the age old subject that he being Italian knew quite well living under the dictatorship of Mussolini during World War II. This film would actually share more with Leone's opus [[Once Upon a Time in the West - Special/Review (Scherpschutter)|Once Upon A Time in The West]] than the Eastwood pictures. Each focus on the modernizing of the West and the corrupt, rich businessmen that manipulated and used the poor which has really always been part of society and politics in general.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest, colorful opening credits sequences (rivaling/recalling [[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|The Good The Bad and The Ugly]]) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi (also a Leone protege) are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest, colorful opening credits sequences (rivaling/recalling [[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|The Good The Bad and The Ugly]]) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Carlo Carlini<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and the set costumes and production design by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Carlo Simi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(also a Leone protege) are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>High Plains Drifter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>), <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Fernando Sancho<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Antonio Casas<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by Christy ([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Christy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. This long awaited US home video release finally allows fans and newcomers to rediscover this classic in its uncut form, many months after similar releases have hit European home video markets</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tomas Milian: Acting on Instinct''' - A graduate of New York City’s legendary Actors Studio, the Cuban born Milian developed a very popular following through his acting in Italian Westerns ([[Tepepa]], [[Companeros]]) and Polizios (Emergency Squad, Cop in Blue Jeans) throughout the 60s and 70s. In more recent years he co-starred in films like Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000) and Andy Garcia's The Lost City (2005). He is a precursor to modern actors like Johnny Depp who use free improvisation and unusual inspirations to create the characters they become. Milian is very much an unsung hero of his generation's cinema that needs more appreciation. Thanks to this release, fans can see him talk about his life as a actor, the special points of view on his art with the same heartfelt exuberance he brought to all his films. Like Sollima, Milian also addresses his disdain for the term "Spaghetti Western" since he takes the films seriously not as merely cheap knockoffs.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Tomas Milian: Acting on Instinct''' - A graduate of New York City’s legendary Actors Studio, the Cuban born Milian developed a very popular following through his acting in Italian Westerns ([[Tepepa]], [[Companeros]]) and Polizios (Emergency Squad, Cop in Blue Jeans) throughout the 60s and 70s. In more recent years he co-starred in films like Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000) and Andy Garcia's The Lost City (2005). He is a precursor to modern actors like Johnny Depp who use free improvisation and unusual inspirations to create the characters they become. Milian is very much an unsung hero of his generation's cinema that needs more appreciation. Thanks to this release, fans can see him talk about his life as a actor, the special points of view on his art with the same heartfelt exuberance he brought to all his films. Like Sollima, Milian also addresses his disdain for the term "Spaghetti Western" since he takes the films seriously not as merely cheap knockoffs.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Sergio Donati - Tagliatelle in Los Angeles & A Bonus Interview''' - The prolific writer who worked on such genre classics as For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon A Time in the West gets two candid interviews where he speaks about the differences of working with various producers including Dino DeLaurentiis, Carlo Ponti and Albert Grimaldi. He also explains his formative years in Italian cinema, the radical changes within the country’s once booming movie industry and the goals he and Sergio Sollima set out to accomplish with their first collaboration on The Big Gundown.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sergio Donati<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>- Tagliatelle in Los Angeles & A Bonus Interview''' - The prolific writer who worked on such genre classics as For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon A Time in the West gets two candid interviews where he speaks about the differences of working with various producers including Dino DeLaurentiis, Carlo Ponti and Albert Grimaldi. He also explains his formative years in Italian cinema, the radical changes within the country’s once booming movie industry and the goals he and Sergio Sollima set out to accomplish with their first collaboration on The Big Gundown.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] ([[Faccia a faccia|Face to Face]], [[Run Man Run]]) who had previously worked in the James Bond spy ripoff genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s [[Django]] Sollima was interested in placing political and social themed ideas within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as just mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] ([[Faccia a faccia|Face to Face]], [[Run Man Run]]) who had previously worked in the James Bond spy ripoff genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">concept in </ins>[[Django]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>Sollima was interested in placing political and social themed ideas within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as just mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] who had previously worked in the James Bond spy ripoff genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s ([[Django]]) Sollima was interested in political and social themed ideas that he wanted to place within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as just mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">([[Faccia faccia|Face to Face]], [[Run Man Run]]) </ins>who had previously worked in the James Bond spy ripoff genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]]'s ([[Django]]) Sollima was interested in political and social themed ideas that he wanted to place within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as just mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest, colorful opening credits sequences (rivaling/recalling The Good The Bad and The Ugly) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi (also a Leone protege) are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|</del>The Good the Bad and the Ugly<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest, colorful opening credits sequences (rivaling/recalling <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|</ins>The Good The Bad and The Ugly<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi (also a Leone protege) are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by Christy ([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by Christy ([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence.</div></td></tr>
</table>TheSwedehttps://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php?title=The_Big_Gundown_-_4_Disc_Collector%27s_Edition_Blu_Ray/DVD_Review&diff=85664&oldid=prevTheSwede at 13:23, 10 December 20132013-12-10T13:23:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest opening <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intros </del>(rivaling/recalling The Good The Bad and The Ugly) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, colorful </ins>opening <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">credits sequences </ins>(rivaling/recalling The Good The Bad and The Ugly) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(also a Leone protege) </ins>are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|</ins>The Good the Bad and the Ugly<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">([[Django]])</del>. It features one of the coolest opening intros (rivaling/recalling The Good The Bad and The Ugly) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today The Big Gundown falls into the category of an overlooked cult classic for most but longtime fans of the Spaghetti Western genre regard it as a well known essential that belongs right up at the top of the list with the films of Leone and Corbucci. It features one of the coolest opening intros (rivaling/recalling The Good The Bad and The Ugly) amazingly beautiful, bold cinematography by Carlo Carlini and the set costumes and production design by Carlo Simi are truly spectacular. Many of the buildings and sets seen in the movie are still standing today almost 50 years later. The supporting cast including Walter Barnes (High Plains Drifter), Fernando Sancho ([[Minnesota Clay]], [[Sartana]]) and Antonio Casas (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) round out the excellent production with solid performances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by Christy ([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Big Gundown is easily one of the best Italian Westerns ever made due to its tightly directed/staged scenes, a genius score by Il Maestro [[Ennio Morricone]] featuring the booming title song sung by Christy ([http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Danger:_Diabolik Danger: Diabolik], OK Connery) and an idea that goes above and beyond the usual genre tales. Thanks to Grindhouse Releasing, film enthusiasts and Spaghetti Western fans alike can now appreciate the movie in all its magnificence.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] who had previously worked in the spy genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]] ([[Django]]) Sollima was interested in political themed ideas <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which </del>he wanted to place within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the decline of the popular peplum (sword and sandals movies), the international success of [[Sergio Leone]]'s Dollars Trilogy kicked off another new rage in popular Italian genre cinema: the Western. One of the many journeymen directors to follow Leone's lead was [[Sergio Sollima]] who had previously worked in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">James Bond </ins>spy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ripoff </ins>genre. His 1966 masterpiece The Big Gundown was his explosive entry into the territory of wild west storytelling. Much like [[Sergio Corbucci]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>([[Django]]) Sollima was interested in political <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and social </ins>themed ideas <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>he wanted to place within the Western stories he told. A lifelong fan of these films since his childhood, Sollima deeply respected the Western and instead of treating his work as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">just </ins>mindless pulpy action adventures there was something more he wanted to bring to them which makes his productions particularly important.</div></td></tr>
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