THE GREAT SILENCE

About this episode

This episode covers the spaghetti western 'The Great Silence' and its themes, characters, and connections to other films in the genre.

For this week's episode, we thought it was only appropriate to cover the icy cold spaghetti western The Great Silence just released by Vinegar Syndrome's partner label Film Movement Classics. We cover this Sergio Corbucci-directed film about the titular character Silence and his quest to delete all the bounty killers from the Utah frontier. We talk about how this relates to other spag westerns, the delightfully villainous Klaus Kinski, and a lot more. We're also drinking Saranac Brewing's Growler Hazy IPA, a 12 pack in the larger 16oz cans! Approximate timeline 0:00-10:00 Intro 10:00-25:00 Beer talk/Tears of the Left and Rob Schneider divorce 25:00-end The Great Silence Next up, the plan is to see Sam Raimi's Send Help

Topics covered

• spaghetti western
• film review
• horror
• cinema
• beer

Keywords

• Sergio Corbucci
• Klaus Kinski
• bounty killers
• Utah frontier
• Saranac Brewing
• Growler Hazy IPA

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Growler Hazy IPA, Saranac Brewing

Books & works: THE GREAT SILENCE, Tears of the Left, Send Help

Places: Utah

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