The Great Silence

A classmate of mine, Andy, started a movie parlour in his frat house last night. We watched the Great Silence, a spaghetti western, followed by drinking beer, whisky, and Texas Hold em. It was pretty awesome.

The movie takes place in Utah and entirely in the snow. Tons of beautiful images of horses and men in the snow. Lots of cool uses of mirrors and windows and night shots. The movie starred Klaus Kinsky, a German actor famous for working with Werner Herzog. I haven't seen many of his films, but he's plays an effeminate tough guy, a Willem Dafoe meets Rutger Hauer type.

The movie is cheesy - dubbed and filled with themes of revenge and bounty hunting and law, but was fairly enjoyable to watch for the costumes and zooms and hot women.

As for the story, by far the most interesting part is the end in which literally all the good guys die - get executed, really, and Klaus walks off into the sunset. Not your typical western ending.