tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post2158279147797947844..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: TONY ARZENTA (Big Guns, 1973)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-59714882054829194092009-12-27T18:50:12.439-05:002009-12-27T18:50:12.439-05:00Great review! Great movie. I just watched this las...Great review! Great movie. I just watched this last night and loved it.Professor Brian O'Blivionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04914392734010761701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-14748303697104108652009-12-18T21:54:06.719-05:002009-12-18T21:54:06.719-05:00ToS: I envy you seeing that film on a big screen. ...ToS: I envy you seeing that film on a big screen. I'd be happy with a widescreen video.<br /><br />wiec?:There's a lot going on with mobsters squabbling over different territories in Europe but most of that is just there to establish the mob's power and isn't crucial to Tony's story.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-24751102791548148672009-12-16T11:08:37.076-05:002009-12-16T11:08:37.076-05:00very good movie and a great write up! i saw this m...very good movie and a great write up! i saw this movie a long time ago but didn't realize it until i was half way through your review. if i remember right i found it very layered in parts with a lot going on but not in a confusing way. and it was beautifully shot (as your sceencaps show). i put it on the side and figured i should get back to it some day. time to dust it off and give it another whirl.wiec?https://www.blogger.com/profile/10309538159614542664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-74461129043988319382009-12-15T22:38:35.277-05:002009-12-15T22:38:35.277-05:00I was lucky enough to see a nice Paramout release ...I was lucky enough to see a nice Paramout release print of THREE TOUGH GUYS projected a number of years ago (co-billed with WATTSTAX) and can attest to some similarly smart framing and set design work in that Tessari film. The opening scene has an underworld figure entering a bar called the Red Rooster, the interior of which is bathed in red light, and asks to see a character named Tony Red. He meets instead with Joe Snake (Fred Williamson), who's in a red leather suit and black cowboy hat. And since all of this takes place in Chicago, birthplace of Playboy magazine, every waitress in the joint is wearing a Bunny costume altered to look like a rooster. Trust me, it's not very funny at home on TV, but in the theater I laughed out loud.Temple of Schlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054224371623000524noreply@blogger.com