The Great Silence

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W. W. W Can't get used to a Western speaking Italiano Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Hector I A Western with (at least) two levels of interpretation. The first is a classic Western in reverse, where the bad guy is the good guy. We follow two characters, the bounty hunter “Tigrero” played by a Klaus Kinski whose delicate timbre is almost frightening. The bandit is called “Silence” because he never speaks. We follow the life of a town called White Snow, isolated in a terrible winter, as starving bandits attack each other to survive. But an amnesty is about to be declared for all these outlaws. The bounty hunters are obviously against it, as they are abusing their rights to hunt down these bandits. What follows is a confrontation between these two heroes that leads to a duel - classic, in short. The other aspect of this film is its very violent, dark and cynical side. In this world, those who are supposed to protect the “good people” do evil, and those who are supposed to protect them, like the sheriff, fail to do so. You'd think that this inverted world of good guys=evil guys and bad guys=good guys would lead to the triumph of the good guys... but it doesn't, and the terrible finale casts a dark shadow over the film, especially as I'd grown quite attached to the Sheriff, for example, who was a bit of a twit at first, but a fine gunman. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/13/25 Full Review Tim M An all-timer for the spaghetti Western subgenre, The Great Silence will leave you speechless with its bold storytelling and bleakly beautiful cinematography. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/25 Full Review John H Very good hidden spaghetti western. Very good story and action. It does have subtitles but easy to follow the action Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review Rylen P The best western ever made Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/15/23 Full Review Larry M Tarantino pretty much honed the scope with "The Hateful Eight". He took "The Great Silence" as a foundation and built on it. Developed his movie around filling gaps in the original storyline and dialogue. Draws it out further and it works. Corbucci uses Kinski effectively and Kinski reminds you beauty can be evil. He lets you know he's better than you. He tells you he doesn't care. When Kinski touches the fake spiderwebs when he's locked up, it's terrific! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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