59 years ago, this West End set everyone and it still works as in the first vision

Sergio Leone made several films, barely eight, but most of them constantly noted the audience. His mainstream cinema contributes to the revision of the Western genre, giving it a more “probable” pie (albeit hyper-stylized) than that offered by American cinema.

Ambiguous, greedy characters, kings of the well and little inclination to make neighborhoods, Leonian heroes took society from court in the early 1960s. An actor appearing in the Western Rawhide series, Leone’s first Westerns, which everyone agreed were rough and ugly.

A masterpiece and a great ending

Take three anti-heroes, place them on a treasure trail and see how far they can go! It was more or less the initial starting point of a good, crude and ugly derivative Sergio Leone and was released in France in 1968. If the film is brilliant and deserves its reputation as one of the best Westerns, its ending left more than one reeling in its seat.

After Tuco’s stunning race among the graves Golden ecstasy Ennio Morricone, Three-Step Duel, With Unbearable Tension, Blonde (Clint Eastwood) reveals the fate of the film, which we will keep secret.

Then, Tuco discovers that he is not going to share the money with Blondin, who will leave the jackpot alone. Even worse, his partner hangs him from a tree and leaves him balanced on a cross. Tuco dies as his “friend” drifts away and is just a dot on the horizon. Finally, being the “good” of the title, the blonde is reborn from the distance, throwing the rope, freeing Mexico and allowing him to release his rage and howe one:

“Blondiiiiiiiin!”

And more specifically:

“Blondiiiiiiiii! You want me to say? You are the greatest abomination that the earth has ever worn!” The Last Word also sees the arrival of Cryote Cry, which is credited to Ennio Morricone’s music throughout the film. On these last notes, the main theme renews the image of the blonde who moves with money alone.

Holding your breath to know if the blonde will turn or save her comrade is on the audience’s nerves, while the final blow of the blonde frees both Tuco from his cross and dies, and the audience, who did not know or did not know, if the favor will finally turn.

A great moment of cinema and the typical black humor of Sergio Leone, which will continue on the same dynamic for the relationship between the characters of John Mallory (James Coburn) and Juan Miranda (Rod Steiger).