This, hands down, is my favorite Clint Eastwood film EVER, and one of my favorite westerns as well! Gorgeous cinematography, a fantastic cast, a perfect script, and a talented director… I think it’s almost time to watch this one again…
Tag: western
Trailer Tracks: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
This is one of my all-time favorite westerns, and I love the pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Directed by George Roy Hill, who would later reunite with the duo to make the equally enjoyable The Sting. The trailer is too long for my tastes, and definitely shows too much of the story,…
Blazing Saddles (1974) – Mel Brooks
The Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book ‘s next recommendation for Monsieur Hulot, is Mel Brook’s comedic take on the western genre, that works on sight gags, physical comedy, and lots of great lines. However, there is also a slew of stereotypes and some less than acceptable language, although it’s very evident…
Battlestar Galactica (1978) – The Lost Warrior & The Long Patrol
This week’s Battlestar Galactica sees two stand alone episodes before we plunge into another two parter. The art used to illustrate this installment of the Bellasrio & Cannell comes from Ralph McQuarrie’s preproduction art and book cover art from the episode’s novel adaption by David Shleinkofer. First up is The Lost Warrior, which aired October 8,…
Bermuda International Film Festival – The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheime
The second film to be screened at BIFF was a documentary that proved to be a tough watch. To clarify, it’s not a bad film at all, its just the subject matter is particularly harsh. It was also the first film I’d seen in the Liberty Theater since I left in 89, and I took…
The Great Train Robbery (1903) – Edwin Porter
So, as mentioned before, there is a new list of movies for me to work through, well two lists, but this is the introductory post to the 101 Actions Movies to See Before You Die. I’m gonna enjoy this list a lot, cause who doesn’t love a good action movie? It will probably see me…
Justified – Season 1 (2010)
Elmore Leonard is one of the most prominent American crime writers and his short story, Fire In The Hole serves as the jumping off point for the series Justified. It was developed for FX by Graham Yost. Yost has had his fingers in a number of projects I’ve enjoyed, most notably Band of Brothers and From The Earth…
For A Few Dollars More (1965)
Clint Eastwood returns as The Man With No Name (although the name of his character in this film is revealed as Manco) in Sergio Leone’s follow-up to Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More. Joining Clilnt in Spain for this shoot was fellow American Lee Van Cleef as Colonel Douglas Mortimer. The two men are competing…
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Clint Eastwood. No matter what other films he makes, or made, He will be the man who will be forever remembered for revitalizing the Western genre, not once but twice. The second time, is my all time favorite western, Unforgiven (1992), and the first was a small low-budget film shot in Spain, known in…
The Mind Reels 