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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, December 28, 2008

A professional gun indeed with Franco Nero at the helm alongside Tony Musante in Sergio Corbucci’s A Professional Gun (Il Mercenario).

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::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Great closeup of a nice publicity shot of a pimped out looking Jack Palance as Ricciolo in Sergio Corbucci’s A Professional Gun (Il Mercenario) which seems to be similar to the later effort and similar cast in his spaghetti western Companeros. I’ve seen Companeros (Cinema is Dope Wallpaper) but haven’t seen this one so can’t comment too much on similarities beyond that.

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Satuday, December 27, 2008

Up today is this fairly straight forward Japanese poster for Che. There seems to be a lot of Benicio Del Toro fans that can’t wait to see this one.

Related Coverage:
::: My Quick Thoughts on the full film from BNAT X screening
::: Previous Che Series Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Japanese Poster Appreciation Month Preview - January 2009 (Cinema is Dope)

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The first part of this Che epic is challenging, stirred very pragmatically and crackling with underlying tension. We know loosely where we are going but not sure how the movie will necessarily get us there in its highly realistic driven prose that blurs the film as if it were a breathing document of real past events in the life of Che and Cuba. Benicio Del Toro of course puts in the performance of his career to date as Che.

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::: My Quick Thoughts on the full film from BNAT X screening
::: Previous Che Series Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, December 11, 2008

I’ve seen Timecrimes 7 or 8 times the world over now so you could call me a bit biased at this point for really liking and admiring the film. While minimal the film provides many interconnecting layers that take multiple viewings to completely unwind. I went into the film only knowing it was billed as a dark comedy mixed with time travel and as such immediately had my full attention. The only real difference from the early cuts of the film are the binocular shots sound layer that was very sharp and loud pulse shaking sonic landscapes seem to have since been muted down some to go for a more eerie feel. I keep forgetting to ask Nacho about this difference. I did finally remember to ask him about his amazing story/theory on time travel in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. It’ so intricate and detailed that it would be nearly impossible to even begin to describe it other than to say it’s an utterly fascinating take that only Nacho could come up with and instantly makes you want to re-watch Death Proof.

An absolute must read for fans of this film or Nacho is Steve Dollar’s piece on it from Sitges last year (read here).

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Cinema is Dope Movie Wallpaper
::: Official US Site in support of its expanding theatrical release
::: GreenCine Daily Timecrimes post

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Rare French advertisement for Duccio Tessari’s Return of Ringo starring Giuliano Gemma. Script comes from both Duccio and Fernando Di Leo.

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