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....have you heard the stunning cover they do of "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young? Be careful, because they might make you want to grow a beard and long hair....

Just to add a couple of things to the excellent review. Unlike bands like X and Gun Club, as is already evident from the review, the Blasters are focused on recovering traditional US roots music, so be warned for those who don't know them and expect something similar to the groups of John Doe and Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Among the best songs, unfortunately, you didn't mention the beautiful "Coloured Lights" written by John Mellencamp specifically for them. The saxophonist Steve Berlin also played with the Blasters for a couple of albums before he joined Los Lobos.

...aritanga!!! (an expression used by Manfredi/wizard of the African tribe on the litter when his brother-in-law Sordi/Roman businessman insists on calling him in the splendid "Will our heroes be able to find ...")

Well, Poletti, we have two opposing views of cinema. I found the "shocking" representation of nature by Boorman in Deliverance to be much more thought-provoking than the intimate portrayal by Milius in Un Mercoledì da leoni. As for Die Hard, feel free to keep the directorial wisdom and the frantic, tight rhythm – I've seen enough films where the superhero of the moment shoots with one hand while talking on the phone with the other... In Deliverance, everything has the hallmarks of unique perfection: the direction, the cinematography, the editing, the performance of the actors, the music, the story, the tension that grips us as if it could happen to us and not to Bruce Willis. Someone will try to get close to Deliverance, and that's the talented John Milius with his "I guerrieri della palude silenziosa." But Milius always comes in second in all his films, and with years of delay.

OPPPS..... I meant to say the good Walter Hill, clearly....

Well, Poletti, we have two opposing views of cinema. I found the "shocking" representation of nature by Boorman in Deliverance to be much more thought-provoking than the intimate portrayal by Milius in Un Mercoledì da leoni. As for Die Hard, feel free to keep the directorial wisdom and the frantic, tight rhythm – I've seen enough films where the superhero of the moment shoots with one hand while talking on the phone with the other... In Deliverance, everything has the hallmarks of unique perfection: the direction, the cinematography, the editing, the performance of the actors, the music, the story, the tension that grips us as if it could happen to us and not to Bruce Willis. Someone will try to get close to Deliverance, and that's the talented John Milius with his "I guerrieri della palude silenziosa." But Milius always comes in second in all his films, and with years of delay.

Nice review. The Pentangle, like the great Fairport Convention, combined California's acid rock with English tradition, and they did a similar operation by revisiting it through the lens of blues and jazz. For me, the Pentangle stops here; after this, they become formulaic.

Poletti perhaps didn't realize that in this case, as well as in Cane di Paglia, it is the violence coming from the COMMON MAN that disturbs and inevitably scandalizes, not from superheroes like Bruce Willis... just consider that he gave 4 to Die Hard and 3 to Deliverance. Now: all opinions and tastes are respectable... but damn, for someone who considers themselves a cinephile, this means behaving like Bertarelli or Cammarota, doesn't it Poletti? Comparing it then to "Un mercoledì da leoni" in terms of the greatness of nature’s forces is truly a cinematic childishness that is shocking; this was neither the intention of Boorman nor of Dickey's story, I believe anyone who has seen the film has understood this, except Poletti.

widen to 3: it's a crime to leave out "Fifth Dimension"

You can't break our jaws like this... Matt, let him know right away!