The Great Silence starring Jean-

Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski,

Frank Wolff, Vonetta McGee, Luigi

Pistilli

This Movie You Will Not Forget

Personal Review: The Great Silence starring Jean-Louis
Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Vonetta McGee, Luigi
Pistilli

Sergio Corbuccis The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio) is his
masterpiece. Set in the desolation of Utah during the Great Blizzard of
1899, the 1968 spaghetti western stars Jean-Louis Trintignant (...And God
Created Woman; My Night at Mauds; Red (Three Colors Trilogy); ) as
Silence, a mute gunfighter with a personal grudge against bounty hunters,
and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu: The Vampyre/Phantom Der Nacht; Aguirre,
the Wrath of God) as Loco, a ruthless though amiable bounty hunter.

Silence, whose parents were killed by bounty hunters, is hired to kill Loco.
The film is notorious for the bloody fight scene between Silence and Loco
that ends the film. I am not a fan of spaghetti westerns, but there are
several things that separate Corbuccis film from the rest, making it a true
film classic with a wide appeal. In many ways, The Great Silence
contradicts other westerns. It was shot in knee-deep snow, rather than
some trail-dust town. In the films battle of good versus evil, evil triumphs.
The performances of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski are superb,
and their characters are complicated, often making it impossible to
distinguish the good guy from the bad guy. The strong, silent hero (played
by a French actor) is literally mute. The film includes a haunting score by
maestro Ennio Morricone, a score later sampled by Thievery Corporation.
Corbucci dedicated his film to the memory of Jesus, Martin Luther King,
and Che Guevara. When combined, all of these things make The Great
Silence the greatest spaghetti western ever made.

G. Merritt

For More 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price:

The Great Silence starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Vonetta

McGee, Luigi Pistilli 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price!