Comments on: Pallottini x 3

By: Mark Tinta

Mark Tinta — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:56:27 +0000

Oddly enough, when Margheriti eventually did put Mimsy Farmer in Codename: Wildgeese a few years later, I wanted Lewis Collins to be David Warbeck.

By: RHS

RHS — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:06:55 +0000

Thanks, Mark. Yeah, the bad intel that Pallottini died during the shooting of The Last Hunter is one of those annoying bits of misinformation that won't die. Speaking of mistakes, I should not have left out the superb DVD company Blue Underground from those I mentioned above... also, they're the label that put out the definitive Bird with the Crystal Plumage disc, not Anchor Bay.You know what bothered me about The Last Hunter? I really wanted Tisa Farrow to be Mimsy Farmer.

By: Mark Tinta

Mark Tinta — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:33:21 +0000

Nice appreciation of Pallottini. I always thought that he was killed during the filming of TIGER JOE, despite imdb's claim that it was during THE LAST HUNTER.Just revisited THE LAST HUNTER for the first time in years courtesy of a previously viewed Vestron VHS acquired in a local clearance bin. Pallottini's work is severely compromised by the pan & scan job, but this flick is essential Margheriti. Way gorier than I remember. How can you not love John Steiner doing a blatant Robert Duvall? Not to mention Warbeck doing some trademark Martin Sheen dance moves in the apocalyptic final shot. Margheriti may as well have titled it APOCALYPSE AGAIN. A good read as usual, RHS.MT

By: RHS

RHS — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:13:44 +0000

Dark Sky is a Chicago-based company that does indeed make DVDs for the American market. You can visit their website at http://www.darkskyfilms.com and order copies of Slaughter of the Vampires, Ricco (aka Mean Machine), Naked… You Die and Mario Bava's classic Kill, Baby… Kill. Another company you might want to check out is NoShame Films, at http://www.noshamefilms.com, who also specialize in bringing Italian cinema, both treasures and trash, to the American DVD market; recent releases have included A Man Called Magnum, Almost Human, Convoy Busters, Colt 38 Special Squad, A Whisper in the Dark, Great Alligator River and The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave. Additionally, Anchor Bay Entertainment, http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com has released a wealth of Italo-horror, including the films of Lucio Fulci (City of the Living Dead, The Black Cat, The Beyond) and Dario Argento (from Bird with the Crystal Plumage to Do You Like Hitchcock?), and they are presently set to release a few Mario Bava titles (previously handled by Image Entertainment), including Black Sunday and Black Sabbath. There are other companies, too, like Wild East and Dago Red, who release Italian B-movies on DVD, albeit with varying degrees of quality.

By: tony messina

tony messina — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:12:40 +0000

Hi, I grew up in Italy in the midsixties and would love to see all those movies you speak, even the Bond knockoffs and the scifi films……….does Dark Sky Films make these DVDs for the ntsc american market?