Tag: Ennio Morricone

• Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

  September 19, 2019

  1970s, Crime, Italian Cinema, Political, Satire

  Recommended to me by Lindsay Hallam, Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) has a classic theme score by Ennio Morricone, which adds to the film’s unusual tone. Better known as the bad guy from A Fistful Of Dollars and A Few More Dollars More,… Read.

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  Duck, You Sucker/A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971)

  September 13, 2019

  1970s, Italian Cinema, Spaghetti Western, Western

  A long running gap in my Sergio Leone movie watching was the one with two titles – Duck, You Sucker (1971) aka A Fistful Of Dynamite has always been underrated or not as celebrated. Maybe because it doesn’t have Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson? Instead you have James Coburn with an Irish accent as an… Read.

• Revolver (1973)

  September 5, 2019

  1970s, Crime, Eurocrime, Italian Cinema, Poliziotteschi

  Continuing a quest to actually watch the movie of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack that I really like listening to, Revolver (1973; aka Blood In The Streets) is an example of the Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi genre as well as an Italian-German-French co-production. The main musical theme – a mournful, orchestral folk-pop number – was used by Tarantino in… Read.