[11] The English-language version was written by John Davis Hart and Lewis E. Ciannelli (the son of Eduardo Ciannelli) and recorded at Via Margutta Studios in Rome under Ciannelli's direction. Those who had danced through settled Edwardian times, now faced a changed world. [48] Between April 1 and September 27, 2018, the film earned $53,074 from its North American theatrical run. As Loco and his men prepare to collect their bounties, he takes Silence's Mauser from Pauline's hands. Loco rides to his hideout and convinces the rest of his gang to confront Silence. The Great Silence, Sergio Corbucci's highly influential Spaghetti Western masterpiece arrives on Blu ray for it's 50th anniversary from US based indie label Film Movement. [51], In the UK, Digital Classics also released their first DVD of the film in 2004; this release includes the English dub alongside the Italian track with English subtitles, the trailer and the alternative happy ending, but lacks Cox's introduction and commentary. A young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end. Some struggled to come to terms with the last four years, while others were anxious to move towards a new future. [24], Although Hart and Ciannelli's dub script remains relatively faithful to the original Italian dialogue, the meaning of numerous lines and scenes were changed; Ciannelli in particular frequently embellished the dialogue of films in the dubbing stage, such as Arizona Colt. [11] Other cast members were established character actors in or outside the Spaghetti Western genre, including Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Marisa Merlini, Raf Baldassare, Carlo D'Angelo, Spartaco Conversi and Bruno Corazzari (an actor often compared to Kinski). Here are the pros & cons as I see it, I hope this helps you: Pros: 1. Loco fires at Silence's head, killing him. [34], Morricone's music was sampled and remixed by Thievery Corporation for the album Morricone Rmx. The Great Silence [11][15][20], Most of the Snow Hill scenes filmed at Elios were shot at night so that the fake "snow" looked more convincing; 26 tons of shaving cream was used to give the street a snowbound look. A Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way. Blessed with a gorgeous new 2k scan from the original camera negative and the choice of either English or Italian audio options this also comes equipped with a decent selection of supplementary material and an insert booklet. A perfect choice to close 2020 with. Silence leaves for the town saloon, and attempts to provoke Loco into drawing. Alongside Django, it is usually regarded as Corbucci's best film and one of the best Spaghetti Westerns not to be directed by Sergio Leone. He could've at least told me." Well, since Capt. after Silence has killed four other bounty killers, Silence shoots both of the man's thumbs off; the killer moans in pain, tries to shoot Silence with his pistol, but is shot in the back by Miguel, The Complete Lenzi / Baker Giallo Collection Blu-ray Box Set Coming This Summer from Severin Films, Festival Promo Trailer for 'Before the Fire' Starring Jenna Lyng Adams, Review: Sergio Corbucci's "The Hellbenders" (1967) Starring Joseph Cotten; Kino Lorber Blu-ray Release, Donnerwetter! Played by the great Jean-Louis Trintignant, Silenzio is a tragic, poetic variation on Clint Eastwood’s taciturn Man With No Name. Some humans theorize that intelligent species go extinct before they can expand into outer space. Regarding the acquisition, Rosenberg commented "Following our experiences releasing Time To Die in the States for the very first time, we’re excited to sidle up to bring yet another restored classic western to North American moviegoers, certain to be thrilled by Corbucci’s masterful dark vision". ☆"This one's faster than the devil." As Silence begins reaching for his Mauser, Loco reaches for his Colt Single Action Army – but as Silence draws, another wounding shot is fired. [40], When The Great Silence was screened for Darryl F. Zanuck of 20th Century Fox to see whether the film could be released on the American market, he was offended by the film (to the point where he reportedly swallowed the cigar he was smoking in shock upon watching the ending), and refused to distribute it in the United States. Pollicut, seeking to make a profit, places prices on the thieves' heads, attracting the attention of a bounty killer gang led by "Loco". Meanwhile, the newly-elected Governor, hoping to have order maintained before declaring an amnesty regarding the outlaws, assigns the righteous but bumbling soldier Gideon Burnett as the sheriff of Snow Hill. The great score by Ennio Morricone goes great while watching Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski on screen in two great roles. It was never publicly released until it was included among the special features of Film Movement's Blu-ray.[7]. [70] Simon Abrams, writing for The Village Voice felt that the ending "still hurts so good a half-century later",[71] while Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times noted the film's subversive qualities, and particularly praised the opening sequence and McGee's "affecting" performance, concluding that "nothing works out the way these [characters], not to mention audiences who love classic Hollywood westerns, expect. The Great Silence. Some humans theorize that intelligent species go extinct before they can expand into outer space. Without a doubt, one of the most overlooked films of all time. The Great Silence. Generally you can't have love scenes in stories which are action-based – though in The Great Silence I shot quite a beautiful love scene between a black woman and a mute. You could only take on the powerful and the wicked for a short while, it seemed, before they crushed you. He had previously considered snowed-in valleys as the setting of Django, although the prior film took place in muddy conditions due to time and budget constraints. [1] Among the voice actors for the English version were Carolyn De Fonseca, Edward Mannix, Ted Rusoff and Mel Welles. [35] The grindcore band Cripple Bastards released an album with the film's Italian title. But once I'm there, I start thinking how nothing is finer in the cinema than a horseman, with the setting sun and a red sky. The great silence attributes to the lack of communication between different species in the universe. [36] Anima Morte also recorded a version of the main theme for the 2010 compilation album Cani Arrabbiati – Opening Themes ... A Tribute. Having returned to Rome after completing principal photography on the Eurospy film Death on the Run in Athens, he decided that another Western, set during a blizzard — reportedly an homage to two other "snow Westerns", André de Toth's Day of the Outlaw and John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn[14] — would provide a similar change of pace. The deaths of Silence, Pauline and the outlaws at the hands of Loco and his gang are a culmination of the subversive elements of The Great Silence and its anti-authoritarian stance. Meanwhile, Pauline becomes romantically and sexually involved with Silence while tending his wounds. Check out our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're excited about this month, like Mortal Kombat, "Them," and Stowaway. The bleakness of the winter landscape complements the dark and pessimistic tone of the film, while providing motivation for the characters, as the living conditions and chances of survival are made more dire. The restoration was carried out at the film laboratories Augustus Color and Studio Cine in Rome. The announcement revealed that the film would receive a theatrical re-release in North American theatres, followed by a release on Blu-ray Disc and digital formats. [66] Film critic Leonard Maltin praised the film, awarding it 3 1/2 out of a possible 4 stars. Glenn Erickson felt that the transfer on Fantoma's DVD was "reasonable but not great" due to the transfer having washed-out colours despite being clean from damage. [16][43] A German-dubbed, English-subtitled print was also screened from November 14 to 25 that same year at the Brisbane International Film Festival. Corbucci's widow, Nori, told [producer] Katsumi Ishikuma that her husband had the deaths of [Guevara] and Malcolm X in mind when he conceived The Great Silence ... For the radical, for the revolutionary, both deaths were terrible news. The universe ought to be a cacophony of voices, but instead it is disconcertingly quiet. 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[15], The Great Silence's soundtrack was composed by Ennio Morricone, Corbucci's frequent musical collaborator since Navajo Joe, and conducted by Bruno Nicolai. This was the only love scene I ever included in a film of this genre, where the women are generally bizarre. The Great Silence (Il grande silenzio) Quotes. What else? A greedy Polish mercenary aids a mine worker and peasant girl as they lead a revolution against the oppressive Mexican Government, and are pursued by an American rival. Having received several theatrical re-releases, most notably in 2012 and 2017, The Great Silence is now widely regarded by fans and authorities on Spaghetti Westerns as one of the greatest films of the genre, and is acknowledged as Corbucci's masterpiece. [53], On February 6, 2013, TC Entertainment released The Great Silence on Blu-ray Disc in Japan, using a 1080i, AVC-encoded high-definition transfer of an Italian print and DTS-HD Mono mixes of the Italian, English and Japanese dubs. While finding the "ambiguous" ending's failures in its lack of answers for the fates of its characters, he considers the "happy" ending "amusing" due to its attempt to overhaul the film's pre-established tone. In this ending, Loco draws his gun without waiting to be prompted by Silence. Before leaving, Burnett requests that the townspeople provide food for the outlaws. The Great Silence (Italian: Il grande silenzio) is a 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci. as acidic and erosive as xenomorph blood. Following the incident, Wolff refused to speak to Kinski unless required to by the script. Every time I make a Western, I say "This is the last". Want more? [63][64] A contemporary review of The Great Silence in the French newspaper Le Populaire described Corbucci as "an excellent creator of atmosphere and a director perfectly at ease with actors: Klaus Kinski [...] is excellent here". These include several continuity errors and revealing mistakes present throughout the film, and a variance in the quality of the film stock. [15], During its North American 2017-2018 theatrical run, The Great Silence received enthusiastic notices from several reviewers, who tended to note its influence on Tarantino's work. This is one of my favorite films I have watched in the last year. Pop! To prevent Gordon's son from giving them away, one of the killers slices the boy's throat, rendering him permanently mute. Some humans theorize that intelligent species go extinct before they can expand into outer space. "The Great Silence" ist eine Meditation nicht nur über den Wilden Westen, sondern über den Wilden Western. People don't go to the cinema to see love scenes. The Great Silence is one of the best Westerns I have ever seen. [24][48][58][59], In March 2017, the Cinémathèque Française reported that Cineteca Nazionale, with the cooperation of Italian distribution rights holder Movietime, had authorised a complete restoration of The Great Silence (including the alternative ending) from the original camera and sound negatives in 4K resolution. [8][9] Because it was believed that no audio elements for this ending had survived, early DVD releases of the film, such as the American release from Fantoma Films, feature it without sound. [30] Donato Totaro states that the film's title "is rich in possible meaning, suggestive not only of the great white expansive snow, the lead character's muteness, but the late 1960s political defeats that impacted Corbucci's mood that led him to make one of the grimmest Westerns ever made". In comparison to the Technicolor/Techniscope presentation most Spaghetti Westerns were filmed in, The Great Silence was filmed in the standard European widescreen format and printed in Eastmancolor. [41] Under license from the film's current exhibition rights holder, Beta Film,[42] its first US theatrical release took place in 2012, when an English-dubbed 35 mm film print owned by Swiss film library Kinemathek Le Bon Film was toured in cinema screens across the country. The snowy backdrop isolates the events of the story by providing very little visible geographical detail, and "fair metaphors for the enclosed, cruel world herein" are created. [11][26], A key aspect of the film that differentiates its stylistic choices from other Westerns is its setting – a snow-bound Utah that contrasts with the desert plains seen in most Western films, American or Italian. Burnett and Loco stop by a frozen lake to allow Loco to relieve himself, but he springs a trap, shooting the ice surrounding Burnett and leaving him to die in the freezing water. [49] The release used an English-language print that was digitally remastered by Zoetrope Aubry Productions, presented in 1.66:1 letterboxed widescreen, with the only audio option being a Dolby Digital Mono mix of the English dub. [68], Glenn Erickson of DVD Talk spoke less enthusiastically about the film, but felt that it was a good Spaghetti Western nonetheless. Ein ziemlich unpassender Titel, den in großer Stille wird dieses Album mit Sicherheit nicht untergehen, nein vielmehr darf dieses Album als weiterer großer Meilenstein dieser Band gefeiert werden. Corbucci, who made his left-wing views either the subtext or subject of several of his films, wrote the film's story as an allegory highlighting the corruptions stemming from authoritarian forms of capitalism, which are personified by the sadistic, greedy bounty killers led by Loco (who use the bounties to fuel their desires for violence and money while acting under the law), as well as the schemes of the banker Pollicutt. The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox (Englisch) Gebundene Ausgabe – Illustriert, 10. The company also considered a remake of the film starring Clint Eastwood, which eventually evolved into a largely unrelated project by Universal Pictures, Joe Kidd. [7], —Sergio Corbucci in an interview with Noël Simsolo for Image et Son #246, January 1971[13], By 1967, Sergio Corbucci had grown weary of making Westerns that varied widely in quality and commercial viability. 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