Release Date: Jan 1, 1968 Wide
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Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci directed this serious-minded populist spin on the spaghetti western, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, whose vocal cords have been slashed by sadistic bounty-hunters. Silence joins with local hillfolk in fighting the corrupt and tyrannical authorities in the town of Snow Mill. Corbucci's sympathies are clearly with his bandit heroes, who are only doing what they must to survive, while the law is represented by a corrupt sheriff, who lets his wealthy
Jan 1, 1968 Wide
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The frozen setting heightens Corbucci's severity
It's in the same pasta bowl as the Sergio Leone films, only with even more red sauce.
Certainly the most bleak spaghetti western. If you think about it, that is saying a lot.
May 21, 2011Super Reviewer
The beauty of Il Grande Silenzio is that it tells such a dark tale in the most straighfoward manner possible. It forgets about the western myths and goes for the crude aspects of this world. Silenzio is not a hero, just a man defending himself, Loco is not a cartoonish "bad guy", just somebody doing his job. With
August 4, 2007
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