Pepi Longsocks

Pepi Longsocks

Watching old SCTV episodes are a past time of mine.   SCTV is a Canadian show from the mid 1970s to early 1980s.  It is brilliantly funny, and I recommend this show wholeheartedly.  

I wanted to analyze and give a constructive review of one of the episodes of SCTV, titled Pepi Longsocks, here is a short link of a YouTube episode below:

https://youtu.be/epLq_DAeex4

Watching Pepi when I was a kid, I did not get the reference to other cultures.  But watching this and other episodes of SCTV now, I actually think that the references are bang-on and done very good, especially with this one.  

Here are a few points I want to make:

1, in this episode, it is supposedly Bulgaria, and me born around the Balkans, I remember watching old Turkish movies (still watching them now I must add), many of the older films are out of sink with the picture and the sound, and one learns to just accept this while watching, but in this episode/video, it is wickedly funny, done purposely,

2, outfits were nailed bang on; I have actually been to Sofya in 1988 (Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria) and they actually dressed almost like this in the country side of the capital city,

3, the name Pepi; don't know if Bulgarians have this name in use, most of the ones I know are either named Dimitri or Constantin, but only a minor issue here,

3, John Candy was in my opinion the most under-rated actor in Hollywood, watching him here brings to me nice memories of my simple childhood, he does this to me as I like him and admire him greatly.   I have nothing but good to say about him, may he rest in peace.  

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben

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Beni Bilen Bilir

Beni Bilen Bilir

"Beni bilen bilir, bilmeyen, kendi gibi bilir" --- Mevlana

Gian, the Villain

Gian, the Villain 

The movies of 'A Fistful of Dollars' and 'A Few Dollars More' had something very important in common.  

 

Both films show the brilliant acting from 'Gian Maria Volonte'.   He was the villain in both movies directed by Sergio Leone.   Brilliant performance by this Italian actor, who died from a heart attack in the year 1994 at the city of Florina, located in northern Greece.  He was filming the movie 'Ulysses Gaze' when he passed away.  

Mr Volonte wanted to be buried in the small island of Sardinia. His resting place is at 'Isola Della Maddelena' on the previously mentioned island.  

I watched the movie of 'A Few Dollars More' again today and I very much enjoyed this movie, especially the performance of the late Mr Volonte.   RIP, the best villain in any movie.   

Sincerely 

The Brilliant Sergio Leone

The Brilliant Sergio Leone

The 'Briliant' man, who created his own movie-making brand of epic films, with rich characters, plus who went on to create a hand full of films in the 1960's, so very exceptional, that the films earned their own generic moniker;

'Spaghetti Westerns'

         Brilliant man directing the legend

The films listed below were initially deemed as nihilistic and violent; 

A Fistful of Dollars 

For a Few Dollars More

and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 

However, they galvanized the genre of 'Spaghetti Westerns', turning Mr Leone into an international directorial star, and earning the films religious following by viewers from every corner of our universe. 

Films by Mr Leone

        Beautiful picture 

1959, The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard is the credited director; Sergio Leone served as assistant director and reportedly, however took over completion of the film when Mr Bonnard became severely ill during production)

1961, The Colossus of Rhodes (Mr Leone's first film)

1964, A Fistful of Dollars (1st part of the Dollars Trilogy)

1965, For a Few Dollars More (2nd part of the Dollars Trilogy)

1966, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Final part of the Dollars Trilogy)

      Another graet picture

1968, Once Upon a Time in the West

1971, Duck, You Sucker!

1973, My Name is Nobody (Producer, uncredited co-director)

1975, A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (Uncredited producer, co-director)

1984, Once Upon a Time in America

My sincere respect goes out to this man. 

Thank you for visiting,

Ben