Page for July 24 - 30, 2010.
(Banner by Chris Casey)
The purpose of this page is to find others with a shared interest
in these kinds of movies, and to keep me from getting that "No new
messages" response when I check my email. So, please
drop me a line
with comments or questions about
Italian and Spanish action movies,
or Martial Arts fight flicks.
William Connolly
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Contents: Trivia Game (below),
Recent Viewings (below),
Unanswered Questions and Requests,
Stuff For Sale or Trade,
Stuff I'm Looking For,
Some of my favorite films,
and Links.
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Check out The Spaghetti Cinema blog.
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Click here for Ken Takakura singing the theme song for ABASHIRI BANGAICHI, aka ABASHIRI PRISON.
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Brain Teasers:
Which actor born in Astoria, Queens, New York on March 19, 1928 went on to make one Italian Western?
It was Patrick McGoohan of UN GENIO, DUE COMPARI, UN POLLO, aka A GENIUS, aka NOBODY IS THE GREATEST.
Which actor born in Paris on March 6, 1922 went on to make two Italian Westerns?
No one has answered this question yet.
Which Oscar-nominated actor starred in an East German Western?
No one has answered this question yet.
In what film did Tatsuya Nakadai and Giuliano Gemma both appear?
No one has answered this question yet.
Who was the most popular Italian actor in Japan during the latter half of the 1960s?
No one has answered this question yet.
What 1980 Spanish/Mexican co-production is obviously inspired by Zorro and is filled with Italian Western veterans?
No one has answered this question yet.
What actor is commonly thought to be Spanish but was actually born in Germany and said that he was an S.S. officer during World War II?
No one has answered this question yet.
What movie by a Spanish director was co-financed by a Japanese company?
No one has answered this question yet.
And now for some new brain teasers
What movie featured both Laura Gemser and Aldo Sanbrell?
What movie featured both Laura Gemser and Arthur Kennedy?
What movie featured both Laura Gemser and Roger Browne?
What movie featured both Laura Gemser and Toshiro Mifune?
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Name the movies from which these images come.
Domenico Cutillo and Rick Garibaldi identified last week's frame grab of Jerry Wilson and Carla Calò in SETTE DOLLARI SUL ROSSO, aka SEVEN DOLLARS ON THE RED, aka SEVEN DOLLARS TO KILL.
Above is a new photo. Can you name from what movie it came?
Charles Gilbert, Greg Sonier and Tim Sullivan identified last week's frame grab from HERCULES AND THE MOONMEN.
Above is a new photo. Can you name from what movie it came?
Danny Coffin and Tim Sullivan identified last week's frame grab from THE LAST EMPEROR.
Above is a new photo. Can you name from what movie it came?
Issue #77 of SPAGHETTI CINEMA is now available.
In it, Mike Eustace continues his essay on Sword and Sandal flicks, "Nights of Pleasure...
Days of Strife", with a look at "The Monsters of Hercules".
James Chaney concludes his translation of the interviews conducted by Franca Faldini and Goffredo Fofi
with Italian Western directors Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari and many others.
Finally, Mickey Hargitay is memorialized in two articles. First is an interview by Gerard Dessere conducted in 2002. And then there is a brief biography with filmography.
SPAGHETTI CINEMA
A 50 page photocopy journal investigating Italian and Spanish
popular cinema, S.C. began publication in 1984 and continues
to come out as often as possible.
From Hercules to The Man With No Name; from I VAMPIRI to CEMETARY MAN
- S.C. offers research and opinion on the kinds of movies
which excited us as children and continues to fascinate under
more mature scrutiny.
For a list of back issues and ordering information
click here.
Trivia questions welcomed!
No one has identified the above photo.
Can you name from what movie it came?
M.A.M.A. #54 is now available with Michael Reid's exhaustive listing of movies, TV and anime
based on the Shinsengumi; including THE LAST SAMURAI, GOHATTO, Samurai X, THE MAN WHO KILLED
RYOMA, TENGU TO, BAND OF ASSASSINS and ASSASSINATION. Mike Eustace also continues to comment
on recent Celestial DVD releases of old Shaw Brothers movies.
For ordering information, click on "drop me a line" below.
MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE ASSOCIATES
A 20 page photocopy journal investigating Asian action films, M.A.M.A. began publication in 1985.
For a list of back issues and ordering information
click here.
Trivia questions welcomed.
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I would be interested in knowing what movies you are watching and what you are
enjoying or not. So please drop me a line
if you'd like to share. Here's what I watched last week:
Enjoyed:
The American Revolution - A six hour mini-series on The History Channel.
Agatha Christie's Poirot "The Third Girl"
Founding Fathers - A four hour mini-series on The History Channel.
Mildly enjoyed:
The Directors "The Films of Steven Spielberg"
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Brian Crist "watched WHAT AM I DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF A REVOLUTION and it was slow going in the beginning, but once Herrerra starts shelling the town it takes off. A huge production, excellent cast and non stop action helped. I have to say I didn't care for the main characters at first but they grew on me. Vittorio Gassman reminded me a lot of Kevin Kline in his earlier days, the same manic quality (and head shape) that Kline had in WANDA. A good film and a shame that Corbucci quit making westerns."
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