{"id":24096,"date":"2024-10-18T20:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24096"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:35:40","slug":"media-fistful-of-dollars-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24096","title":{"rendered":"MEDiA: Fistful of Dollars, 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Watching this, over at dad\u2019s. What a classic! The weird disembodied voices, the result of dubbing, are annoying. But they\u2019re almost part of the period charm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly the visual aesthetic (which, like the story itself, owes a debt to Kurosawa\u2019s Yojimbo), and the fabulous music of Ennio Morricone, are wonderful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I need that poncho!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clint Eastwood\u2019s Joe is a wonderfully appealing male-fantasy (appealing to men, undoubtedly; to women? I couldn\u2019t say!): tough, taciturn, bright, witty, moralising, but a cold-hearted butcher, and a one man army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What man doesn\u2019t, secretly or otherwise, wish they were tough enough to take on all their enemies, and laconically and lethally dispatch them all? And get the girl(s), of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Clint looks sooo goddam cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a look!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I want that poncho! But of course my pot-belly and haggard face won\u2019t light it up like a young Eastwood does, alas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ram\u00f3n and Esteban Rojo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plot? Who cares, frankly. It\u2019s just a pathetic McGuffin, giving Eastwood a vehicle do righteous murderous mayhem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I do<\/em> like, plot wise, in addition to the whole general vibe, is the segment where the Rojos rough Joe up. Even though it doesn\u2019t really<\/em> tether our taciturn hero to reality, it does at least temper the whole \u2018superhero\u2019 level of invincibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Silvanito.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are some great faces in this movie. Eastwood, of course. Ram\u00f3n and Esteban. A d then the old-timers, like Silvanito and Piripero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piripero, the coffin maker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For its time, 1964, the pornographic revelling in brutal violence must\u2019ve been quite shocking. We\u2019re inured to it now. But it\u2019s pre Peckinpah, pre Tarantino. And it predates even the slew of 1970s \u2018revisionist\u2019 Westerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some fab faces!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, this ain\u2019t an in depth analysis. It\u2019s just a wee celebration of a rather stylised and enjoyable slice of Spaghetti Western hokum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ve got the trilogy on DVD, at home? I\u2019ll have to watch the other two movies. And I\u2019ll have to check out Yojimbo (again?), as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some fab shots (boom boom!).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And the ending? S\u2019wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watching this, over at dad\u2019s. What a classic! The weird disembodied voices, the result of dubbing, are annoying. But they\u2019re almost part of the period charm. Certainly the visual aesthetic (which, like the story itself, owes a debt to Kurosawa\u2019s Yojimbo), and the fabulous music of Ennio Morricone, are wonderful. Clint Eastwood\u2019s Joe is a … <\/p>\n

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