Tag: Frank Wolff

• I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death (1969)

  September 8, 2020

  1960s, Action, Crime, Italian Cinema, Spaghetti Western, Uncategorized, Western

  I was not familiar with the Sartana spaghetti westerns until Arrow Video released a boxset, their remastered versions available on Tubi to stream. The first one I watched was I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death (1969; Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino), the second in the series, and what a character, dressed in all black… Read.

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  The Great Silence (1968)

  August 5, 2020

  1960s, Drama, Italian Cinema, Political, Spaghetti Western, Western

  Spaghetti westerns were a genre that would be programmed on SBS Saturday Cult Movie Night and I remember seeing the end of The Great Silence (1968; Il Grande Silenzio) when I was younger. Recently, the film is referenced as an influence on Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, name dropped as one of the filmmaker’s favourite… Read.

• Milano Calibro 9 (1972)

  August 29, 2019

  1970s, Eurocrime, Poliziotteschi

  A highly regarded example of the Poliziotteschi genre (or Eurocrime movies), Milano Calibro 9 (1972; aka Caliber 9) is directed by Fernando Di Leo and focuses on a thief released from prison after a few years. His name is Ugo Piazza and he’s played by Gastone Moschin (better known as Don Fanucci in The Godfather… Read.