This could be a long and positive review. The movie deserves it, the stars of the movie deserve it, the person behind the idea of this movie deserve it, AND, I don't want to say above all (hope you get my drift) Ennio Morricone, the composer of this and over 300 other movie scores deserve it.
Let me digress. I am 67 years old, and way back as a teenager I was hooked on the spaghetti westerns featuring Clint Eastwood. I remember one time 6 of us piled into our car, went to the drive-in and watched multiple Eastwood spaghetti westerns. I was of course struck by the style of the movies, dark and brooding with an incredible, should I say VISUAL SCORE. Of course back then there weren't the resources that there are now to research stuff in movies, but, I have always stayed for the credits. Mr Morricone was a constant.
Fast forward to the 1970's. I'm in the Army stationed in Germany and us GI's lived to go to the movies. My Name Is Nobody appeared.......OMG....there was that haunting score, and there was Ennio Morricone. While I was in the service I went to the theatre to see this movie EVERY SINGLE TIME it was shown. Terence Hill was captivating. His style and coolness, Henry Fonda didn't have a chance. And then there's Fonda. I am not putting in any spoilers, but there is so much to say about their relationship in this movie.
I ETD'd in 1977 and it took me years to find this movie on VHS, which I did. I think I had to find a foreign producer of it. The DVD of My Name is Nobody is my prize possession. When I talk about it very few people have seen or heard of it. When we watch it together, it's like Christmas Day, opening up presents.
RIP Mr Morricone. 344 scores..... thank you
Let me digress. I am 67 years old, and way back as a teenager I was hooked on the spaghetti westerns featuring Clint Eastwood. I remember one time 6 of us piled into our car, went to the drive-in and watched multiple Eastwood spaghetti westerns. I was of course struck by the style of the movies, dark and brooding with an incredible, should I say VISUAL SCORE. Of course back then there weren't the resources that there are now to research stuff in movies, but, I have always stayed for the credits. Mr Morricone was a constant.
Fast forward to the 1970's. I'm in the Army stationed in Germany and us GI's lived to go to the movies. My Name Is Nobody appeared.......OMG....there was that haunting score, and there was Ennio Morricone. While I was in the service I went to the theatre to see this movie EVERY SINGLE TIME it was shown. Terence Hill was captivating. His style and coolness, Henry Fonda didn't have a chance. And then there's Fonda. I am not putting in any spoilers, but there is so much to say about their relationship in this movie.
I ETD'd in 1977 and it took me years to find this movie on VHS, which I did. I think I had to find a foreign producer of it. The DVD of My Name is Nobody is my prize possession. When I talk about it very few people have seen or heard of it. When we watch it together, it's like Christmas Day, opening up presents.
RIP Mr Morricone. 344 scores..... thank you