tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post9193815942256545554..comments2024-03-22T01:12:01.899-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Chino (1973)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-29266873632708642332014-01-23T16:48:00.556-08:002014-01-23T16:48:00.556-08:00Thanks, Roger, for the added perspective.Thanks, Roger, for the added perspective.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-11450375310307715832014-01-23T14:45:44.797-08:002014-01-23T14:45:44.797-08:00Bronson was superb with Henry Fonda in Once Upon a...Bronson was superb with Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West- probably the greatest Spaghetti Western.<br />Incidentally, the first Spaghetti Western was an opera- Puccini's La fanciulla del West. Add Britten's Paul Bunyan and Western ballets like Copland's Rodeo and the music of Arthur Farwell and Roy Harris and "the Western" goes a lot further than you'd expect...Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-16903909007262692192014-01-22T18:55:46.803-08:002014-01-22T18:55:46.803-08:00Thanks, Shay. Great story about the man.Thanks, Shay. Great story about the man.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-6052021889119380632014-01-22T16:19:34.217-08:002014-01-22T16:19:34.217-08:00He did a lot of guest work in old black and white ...He did a lot of guest work in old black and white TV shows and I've seen him play everything from a doomed sculptor-turned-demolitions expert on Combat to a shy young man who hires Paladin to teach him how to talk to women.<br /><br />I may have told this story before -- years ago I was in a unit with an officer whose wife worked as a customs officer at LAX. She dealt with Bronson in the VIP area while she was pregnant and he refused to allow her to lift his bags onto the table to be examined. Did it himself.<br /><br />She said he was very considerate and kind, one of the nicest celebrities she'd ever had to deal with.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-88097609220827261152014-01-21T22:02:34.110-08:002014-01-21T22:02:34.110-08:00"Reclusive" and "gruff" is wha..."Reclusive" and "gruff" is what comes to mind when I think of Bronson or see him on screen. His characters usually don't say much and have an air of reluctance about them. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-7409922121651417762014-01-21T19:11:26.945-08:002014-01-21T19:11:26.945-08:00My first Bronson film was not a western but still ...My first Bronson film was not a western but still a great film The Mechanic seen at the Drive-In.<br />A fan of Bronson I really do enjoy his western films two of my favorites are Red Sun and Breakheart Pass.<br />evenspotspeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506559968045916887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-56580995370224841202014-01-21T12:58:34.877-08:002014-01-21T12:58:34.877-08:00I have felt that way about him, too, and his perfo...I have felt that way about him, too, and his performance in this film surprised me.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-49409231460140814022014-01-21T10:52:59.542-08:002014-01-21T10:52:59.542-08:00Grizzled (or, even more, chewed over) and taciturn...Grizzled (or, even more, chewed over) and taciturn works for the character from the novel, though...I haven't yet seen the film.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-23776404738169876082014-01-21T08:51:28.708-08:002014-01-21T08:51:28.708-08:00Not a fan of Bronson. But maybe I never gave him a...Not a fan of Bronson. But maybe I never gave him an adequate chance. Always seemed like a thug to me. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-34852403071091069172014-01-21T07:43:00.517-08:002014-01-21T07:43:00.517-08:00I haven't seen this one but I'm a fan of B...I haven't seen this one but I'm a fan of Bronson so I will try to check it out.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com