New Japanese DVD/Blu-ray combo of “ 血斗のジャンゴ”

 

血斗のジャンゴ

(Face to Face)

(1967)

 

Director: Sergio Sollima

Starrng: Tomas Milian, Gian Maria Volonte, William Berger

 

Country: Japan

Available as combo or individual DVD or Blu-ray.

 

Available November 29, 2023

Who Are Those Guys? ~ Emilio Delle Piane

 

Emilio Dellepiane was born in Lavagna, Liguria, Italy on July 6, 1938. Wmilio was an Italian character actor active between the mid-1960s and the 1980s, before appearing on the stage he graduated in law in 1963, doing a few years of apprenticeship. In 1966 he met the director Carlo Lizzani who made him embark on a film career; Among the films he starred in 1971’s ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity is STILL My Name) with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. “I due superpiedi quasi piatti” (The Two Almost Flat Superfoots) again with Hill and Spencer and both directed by E.B. Clucher  (Enzo Barboni). He continued his career until the early nineties when he retired from the scene and returned to devoting himself to his law firm in the center of Chiavari. He died on March 17, 2014, at the age of 75.

Besides his role as James Parker in “Trinity is STILL My Name”, Delle Piane also appeared in “Arizona Returns” in 1971 with Anthony Steffen where he played the marshal and had a small role in 1971’s “Judge Roy Bean” with Robert Hossein.

DELLE PIANE, Emilio (Emilio Dellepiane) [7/6/1938, Lavagna, Liguria, Italy - 3/17/2014, Lavagna, Liguria, Italy] – film, TV actor.

Arizona Returns - 1970 (marshal)

Judge Roy Bean - 1971

Trinity is STILL My Name - 1971 (James Parker)

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Rafael Bejarano

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Rafael Bejarano, not to be confused with the jockey of the same name who was born in 1982, is/was a Spanish actor who appeared in only one film. He played a cowboy in 1963’s “Uccidi o muori” (Ride and Kill) directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Robert Mark (Rodd Dana) and Fabrizio Moroni.

I can find no other information on him.

BEJARANO, Rafael [Spanish] film actor.

Ride and Kill - 1963 (cowboy)

Ennio Morricone Film Festival at the New York City Museum of Modern Art

 

In collaboration with Cinecittà, Rome, MoMA celebrates Ennio Morricone (1928–2020), one of the greatest movie composers of all time, with a retrospective of more than 35 films spanning his nearly 60-year career. With more than 17 new digital restorations as well as 35mm archival prints, the exhibition presents a rich selection of films featuring Morricone’s most renowned scores (including Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Roland Joffe’s The Mission, Bernard Bertolucci’s 1900 and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso) alongside more unsung titles (Sergio Corbucci’s Navajo Joe and The Great Silence, Sergio Solima’s The Big Countdown and Revolver, Mario Bava’s Danger:Diabolik, and Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Red Tent among them).

A rare German television program from 1967 features Morricone himself performing as part of Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (“The Group”), the radically experimental collective of composer-musicians who banded together in Rome in 1964 in a utopian spirit of nonhierarchical improvisation. Morricone’s ingenious forging of classical instrumentation with new electronic technologies, musique concrète and jazz, and seriality and noise carried over into his film scoring. His self-conscious use of mouth harps, pan pipes, bells, twanging guitars, cantering drums and—ever and always—the human voice and whistle revolutionized the music of popular genre moviemaking, from Westerns and horror to operatic comedy and melodrama, and continues to influence contemporary composers and musicians as far ranging as Hans Zimmer, Angelo Badalamenti, Radiohead, John Zorn, Mica Levi, Jay-Z, and Metallica.

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Francisco Valente, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art; and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero, Cinecittà. Thanks to Cineteca Nazionale (Maria Bonsanti), Giovanni Morricone, and Marco Cicala.

Museum of Modern Art

11 W 53rd St,

New York City, New York 10019

(212) 708-9400

Events

Fri, Dec 1, 7:00 p.m.

Cinema Paradiso. 1988. Written anddirected by Giuseppe Tornatore

Fri, Dec 2, 1:30 p.m.

Film – “I basilischi” (The Lizards). 1963. Written and directed by Lina Wertmüller

Sat, Dec 2, 3:30 p.m.

Film – “Ennio: The Maestro”. 2021. Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Sat, Dec 2, 7:00 p.m.

“Per un pugno di dollari” (A Fistful of Dollars). 1964. Directed by Sergio Leone

Sun, Dec 3, 1:00 p.m.

“Per qualche dollaro in più” (For a Few Dollars More). 1965. Directed by Sergio Leone

Sun, Dec 3, 4:00 p.m.

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly). 1966. Directed by Sergio Leone

Tue, Dec 5, 4:0 p.m.

La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers). 1965. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

Tue, Dec 5, 6:30 p.m.

“I pugni in tasca” (Fists in the Pocket). 1965. Written and directed by Marco Bellocchio

Thu, Dec 7, 4:00 p.m.

“Navajo Joe”. 1966. Directed by Sergio Corbucci

Thu, Dec 7, 6:30 p.m.

“La resa dei conti” (The Big Gundown).

1967. Directed by Sergio Solima

Fri, Dec 8, 4:00 p.m.

“Revolver”. 1973. Directed by Sergio Sollima

Sun, Dec 10, 4:00 p.m.

“Il grande silenzio” (The Great Silence). 1968. Directed by Sergio Corbucci

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00 p.m.

“Krasnaya palatka” (The Red Tent). 1969. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Tue, Dec 12, 7:30 p.m.

“Nuova Consonanza – Komponisten improvisieren im Kollektiv” (Nuova Consonanza: Composers Improvise Collectively). 1967. Directed by Theo Gallehr

Thu, Dec 14, 4:30 p.m.

“Le clan des Siciliens” (The Sicilian Clan). 1969. Directed by Henri Verneuil

Thu, Dec 14, 7:30 p.m.

“Teorema”. 1968. Written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Fri, Dec 15, 4:30 p.m.

“Two Mules for Sister Sara”. 1970. Directed by Don Siegel

Fri, Dec 15, 7:30 p.m.

C’era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West). 1968. Directed by Sergio Leone

Sat, Dec 16, 3:30 p.m.

Il deserto dei Tartari (The Desert of the Tartars). 1976. Directed by Valerio Zurlini

Sat, Dec 16, 6:30 p.m.

“Once Upon a Time in America” [European theatrical version]. 1984. Directed by Sergio Leone

Mon, Dec 18, 6:30 p.m.

“Diabolik” (Danger: Diabolik). 1968. Directed by Mario Bava

Tue, Dec 19, 4:00 p.m.

“Sacco e Vanzetti” (Sacco and Vanzetti). 1971. Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

Wed, Dec 20, 4:00 p.m.

“Un bellissimo novembre” (That Splendid November). 1969. Directed by Mauro Bolognini

Wed, Dec 20, 6:30 p.m.

“Metello”. 1970. Directed by Mauro Bolognini

Thu, Dec 21, 4:00 p.m.

“Un tranquillo posto di campagna” (A Quiet Place in the Country). 1968. Directed by Elio Petri

Thu, Dec 21, 6:30 p.m.

“Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni Sospetto” (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion). 1970. Directed by Elio Petri

TSun, Dec 24, 1:30 p.m.

“Le foto proibite di una signora per bene” (The Forbidden Photos of a Lady above Suspicion). 1970. Directed by Luciano Ercoli

Thu, Dec 28, 4:00 p.m.

“Il gatto a nove code” (The Cat o'Nine Tails). 1971. Written and directed by Dario Argento

Thu, Dec 28, 6:30 p.m.

“Una lucertola con la pelle di donna” (A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin). 1971. Directed by Lucio Fulci

Fri, Dec 29, 4:00 p.m.

“Cosa avete fatto a Solange?” (What Have You Done to Solange?). 1972. Directed by Massimo Dallamano

Fri, Dec 29, 6:30 p.m.

“Gente di rispetto” (The Flower in His Mouth). 1975. Directed by Luigi Zampa

Sun, Dec 31, 1:30 p.m.

“Gli occhiali d’oro” (The Gold-Rimmed Glasses). 1987. Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

Mon, Jan. 1, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

“Novocento” (1900). 1976. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

“Allonsanfàn” (Allonsanfan). 1974. Written and directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

“The Mission”. 1986. Directed by Roland Joffé

Thu, Jan 4, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

“The Hateful Eight”. 2015. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Thu, Jan 4, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

“The Thing”. 1982. Directed by John Carpenter

Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

“The Untouchables”. 1987. Directed by Brian De Palma

A new Spanish Blu-ray, DVD release of “Amigos”

 

“Amigos”

(And For a Roof a Sky Full of Stars)

(1968)

 

Director: Giulio Petroni

Starring: Giuliano Gemma, Mario Adorf, Magda Konopka, Federico Boido

 

Country: Spain

Label: Mon Inter

Region: A,B,C

Blu-ray

Aspect ratio: 16:9, 1.85:1

Languages: Spanish, English

Subtitles: None

Running time: 97 minutes

ASIN: ‎B0CLLX7QK4

Available:  November 28, 2023

New French DVD release “Le Dernier Pistolet”

 

“Le Dernier Pistolet”

(The Last Gun)

(1964)

 

Director: Sergio Bergonzelli

Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Carl Möhner, Célina Cély, Ketty Carver, Livio Lorenzon

 

Country: France

Label: Elephant Films

Format: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 anamorphic, widescreen

Languages: DD 2.0 mono Italian, English, French

Running time: 92 minutes

Extras: Trailer

ASIN: ‎B0CKWKWQZY

Available: November 28, 2023

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Brigitte Beier

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Brigitte Beier was born in Belin, Germany on October 24, 1939, the daughter of the press illustrator and caricaturist Alfred Beier-Red.

She made her film debut in 1964 at the DEFA in Heiner Carow's film drama “Die Hochzeit von Länneken” (The Wedding of Länneken). In this literary adaptation based on the novel by Herbert Nachbar, she played the fisherman's daughter Bärbel Pröpping, who, together with the love of her life, the young fisherman's son Henning Grabe, campaigns for a fair distribution of fishing spots among all fishermen. In 1971, under the direction of Claus Dobberke, she played the role of Maria Ritter in the political drama “Verspielte Heimat” (Playful Homeland). In 1971/1972, director Kurt Jung-Alsen hired Beier for the role of the Jewess Recha Fain in the Holocaust miniseries “Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann” (The Pictures of the Witness Schattmann) a film adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by the writer and graphic artist Peter Edel.

Beier then appeared in many feature films until the 1980s. These included: “Die Legende von Paul und Paula” (The Legend of Paul and Paula), the children's film “Moritz in der Litfaßsäule” (Moritz in the Advertising Column) as well as the family films “Das Schulgespenst” (The School Ghost) and “Der Streit um des Esels Schatten” (The Dispute About the Donkey's Shadow).

On television, she was mostly seen in crime films, such as several episodes of the ‘Polizeiruf-110’ series, starting with ‘Collision’ (1977) to ‘The Last Customer’ (1987) and ‘Destroyed Hope’ (1991). In a similar format, ‘The Public Prosecutor Has the Floor’, she also participated several times. Brigitte also played a role in the series ‘Spuk unterm Riesenrad’ and ‘Drei von der K’.

Brigitte Beier appeared in two Euro-westerns: as the bus driver in 1981’s “Der lange Ritt zur Schule” (The Long Ride from School) starring Frank Träger and as Zofe in the 1987 TV series “Präriejäger in Mexiko” (Prairie Scout in Mexico) starring Gojko Mitic.

BEIER, Brigitte [10/24/1939, Berlin, Berlin, Germany –     ] – film, TV actress.

The Long Ride from School – 1981 (bus driver)

Prairie Scout in Mexico (TV) – 1987 (Zofe)