While watching this film, I kept thinking of Alex Cox's STRAIGHT TO HELL. Both films do a really good job showing chaos, desperation, and sweltering heat. A TOWN CALLED HELL deserves a better DVD transfer. The DVD I saw was horribly cropped, and could have been colour-timed better.
Otherwise, a good story and alegory on the human condition!
"What contest in Hell did I win?" Frank Barone
** John K
Where is the humanity? Where's the ram a lama? Where's Lord Blears and Andy Hardy? Is there in fact no beauty? Along with all that this thing, for all its star power absolutely reeks of grade B sludge like it belonged as the last flick on a drive-in triple feature. What a mess!
What is the sound an imploding pimp makes?
They were high when they made this film, a film for people who are high.
I thought it was a very good movie with a very strong atmosphere, an excellent rendering of dust and heat, a good plot and cast. I don't get how it could receive such bad ratings and comments.
shareAll I recall is something of a mess.
It doesn't say here how Shaw's role had also been a gunfighter in a flashback scene with a popular song (in the background)from the 1950s which told of the War of 1812 battle of New Orleans. Telly's role is overdone.
I saw this as part of a double feature with another film with famous faces.
Don't recall the title or stars.
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Kino Lorber have now released this film on Blu-ray disc. It's bound to be better than your DVD.
shareWatching it now. Best transfer ever available here in the US. I love it. Thank you Kino Lorber!
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