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The Great Silence (1968)
My thoughts:
I'm glad to have watched The Great Silence as it's an under seen Spaghetti Western by the other Sergio....Sergio Corbucci. Klaus Kinski makes a really great, bad guy... really creepy and yet still real. He added so much to the film. The outdoor on location filming makes this film look as beautiful as it is violent.
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The Great Silence (1968)
IL Grande Silenzio (original title)
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Writers: Sergio Corbucci (story), Vittoriano Petrilli (screenplay)
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff
Genre: Spaghetti Western
Synopsis (spoiler free): In the remote Utah wilderness mountain region in 1898, a group of starving people are forced to steal to keep their families alive. The corrupt businessmen from the valley below hire a gang of ruthless bounty killers to exterminate the mountain people...A woman who was recently widowed by the psychotic bounty hunter Loco (Klaus Kinski), seeks revenge by hiring a mute gunfighter, Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant,) who has a personal vendetta against Loco.
What I liked about it: Director: Sergio Corbucci
Writers: Sergio Corbucci (story), Vittoriano Petrilli (screenplay)
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff
Genre: Spaghetti Western
Synopsis (spoiler free): In the remote Utah wilderness mountain region in 1898, a group of starving people are forced to steal to keep their families alive. The corrupt businessmen from the valley below hire a gang of ruthless bounty killers to exterminate the mountain people...A woman who was recently widowed by the psychotic bounty hunter Loco (Klaus Kinski), seeks revenge by hiring a mute gunfighter, Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant,) who has a personal vendetta against Loco.
- It had a cool setting in the snowy mountains of Utah.
- It has a good story of revenge by a man of mystery.
- It had great cinematography and music score.
- It had a great cast of actors playing colorful characters.
- Klaus Kinski as Loco
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence
- Vonetta McGee as Pauline
- Ultra close ups of actor's faces. I never like that in a movie.
- The English dub makes the dialogue sound odd and off kilter. But I bet in Italian the dialogue was much better.
My thoughts:
I'm glad to have watched The Great Silence as it's an under seen Spaghetti Western by the other Sergio....Sergio Corbucci. Klaus Kinski makes a really great, bad guy... really creepy and yet still real. He added so much to the film. The outdoor on location filming makes this film look as beautiful as it is violent.
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