Recommendations for a new member

[Otello Cagliostro]

Hi, im new i came from brother deacon on letterboxd and heard you guys had good recommendations...hope everybody is having a nice day

[St. Gloede]

Welome, Otello!

What kind of recommendations are you looking for?

[pabs]

Benvenuto!

[Otello Cagliostro]

Welome, Otello!

What kind of recommendations are you looking for?

Hi! I'm trying to get back into Peplums i haven't watch any since being a kid but i remember the ones i saw so vividly.

[wba]

Welome, Otello!

What kind of recommendations are you looking for?

Hi! I'm trying to get back into Peplums i haven't watch any since being a kid but i remember the ones i saw so vividly.

There are many great ones, and I also need to see more, but so far I have found these to be masterpieces (usually, the great directors of the time also did the best pepla):

Le fatiche di Ercole (Pietro Francisci, 1958)
Cartagine in fiamme (Carmine Gallone, 1959)
Il colosso di Rodi (Sergio Leone, 1961)
Il gigante di Metropolis (Umberto Scarpelli, 1961)
Arrivano i titani (Duccio Tessari, 1962)
Zorro contro Maciste (Umberto Lenzi, 1963)
Ursus, il terrore dei kirghisi (Antonio Margheriti/Ruggero Deodato, 1964)

also, the pepla done by VITTORIO COTTAFAVI are generally great (as well as his non-peplum work).

[Otello Cagliostro]

Welome, Otello!

What kind of recommendations are you looking for?

Hi! I'm trying to get back into Peplums i haven't watch any since being a kid but i remember the ones i saw so vividly.

There are many great ones, and I also need to see more, but so far I have found these to be masterpieces (usually, the great directors of the time also did the best pepla):

Le fatiche di Ercole (Pietro Francisci, 1958)
Cartagine in fiamme (Carmine Gallone, 1959)
Il colosso di Rodi (Sergio Leone, 1961)
Il gigante di Metropolis (Umberto Scarpelli, 1961)
Arrivano i titani (Duccio Tessari, 1962)
Zorro contro Maciste (Umberto Lenzi, 1963)
Ursus, il terrore dei kirghisi (Antonio Margheriti/Ruggero Deodato, 1964)

also, the pepla done by VITTORIO COTTAFAVI are generally great (as well as his non-peplum work).

Wow thanks it seems like a good start, i actually follow you on LBD didn't even know you were on here !

[wba]

No problem, glad I could help!
I love pepla (one of my favorite genres), but haven't seen much in ages... need to change that.

[Otello Cagliostro]

My favorit as a kid was Mario Camerini Ulysses (1954) it's the best adaptation of the odyssey in my opinion.

[wba]

My favorit as a kid was Mario Camerini Ulysses (1954) it's the best adaptation of the odyssey in my opinion.

Need to watch that one! It's with Kirk Douglas as Odysseus, n'est-ce pas?

[Otello Cagliostro]

My favorit as a kid was Mario Camerini Ulysses (1954) it's the best adaptation of the odyssey in my opinion.

Need to watch that one! It's with Kirk Douglas as Odysseus, n'est-ce pas?

Exactly, and Silvana Mangano plays both Circée and Penelope that was a really good understanding of the book ! Certain scenes like the Cyclopes cave are really good.

and are you a fellow french speaker ?

[wba]

My favorit as a kid was Mario Camerini Ulysses (1954) it's the best adaptation of the odyssey in my opinion.

Need to watch that one! It's with Kirk Douglas as Odysseus, n'est-ce pas?

Exactly, and Silvana Mangano plays both Circée and Penelope that was a really good understanding of the book ! Certain scenes like the Cyclopes cave are really good.

and are you a fellow french speaker ?

I have wanted to see that one for ages! I should finally check it out in the next few years.
Unfortunately my french is severly limited. I didn't go beyond having had french classes at school for 5 years, which was a long time ago.

[flip]

and are you a fellow french speaker ?

welcome to scfz! i'm in montréal, so i speak french every day, but it's definitely my second language.

[Otello Cagliostro]

My favorit as a kid was Mario Camerini Ulysses (1954) it's the best adaptation of the odyssey in my opinion.

Need to watch that one! It's with Kirk Douglas as Odysseus, n'est-ce pas?

Exactly, and Silvana Mangano plays both Circée and Penelope that was a really good understanding of the book ! Certain scenes like the Cyclopes cave are really good.

and are you a fellow french speaker ?

I have wanted to see that one for ages! I should finally check it out in the next few years.
Unfortunately my french is severly limited. I didn't go beyond having had french classes at school for 5 years, which was a long time ago.

You're french can't be as bad as my german, my 3/20 average in high school still hurt to this day

[Otello Cagliostro]

and are you a fellow french speaker ?

welcome to scfz! i'm in montréal, so i speak french every day, but it's definitely my second language.

Tabernacle, in France people are always saying that québécois hand over there pocket money with a smile.

[rischka]

bava & cottafavi. benvenuto

[Otello Cagliostro]

bava & cottafavi. benvenuto

Didn't know Bava worked in the genre, thank you for the recommandation and for having me

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Bava worked on several peplum, including as the camera operator for '54 Ulysses and as the cinematographer for 58's Hercules. He then directed a few: Erik the Conqueror (which is worth seeing), Knives of the Avenger (haven't seen), and Hercules in the Haunted World, which is absolutely splendid.

A while back, I found a list online of favourite peplums by a film blogger, and posted it to iCheckMovies, so you might find some good options there. I've been meaning to go on a peplum kick again soon!

[Otello Cagliostro]

Bava worked on several peplum, including as the camera operator for '54 Ulysses and as the cinematographer for 58's Hercules. He then directed a few: Erik the Conqueror (which is worth seeing), Knives of the Avenger (haven't seen), and Hercules in the Haunted World, which is absolutely splendid.

A while back, I found a list online of favourite peplums by a film blogger, and posted it to iCheckMovies, so you might find some good options there. I've been meaning to go on a peplum kick again soon!

thanks ! I'm going to make a copy and mix it with WBA recommendations. I also heard Fabiola and Cabiria were amongst the greats

[St. Gloede]

Knives of the Avenger is worthwhile as well - saw it specifically due to my then overt interest in Bava though, hardly explored sword and sandals films (even had to look up what peplum referred to).

[Otello Cagliostro]

Knives of the Avenger is worthwhile as well - saw it specifically due to my then overt interest in Bava though, hardly explored sword and sandals films (even had to look up what peplum referred to).

thanks ! even if technically it's not peplum since it's not greco-roman

[wba]

thanks ! even if technically it's not peplum since it's not greco-roman

There's also a wonderful Robin Hood film by the great Giorgio Ferroni called L’arciere di fuoco (1971) with the great Giuliano Gemma in the lead - as far as non-pepla but similarly playful italian films from the 50s to 70s set in a somewhat mythical past are concerned.

[Otello Cagliostro]

thanks ! even if technically it's not peplum since it's not greco-roman

There's also a wonderful Robin Hood film by the great Giorgio Ferroni called L’arciere di fuoco (1971) with the great Giuliano Gemma in the lead - as far as non-pepla but similarly playful italian films from the 50s to 70s set in a somewhat mythical past are concerned.

I tried watching planet of the vampires from him but judt could not get threw it. I don't understand how it was Warhol favorit movie

[St. Gloede]

I loved that film as a teenager, not sure if it would hold up today, but it struck me as a far more atmospheric upgrade of Forbidden Planet. I still remember loving the design in the crashed spaceship, which undoubtedly influenced Alien.

[wba]

thanks ! even if technically it's not peplum since it's not greco-roman

There's also a wonderful Robin Hood film by the great Giorgio Ferroni called L’arciere di fuoco (1971) with the great Giuliano Gemma in the lead - as far as non-pepla but similarly playful italian films from the 50s to 70s set in a somewhat mythical past are concerned.

I tried watching planet of the vampires from him but judt could not get threw it. I don't understand how it was Warhol favorit movie

Hm, Planet of the Vampires, haven't seen it myself, but it's not a film by Ferroni, I think.

[Otello Cagliostro]

thanks ! even if technically it's not peplum since it's not greco-roman

There's also a wonderful Robin Hood film by the great Giorgio Ferroni called L’arciere di fuoco (1971) with the great Giuliano Gemma in the lead - as far as non-pepla but similarly playful italian films from the 50s to 70s set in a somewhat mythical past are concerned.

I tried watching planet of the vampires from him but judt could not get threw it. I don't understand how it was Warhol favorit movie

Hm, Planet of the Vampires, haven't seen it myself, but it's not a film by Ferroni, I think.

sorry i though we were still talking about Bava