Tag Archives: Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci on The Specialists

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Matt Blake

Here’s a little article I found in L’unita from March 20th 1970. Continue reading →

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Ruggero Deodato on Sergio Corbucci

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matt Blake

[Corbucci] called me for whatever reason… one day I he called me from Ischia, where he was on holiday… Continue reading →

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Piero Vivarelli

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Matt Blake

Just read a fascinating interview with Piero Vivarelli in an issue of Nocturno from last year. Vivarelli, who died in September 2010, was a truly colourful character… Continue reading →

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Ruggero Deodato on Toto Sexy

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Matt Blake

With Il figlio di Spartacus began the busiest and most intense period of my career as an assistant director… Continue reading →

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I crudeli (The Hellbenders)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Matt Blake

Review from The Monthly Film Bulletin, May 1969 Continue reading →

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Franco Nero: No escaping Django

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Matt Blake

A little interview was in the Guardian today with Franco Nero… Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of the Sergio Corbucci kind…

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Matt Blake

Here’s an interesting bit of information I’d never come across before. During the filming of Companeros, Sergio Corbucci claims to have seen a flying saucer! Continue reading →

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The 8 Wheel Beast – Contemporary review from The Times

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Matt Blake

Once having registered that Sergio Corbucci’s The 8 Wheel Beast is a dreaded juggernaut, and that what we’re in for is a story of Italian long distance lorry drivers and not a horror movie… Continue reading →

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The Mercenary – Contemporary review from The Times

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Matt Blake

Franco Nero, who seemed such a dull stick in Camelot, takes on a very different and more appealing complexion here as a Polish gunman… Continue reading →

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Cine70 #12

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Matt Blake

Good news, new issues of Cine70 and a Nocturno special on Sergio Corbucci have come out! Continue reading →

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Navajo Joe on Koch

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Matt Blake

Only just remembered that Koch have released Sergio Corbucci’s Navajo Joe on DVD in Germany.  This has been available for a while on UK and US dvd, but as always Koch throw in some excellent extras that make this pretty … Continue reading →

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