The Great Silence
1968
What a year. 1968 was rife with strife, change was all around and no less so in cinema. Spaghetti westerns were nothing new but this type was. My question is, how is it that Italians like Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci could make better westerns then us? Speaking of these two directors, though similarities abound, Corbucci seemed to cross the line where Leone would straddle it.
The Great Silence is the story of Silence a mauser "broom handle" C96 toting anti-hero aptly named as he cannot speak. Most of the townsfolk have bounties on them due to a crooked banker and his bounty hunters which include none other than Klaus Kinski who plays a real bastard of a character against a backdrop of wintry cold snow and mountains. Silence is employed by a recent widow who wishes to see her husbands death avenged and the end result is anything but predictable.
Many applaud Quentin Tarantino for his over the top mash ups but without the likes of Corbucci (among others) there would be no Tarantino.
The Great Silence
Released in 1968
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Music: Ennio Morricone (The Good The Bad and The Ugly etc.)
The snow in the town of snow hill was created by gallons of shaving cream.
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