The Great Silence (1968) (50th Anniversary Edition)

[bruce holecheck]

Sergio Corbucci's amazing Spaghetti Western is returning to theaters and finally hitting domestic Blu, courtesy of Film Movement!

Film Movement has acquired all North American distribution rights to the classic 1968 spaghetti western The Great Silence.

The deal was brokered by president of Film Movement Michael E Rosenberg and Oliver Bachert of Beta Cinema. Following its 2K HD theatrical release of Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein’s feature film debut Time To Die, Film Movement will bring The Great Silence to North American screens for the very first time, with a blu-ray and digital release to follow.

Set in Snow Hill, Utah (but shot in Italy’s rugged Dolomites), during an unforgiving and bone chilling winter near the end of the 19th century, The Great Silence opens on a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco, as they prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who’ve taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence stands between the innocent refugees and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren’t always clear and good doesn’t always triumph.

Sergio Corbucci directed the film, which stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski and Vonetta McGee.

“The Great Silence is widely considered to be one of the best and most influential spaghetti westerns ever made,” Rosenberg said. “Following our experiences releasing Time To Die in the states for the very first time, we’re excited to saddle up to bring yet another restored classic western to North American moviegoers, certain to be thrilled by Corbucci’s masterful dark vision.”

In addition to The Great Silence, Film Movement has also recently acquired Atsuko Hiryanagi’s offbeat romantic comedy Oh Lucy!, Oren Jacoby’s street art documentary Shadwoman, and Laurie Simmons’ feature film debut My Art.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/fil...123495.article

[Martin_31]

Oh, this is awesome news.

[mja345]

Wow, incredible news! Probably right below the Dollars trilogy in terms of all-time greatest spaghetti Westerns. Film Movement does a nice job with their releases as well.

[Grethiwha]

Yes, this is fantastic! And Film Movement is very good.

I've only seen this film once, in pretty shoddy quality years back, but I found it mesmerizing. I don't remember much of it, but the mood and atmosphere has really stuck with me. It's my favourite Spaghetti Western after the Good, the Bad and The Ugly, and definitely one of my top films not yet released on blu – and long overdue!

[Hazel Motes]

whaaaaat. this is awesome and very unexpected.

[javi92]

I'll be buying.

[RiFiFi1955]

Did not see there was a thread already so I will state my enthusiasm here, Fantastic/Amazing news!

[Blu2u]

Hoping for the Italian track.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Grethiwha

Yes, this is fantastic! And Film Movement is very good.

I've only seen this film once, in pretty shoddy quality years back, but I found it mesmerizing. I don't remember much of it, but the mood and atmosphere has really stuck with me. It's my favourite Spaghetti Western after the Good, the Bad and The Ugly, and definitely one of my top films not yet released on blu – and long overdue!

It's one of your top films and you like it more than almost every single spaghetti western but you don't remember it besides the mood and atmosphere? That's some serious mood and atmosphere!

I've watched it a couple times, it's kind of a harrowing experience. The central romance is really touching for one of these Italian flicks and Klaus is a great villain and as everyone points out the setting is one of the best in any Western. I have the DVD which used a beaten up source but still shows how nice the cinematography was at some point. If there's a full restoration done on this I'm guessing it could be a real stunner.

I listen to the soundtrack fairly often. It's one of my favorite scores by Morricone, it's much more involved and varied than most of the ones he was rushing through during the 60s and 70s. It's right up there with Lizard in a Woman's Skin.

The alternate ending was sure a great extra.

[The Batman Professor]

This film’s nihlism was actually shocking to me. Definitely on the fence regarding whether I’ get it or not.

[Eri831]

Love this film.
One of the releases that I've wished for the most

[MechaGodzilla]

Finally!

[The Great Owl]

Holy cow... I've been wanting to see this!

[Hoke Moseley]

Excellent news.

[SammyJankis]

Whoa, I was not expecting this. I rented this on DVD years ago after a friend praised it to the sky, only for it to skip during the first five minutes. That plus everything I've read about it means this is a day one purchase.

[spargs]

Great news! One of my 10 most wanted, and IMO the best non-Leone spaghetti western.

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[SeanJoyce]

There's nothing like a great snow western, and this one's the granddaddy.

Now if only we could get Day of the Outlaw...

[Grethiwha]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

It's one of your top films and you like it more than almost every single spaghetti western but you don't remember it besides the mood and atmosphere? That's some serious mood and atmosphere!

Haha it is! I remember the setting and I remember Kinski and I remember the dark ending and I remember the bleak beauty of it all... All that's more important than the specific plot details anyway, which I forget in most movies after a couple years... I remember finding the film somehow hypnotic – maybe because of the music and the pacing – in a way that I felt at the time was comparable to my personal favourite movie, Herzog's Heart of Glass... Well, for that reason, it just makes my top 100. Maybe when I revisit it I'll wonder what I saw in it, but I expect it to be a great experience seeing this audio-visually stunning film again finally on blu.

[JohnCarpenterFan]

I hope there won't be any... yellow snow. Is this not either an Eclair or a Ritrovata restoration?

[HuggyBear73]

Top 10 spaghetti western. Have a feeling Arrow is gonna release this in the UK.