#than one scene speak derisively of black people‚ despite none appearing in the film). that's a shame bc the plot here is strong‚ with a
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Lo voglio morto (I Want Him Dead, 1968)
"If the Confederates and the Yankees sign a truce, the two of us are ruined!"
"And so?"
"So, they have to keep killing each other until we've sold everything. Everything, right down to the last cartridge!"
#lo voglio morto#i want him dead#spaghetti western#italian cinema#paolo bianchini#carlos sarabia#1968#craig hill#lea massari#josé manuel martín#andrea bosic#licia calderón#andrea scotti#federico boido#josé canalejas#cristina businari#frank braña#francisco nieto#remo de angelis#josé riesgo#moody and fatalistic but stylishly shot italian spanish coproduction. director Bianchini favours tight close ups and low angles to sell his#tale of corruption and waste in the dying days of the american civil war; the vibe is brilliantly captured‚ it's all battle weary desperate#ppl in a scarred and broken land‚ but i do wish our hero hadn't been allied so clearly with the Confederates. that's the main issue here‚ a#persistent element of nihilism which does sometimes display itself through uncomfortable attitudes on race (background characters in more#than one scene speak derisively of black people‚ despite none appearing in the film). that's a shame bc the plot here is strong‚ with a#clear anti capitalist tone struck from the beginning. idk it's all just so pessimistic but then ends on a really improbable happy note for#our hero (a very good Hill‚ whose steely eyes are showcased in many a loving closeup) and his girl (Massari‚ who fares much better than#women often do within this genre: she has plenty of screentime‚ a developed character‚ and makes it out alive)#idk im torn on this. it's a very handsomely shot film and more intelligent than many other of its era but that nagging tone of#callous disinterest kept me from really loving it.
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