Movie Details
| Title: | The Bastard | |
| Director: | Duccio Tessari | |
| Year: | 1968 | |
| Genre: | Crime | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 12.01.06 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (1)
- No Way Out
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 12.01.06 | Borrowed | Micah lent me what looks like a dvd bootleg of a vhs copy taken from Japanese TV (a few frames of Taco Bell commercial pop in every once in a while) of this Duccio Tessari Italian crime movie starring Guliano Gemma and Klaus Kinksi (in awesome euro-trash sunglasses no less) as rivalling gangster brothers of Rita Hayworth's alcoholic mother character. Basically this movie is a contest to see which brother can be more cold-hearted and ruithless than the other. Seriously... they do some cold shit. And it's not like Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme coldness either... it's like greek mythology levels of familial harshness. And then there's an earthquake at the end. I guess that's a spoiler because it creates a great WTF moment when you're watching, but I can't write my thoughts on this movie without mentioning that. It's SO out of nowhere that I had to watch it twice and make sure I saw it right. And for as deus ex machina-y as it seems, it just proves to lay foundation for the harshest coldest shit in the entire movie. Great ending. I think this movie would've dragged if it was any longer than the 70 or so minutes that it is... but luckily it's so short it's just like a shot. I liked this movie... I think I still liked No Way Out more but... this one is pretty good as well. On a site maintenance note, those reading this from the movie details page probably notice a new little form underneath here. Basically, I've finally had to come to terms with the fact that people other than myself occasionally read this site and decided that, while I still have no intention on proofreading or spellchicking anything I write here, I can at least make it easy for you to send me any comments you may have. They won't be public comments though so don't try to show off just to look cool for the other 3 people that come here, and if I ever start getting weird crazy spam I'll have to rethink the implementation, but for now you can put your name and email address if you want (although the comment itself is all you need), then it'll shoot whatever you have to say to me. easy. |
