• The sixth archiveable film in an incredibly fertile period for Sergio Corbucci—all westerns, another one here starring Franco Nero, with a score from Ennio Morricone
  • Nero’s lone antihero (always out for himself here and the almighty dollar) isn’t the rugged western hero—but this time a well-dressed, slick businessperson-like hired hand
The sixth archiveable film in an incredibly fertile period for Sergio Corbucci—all westerns
  • Nero voice over that I think Corbucci forgets about
  • Like most of Corbucci’s work there is politics or revolution vs. greed—usually entire characters that are all about a cause (here Fernando Rey as the professor vs Palance—there usually isn’t a ton of nuance)
  • Corbucci’s trademark zooming in and out effectively
Corbucci’s trademark zooming in and out effectively
  • Haha I love that in many of his films there’s a bad guy eating chicken with his hands here
  • The states and oil as an enemy in a film in 1970
  • Palance introduced at 41 minutes, creepy, long hair, has a pet hawk and no hand
  • Rey introduced really at 48 minutes- a talented cast — what great range for Rey to play his intellectual professor here when you consider his work with Bunuel or in The French Connection
  • A bit of a wink at viewers from Corbucci and Nero with the coffin in the scene from Django
  • The tower scene climax is great- Corbucci is zooming between Nero on the hill, Rey on the ground and Palance on the tower
  • Shot at the church at 109 minutes—a longer take, Tomas Milian in the doorway, the flame in the foreground
  • A great depth of field shot at 112 minutes during the shootout
A great depth of field shot at 112 minutes during the shootout
  • Recommend but doesn’t hit the top 10 range/quality