Exactly! I've been obsessed with him for the past two months, watching all of his movies; my favourites are:Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, Le Cercle Rouge, Sacco e Vanzetti, Todo Modo, Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Lady of the Camellias, The Abyss, Porte Aperte and the 1959 television adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot, where he acted as Rogozhin. He could just interpret anything, a versatile actor.Besides, I love Italian cinema, my favorite one in Europe, they're perfectly expressive.
Yeah, for me, GBaU just drag on way too long for me. This movie is succinct, to the point, and well acted. I would refer to the script as "sanskrit" meaning "perfectly made/written."
I like Van Cleef as a good guy so much. It fits him better than a negative role. When he gets tears in his eyes, knowing he can't avenge his sister, it breaks my heart. But then he sees Manco saving him, and he knows it's all going to be okay. That subtle smile on his face shows the respect he has for Manco, as well as his relief. Awesome
In the good the bad and the ugly lee van cleef didn't want to do some scenes such as the slapping scene or kick a dog. Dude was just a good guy through and through.
I'm not disagreeing with this great comment but I feel that Van Cleef's face was made for a villainous role. The high cheek bones, the squinted eyes, the long thin nose, he just looks like a man you wouldn't want to mess with. I think Angel Eyes is the greatest villain of all time, next to Frank from Once Upon a Time
@@ReservoirPunk imo that would also work well for a take-no-nonsense justiciar character, for instance i think only LVC could have played Dirty Harry if Eastwood didn't
I saw his lip twitch for just a millisecond as he struggled to maintain emotional control in front of his enemy. This scene makes me cry every time I watch it.
That's true. He played such a good role in this movie. However, what makes him such a versatile actor is the fact that the same eyes which give an emotional feel in this movie, totally haunts us in the next one, The good, the bad and the ugly. In the beginning of the movie where his character Angel Eyes is introduced, he stares into the eyes of a former confederate soldier Stevens. It totally haunts us.
But when the camera zoom to Monco, and the guitar kicks in, and it suddenly shifts to Indio and he gives that look to Mortimer saying “I’m fucked” This is the the best moment of this scene imo 👌
I only watched this for the first time a few years ago, and I almost jumped out of my chair at how good the timing of this scene is. It’s simply phenomenal.
With all due respect to current-day film makers and actors .. we will not get scenes like this anymore .. they are part of a genre Gone with the Wind !!!!
In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated Westerns ever. Lee Van Cleef made a terrific bad buy in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly but here he shows us a completely different character. A badass with a heart...out to revenge his family.
The plots are unrelated. Lee van Cleef plays a completely different character in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. called Angel-Eyes. Sergio Leone liked to use the same actors in his movies and for example Gian Maria Volontè who played El Indio here played Ramon in the A Fistful of Dollars.
The way the music informs this scene is brilliant. The way El Indio wins in his earlier duel in the movie is because he knows when the chimes end, which gives him the slight advantage in reaction time. The only person who knows the music better than him is the Colonel, which is why he's the only one to beat him in a duel.
Still quite the advantage, I bet Indio must’ve had a thousand thoughts passing through his mind as the resemblance of his lover turned vengeance sought him out by his own tune.
''Now we start'' Gives me chills every time. Clint gets rich and Lee finally gets justice for his sister's murder. Both are satisfied. There is no better ending in any other film.
Well it wasn't so much about letting the Colonel have a fair duel as much as it was letting the Colonel have his shot at revenge. He knew damn well that in a fair fight, the Colonel would come out on top. As soon as No Name showed up, Indio was already fucked. There was simply no way he was going to walk out alive. He just wanted to give the Colonel the satisfaction of dropping Indio himself out of respect for the old man and his loss.
they invested in cgi tech and effects so if it were slow paced then the audience want the money back and the audience should know but do they want to know -movie creators wont tell anything to spoil the illusion - Hollywwod is in a trap of own stuipid creation
It’s funny cause back when these Westerns were releasing, they were regarded as the overly violent schlock of the time. It was only decades later that they were recognized as masterpieces rather than mindless entertainment. I wonder what is releasing today that will be looked back on more fondly in the future.
@@terribletimes902 This is sad but true. But the Dollars Trilogy is good cinema. Not what we have now. But unfortunately we'll have kids mentioning how good the F2F movies were in general.
+TheHolyMackarel I agree with you on those films, but the originals weren't the master pieces that Leone's films are. They should leave them alone unless they adapt the film into another genre enough to conclude in a whole new vision, just like A fistful of dollars is a western version of the Kurosawa's masterpiece Yojimbo.
Lee Van Cleef's facial expressions are amazing here! You can see the utter sadness in his face when he loses his weapon and Indio starts taunting him, the look of a man who knows he won't avenge the death of his loved one. But then Clint gives him the pistol and you notice a small change in his demeanor, confidence mixed with rage - he so fucking knows he's going to blast Indio away now! And it's all done without words; that's top notch acting.
its amazing how he played such a coldhearted killer in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and how much emotion he shows at the part where he checks his pockets. Fantastic even.
Another thing I pick up on here is how truly frightened and overwhelmed El Indio looks as soon as Clint shows up. As much as he's never remotely a sympathetic character, it's amazing how much pathos Gian Maria Volonte is able to fill his portrayal with.
And very smart to the very end. He knew he wouldnt be able to reach his gun in time. But he didnt try to go for it in a futile attempt and just waited if an opportunity presents itself. Not flinching. Not panicking. Staring at the man who killed his sister. One of the best scenes in the entire trilogy. So powerful. Even though The Good The Bad and The Ugly is my favorit from the three.
The way El Indio dies is so poetic. Not only has he lost everything, but he's forced into a duel he can't possibly win... just like the guy he killed earlier because he sold him out to start a family.
You mean "Leone movies mastered dialogue, facial expressions, and the use of music." Haven't you watch the whole buch o lousy Westerns released on the same year?
thats so true. The scenes are so powerful. Perfect actors with perfect music from master Morricone in the background.....you dont see that at all anymore these days. Or very rarely.
@@MrMalicious5 yes...the second watch chime interrupting the duel is maybe the best save in cinema history. The look on Clints face as the camera pans up is amazing.
Let's not forget how good Lee van cleef was in this scene. His eyes did the talking here, conveying such multitude of emotions, especially the relief/surprise at eastwood's interjection. At the end it almost felt like two brothers avenging a sister.
Lee Van Cleef dressed exactly like one of his childhood heroes in two movies “Spaghetti Westerns’ Wyatt Earp. Lee’s costume is a perfect copy of the famous outfit worn by Wyatt Earp in 1881 in Tombstone Arizona. Lee provided his own clothes as did Clint Eastwood. Lee even used a 12 inch barrel Colt like the one used by Marshall Earp. The Hat, Coat, Shirt, Vest, Tie with Tie pin, Boots, Guns every detail is a Tribute to the most famous Lawman-Marshall in American history.
This makes me cry. The sadness in van Cleef's eyes when he knows he can't avenge his sister, but then the one in El Indio's eyes, knowing the judgment he's been running away from has caught up to him and he's going straight to hell... Van Cleef's owns the scene with his eyes, though.
It is exactly like this, the whole scene is captured here: the sadness of the Colonel turning into a new hope for revenge in a gaze of his eyes when he hears the new chimes starting
@@sadikbelhout9345 --- Not at all, dude. She is Indio's sister. Clint Eastwood's character is looking down at Indio when he makes the remark about family resemblance. WTF x)
Couldn't agree more. Everything about it is perfection. I first watched this with my Dad aged around 9 or 10 50 years ago and I still remember the effect it had on me. Just the minimum of dialogue necessary to complement the tension building in the small circular stage where even the way Clint walks across to Lee van Cleef pivoting as he goes covering Indio with his rifle is wonderfully choreographed. Three fabulous actors doing full justice to an amazing film.
You literally know the bad guy is toast yet you are still on the edge of your seat. It ties everything up so beautifully and dare I say is the most human we ever see Eastwood and Lee. “No, it’s all for you. I think you deserve it”. Almost breaks the fourth wall in Lee passing the baton. Just beautiful. I could watch ten movies with them partnering up but they only made one-and it was perfect.
Absolutely!!! Fantastic actors. The look on Indio's face when he realizes he has to fight the Col to a fair duel and the look on Van Cleef's face the entire time. A perfect scene.
This movie definitely has the most emotional finale in the whole trilogy. The implications and stakes of this duel makes it hit the hardest with its countless layers of duality in El Indio. Truly one of the greatest movie endings ever.
This is a unpopular opinion but this is my favorite movie of all time. It doesn’t rush it’s story. It’s more of a slow pace movie. And at the end the story all made sense. And the music was top notch!
it is not unpopular at all. Both 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' and 'For a few dollars more' are masterpieces in their own right. Some people like one over the other, but in the end it is great cinema and we live to enjoy them as much as we can
I think El Indio perfectly knew that he was a monster and deserved to die. In that flashback scene, where we saw what happened to Mortimers sister, he seemed to be more reflective than expected
theres many short scenes in the movie of Indio staring off into space and being scared, i think he knows he deserves to die and that hes done bad things and it haunts him, makes him a good antagonist
+gdbalck respect other opinions, buddy. I've watched all of those Westerns and they're all phenomenal. The Good the Bad and the Ugly is in my opinion the best of them, followed closely by Once Upon a Time in the West. That being said, in my opinion the single best scene out of all of Leone's westerns was this scene here.
gdbalck what makes you think ol dude hasn't watched them? How about broaden your horizons and not talk smack when clearly when it comes to movie choices and what's good vs not is opinion. What's that old saying "opinions are like assholes". Well looks like we found one.
I had a cinema class professor back in the 70s, that thought that of the three Dollars films, that FAFDM was the more complete, more thorough story-telling film of all of the three. Sure, each film has its great moments. But this film had a meaningful plot or purpose for all three characters which the viewer could follow, that meant something (well, except for maybe Clint's character - unless his story is his mysterious persona). Rape-revenge-greed. A focus for each of the three main characters. Frankly, LVC's role in the second film, had more depth that in GBU. Perhaps the old professor was right after all. Just another option to consider.
Robert E I agree. Story/narrative-wise I'd say FAFDM was the best of the three. For quite a few years it was also my favorite of them all. But in more recent years when I've rewatched them I've come to appreciate TGTBATU more as a film; the production was better and everything fell into place perfectly. Looking at them from an artistic/film perspective, I'd say TGTBATU is the best. However, if we're judging strictly on character development and narrative, FAFDM is likely the greatest of all three.
I love the final scene from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" but this one actually brings tears to my eyes. It's one of the most heroic scenes I've seen in a western.
@@djfaded420 Can someone explqin to me. are these characters same as in good bad and ugly? I mean was clint eastwood plqying the same guy in dat movie..and was the old man?
Well I'm an Eastwood fan but I think this is Van Cleefs film. Such a presence, such gravitas & such emotion in a facial expression. This final scene is perhaps the best in any 'western' & shows that great acting, directing & cinematography never ages. This is timeless.
I get what you mean, as Van Cleef's character has the highest emotional stake, and forfeits a huge bounty simply to avenge the injustice done to his sister and brother-in-law.
The music, the cinematography, the location, the acting, the outfits, everything about this is gold, The spaghetti westerns are some of the greatest fulms ever constructed !!!!!
@@andyelliott8027 also after the first spaghetti western he said he would do more movies but not more crappy italian cigars.... He made more movies, and still had to smoke the scrappy italian cigars lol part of the character LOL
@@andyelliott8027 also the trumpeter cried during this performance he was so honored and the melody wasnso great he cried while performing and ennui loved it
Lee Van Cleef does wonders with the subtlest of movements: That lip quiver he gives where you can tell he’s watching his hope for revenge die is perfect. His face is barely moving but you can tell he’s destroyed, then at the end that look he gives perfectly captures his disbelief that the hunt is over and he finally got his revenge
I have seen it 1000 times and still can't get enough. One of the two masterpiece of Leone and Morricone.. The other one was Bronson versus Fonda in once upon a time in the west. Both dueling scenes are unique, the incidental music unsurpassed in both films. The two greatest Western films ever made, this one and the Once upon a time in the west. No other film comes close.. There won't be another Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone period. The chapter is closed
This is honestly in my opinion the best scene in cinema history. The music being part of the story, the emotional stakes, the communicating motives without words. It's just perfect storytelling.
Artexerxes101 And I'll explain why. The final duel (or more accurately, truel; or even more accurately, a duel with a bystander) in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is essentially over a bunch of gold, there's very little connection between the characters - aside from torturing Tuco, Angel Eyes is just a random (though ruthless) bounty hunter; Blondie and Tuco do have some backstory and there's some motive for revenge on each side, but that's swept aside in favor of common interest and financial gain, so not much there either (other than watching them try to outsmart each other). This is most obvious in how the audience isn't really rooting for Blondie to kill any of the other characters, but to find the gold for himself. For a Few Dollars More is a different story. Manco and Mortimer are after a murderous psycopath and his gang, and while Manco is (once again) in it for the money, Mortimer is avenging his sister (and her husband). But this final duel isn't just about his sister. Manco could've easily killed El Indio and been done with it, but this final duel is about Mortimer's own honor. If Manco had just killed El Indio, Mortimer would've been robbed of the chance to avenge his sister himself, and while she would've been avenged, Mortimer's honor could never be regained. Thus, Manco evens the odds and gives Mortimer his chance for which he would put his life on the line. Now, this depends on your personal definition of honor, but that's my interpretation.
Well said. Also, what adds to the suspense is the fact that Indio was about to reach for his gun to shoot Mortimer before Manco arrived. So, we get the feeling that Mortimer was close to dying. Also, in GBU, I was rooting for Tuco to get the gold.
Artexerxes101 Well, Tuco did get the gold in the end. Kinda. Blondie and Tuco are more or less equally bad in the beginning, at least towards each other. Aside from that, Tuco is a wanted criminal, and he robs the gun store owner later on, but we get a lot of insight into his character during the talk with his brother - he's not just a criminal, he's a survivor, and one can certainly empathize with him knowing how unfair life can be (even though he himself is unfair towards others). Blondie gets a few more "good" points, like how he treats the dying Captain, covering the dying soldier with his coat, etc. Still, he doesn't get much character development - his main character trait is being Clint Eastwood. All in all, Tuco's character is better written, and pretty much the only one we get to know in depth (Blondie is mostly a mystery, and Angel Eyes is the generic antagonist), so it's quite understandable that a fair number of people would root for him. But hey, it's Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris's nightmare fuel...
They get increasingly overblown and bloated, but here it's minimal. By the time you get to that travesty "Once Upon a Time in the West" it's like a western meets Jabba the Hut.
Seen the final duel so many times and I still absolutely love it ... when Clint says "now we start" it gives me goosepimples ... my favourite western film and i have seen a few in my time
when eastwood comes outta nowhere with the trinket, the whole mood of that movie and scene switch, because thats when you know that el indio is gonna pay for all the shit he caused. one of the greatest moments in a movie ever
When growing up I never really liked my name "lee" I always wish I was given a name with more style or such. A few years ago my mother told me she named me after Lee Van Cleef. I love this trilogy of films (this one being my favourite of the three) and I can't help but smile each time I watch them now =) Thanks mom! Edit - Oh wow, thanks for the comments and likes guys!
@Ghost true, GBU take place during Civil War, while A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More are after the Civil Wars. Plus Manco in GBU use a gun that only exist in the Civil War timeline, while in the other two movies, he used a newer model of the gun.
EASTWOOD: "Seems to be a family resemblance." VAN CLEEF: "Naturally, between brother and sister." Excellent! If this movie were remade today, you'd get a shitload of talky backstory about Van Cleef and his quest for vengeance, etc. But with these two lines, everything snaps into focus at the end about Van Cleef's character and his motivations. Sergio Leone would have been a hell of a silent filmmaker, since he DIDN'T need a bunch of dialogue to tell his stories.
Agree. Plus, I guess Leone decided to do it that way because he had understood Lee Van Cleef didn't need to speak a lot to be imposing. He had enough charisma to have that "presence" without saying a word.
So whose sister Mortimers or Indigos I have always wondered about that since that would mean either Indigo raped his own sister in a drug haze or a mexican bandit some how made it to the Carolinas to rape Mortimers sister. Unless of course if the young man that was killed was Mortimers son.
TM Rezzek It seems he let the excellent score fill in the blanks of what he wants you to know. Competence on budget really does enhance the unreachable corners a person would usually throw money at.
I think this is my favorite of the Dollar trilogy. This one has such a satisfying climax along with emotional character stakes in the final dual that you just won’t find in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I’m way more invested in seeing Mortimer avenge his sisters death than seeing the resolution to main tensions in the other two films. Plus I liked that Clint’s character had his iconic outfit for the whole film. His portrayal had more traits of the mysterious bounty hunter that I love that didn’t see showcased as well in Good Bad Ugly.
I agree that Mortimer's plot being fulfilled is the most emotional but there's something about the scope of The Good The Bad and The Ugly. From Blonde finding the poncho to the ecstacy of gold playing in the graveyard then they have to have the final showdown and the scope of all of it is so huge that you can't help but be enthralled by it.
Biggest bonus is that Lee van Cleef didn't have to die at the end. He got to ride off into the sunset, still sad, but satisfied that he'd avenged his sister at last. I hated that Angel Eyes died at the end of GBU
This is probably my favorite of the trilogy. And strangely, the scene that stayed with me the most was Van Cleef’s intro in the bar. The way he stood and stared that guy straight in the eyes, almost smiling, basically saying “Fuck you” the way he smoked that pipe in his face... I can’t believe how much can be said with so few words, and leave such a badass lasting impression. Truly great filmmaking
It looks really old but that’s what makes it good. Most filmmakers nowadays (with a few exceptions) would no longer shoot a film on gritty old-school analogue film. It’s mostly just overly clean digital film with rushed sweatshop CGI nowadays. Which usually ages worse. This film is much older and clearly looks older, but it looks much better and more timeless than most movies nowadays.
My analysis: After disarming the Colonel, El Indio doesn't let him take his gun and stand up to have a fair duel with him, because he knows he's a dangerous opponent and wants to have an advantage. But earlier in the movie, when he killed the traitor, El Indio did gave him a fair duel, because he hated him so much he was confident he was going to win, and wanted to kill him personally. Now El Indio thinks he can kill the Colonel easily, and his face brims with confidence. Now, when El Indio looks closely at the clock, he realizes the girl resembles the Colonel, and all of a sudden understands he's some relative of her, and that's the reason he's so hellbent on killing him. But El Indio, deep within himself, feels guilty for what he did to the girl. Specifically, the fact that, by killing her husband and raping her, he drived her to despair so much that she killed herself, was the one thing that managed to move him in his life full of crimes, as shown earlier in the movie, when he gets stoned to try and avoid remembering her. The face of El Indio becomes doubtful for a moment, but he still has the advantage, and thinks this man will be as easily brushed off as the woman. He recovers his confidence and starts going for his gun. And just at that very moment, Manco enters the scene and restarts the duel, now a fair one, with both opponents armed and standing. For that moment on, the face of El Indio becomes more and more strained. It's not only that now he's got a fair chance of being killed, but he also feels in full force the guilt he has tried to suppress all those years. It's like he's facing his own demons, incarned in one man that knows his secret sin and won't let him go. His breath becomes rugged, his face shows nervousness and fear, and he can't avoid starting to go for his gun before it's time. The Colonel, on the other hand, is serene and impassive. He knows he has his just revenge at hand, and he's fully confident he's going to win. He's as full of cold hate as El Indio was at the duel with the traitor. When the clock's music ends, El Indio tries to draw his gun in a very clumsy and awkward way, full of rage and fear, losing a precious instant. The Colonel draws his gun without the least heasitation, and with one calm and precise move fatally shoots him.
You also need to realize the importance of knowledge of the song. You can see Indio teaching for his gun as the last note gets close, an advantage that has served him well as the notes of the song get so slow you don’t really know when or if the last note will strike. But Colonel also knowing that song so intimately doesn’t even flinch fully knowing the precise moment when he can unleash his revenge. Really nice write up.
The intensity of this scene is unbelievable, such a “Simple” situation, is brought into an absolute masterpiece of cinematography! The music by Ennio is ultimately inspired and brilliant. This scene would not be as legendary if not all actors, director and musicians were so one point. Amazing. Truly amazing xxxxx
Lee Van Cleef usually wore his pistol across his front in most his Western movie appearances. I think it's pretty awesome to see him wear Eastwood's side holstered pistol belt and pull off a perfect fast draw with it.
I think one of the best things about this scene is the facial expressions. There's no lines, no dialogue, nothing, just two men staring at each other but the way they look at each other says everything you need to know. With Mortimer, you can see the hatred that he has for Indio, you can see the hatred, the anger, the sheer, bubbling rage but you can also see all the sorrow, the sadness he must have for his sister, and the hatred at knowing the suffering and humiliation bastard in front him inflicted on her. And with Indio, you can see the hatred he has. Not necessarily for Mortimer, but for the situation he's in. The hatred he has, almost for himself, for the monster he is. And the refusal to accept that this is it. That his death is imminent. And with No Name, the neutrality he has to the whole situation. To him, it's just another contract but also the respect and concern he has for Mortimer. I mean he'll probably shoot Indio afterwards if he were to win anyway but he clearly doesn't want Mortimer to die. He respects and even it seems admires Mortimer. When Sergio was directing these movies, he had to utilize Italian actors. Many of them couldn't speak English, so they did their lines in Italian. Obviously this raised issues about exactly how much dialogue they can potentially include since too much dialogue would eat into the budget by having to hire people to dub them. Yet Sergio gets around this PERFECTLY by instead relying on eye contact and body language to express the emotions and thoughts of his characters. And that's the real beauty of his movies. It speaks to a next level of cinematographic genius that a director can make movies with such little dialogue but so much emotion.
Leone was a master of visual storytelling. Suspense, heartbreak, anger, frustration, admiration, hope...all captured in the eyes and faces. Brilliant filmmaker.
Nearly 7 Minutes that achieve to tell more about these characters only with its music and visual, than whole netflix-series nowadays. I hope future filmmakers will find inspiration in this kind of storytelling.
This film is pure majestic eloquence and other than Unforgiven modern westerns (And films in general) are cartoons by comparison . This is magnificence !
Ennio got his Oscar. Granted it was only for Hateful 8 (still a good score but nothing compared to his career.) I think in his case it was one of those 'with your career, how the hell have you not already got one?' Oscars.
God damn Lee van cleef is incredible. The acting he does with his face alone in this scene... He knows he's screwed, his expression is heart wrenching, knowing he won't be able to avenge his sister. And then when Clint arrives you see Lee's face change. A second chance, a slight smile. He knows he's got el Indio now.
3 great actors. No stupid special effects, no nonsense, only pure drama with the proper screen shots and exceptional music. - It's so well done that the memory of watching it brings me back in a living room somewhere with my dad, watching it for the first time together, more than 40 years ago.
Gianmaria Volonté was just another level, among all the fantastic italian actors he was the best. This movie is probably my favourite of the trilogy, Lee and Clint are so awesome.
meaturama Yep, the realization that he has a chance, appreciation to Clint, a bit of indignance at the whole situation, and melancholy b/c he should have taken better care of the keepsake of his sister (and his sister as well). Those looks, all in a few seconds, lol!
Seracen he knew he was fucked, than him hearing the chimes his sister died too, that he'd die too as well, then getting saved is the face of sadness, fear, and relief
Andrew Kuhn I like better when El Indio contemplates reaching for his gun and Clint nods "no". Classic. The ending music is also great...thank you Ennio Morricone. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
"For a Few Dollars More" is my favorite of the trilogy and this scene still gives me chills. It's not just the haunting chimes, but the way El Indio looks down at the locket and sees some resemblance between the girl and Mortimer. Then he looks up and smiles. He makes some *connection* there. Also love how Mortimer shoots him just once.. and then walks over to the dead body only to claim the other locket. When I first saw this as a kid I was expecting him to stomp on his face or something lol No, he just wanted him dead. Didn't even take the money. Love Lee van Cleef and even the bad guy, Italian actor... he does a good job making you hate his guts... Like Clint says. . . "Bravo"
You mean Gian Maria Volontè? Yes he was great. I've got the feeling that he and Lee Van Cleef are a bit underrated. It's a shame, because they were both amazing.
PhebusdesTours Volonte proved what a versatile actor he was playing Lucky Luciano in the movie of the same name. You have to really look close to even recognize him. Rod Steiger was also great, but he's always great.
Lisa Lindsey What were you watching? He wasn't smiling and he clutched the locket out of disgust because he now knew his advantage was gone and he was fucked. He was probably more interested in revenge on Indio than the money plus he knew Manko saved his ass. Although by making them look like stand up gunmen, the movie did make them not look too smart at times. Once near the beginning when Mortimer let the first guy shoot at him about 5 times before he finally killed him and Clint when he let the 3 guys get prepared to draw before he mowed them down. But l guess that's why they call it fiction.
The moment where Clint Eastwood’s plays his watch to even the scales is absolute magic by Leone. His filmmaking is timeless. This entire scene gives me the chills!!! BRAVO SERGIO!!! “Now we start!”
One man avenging the death of a loved one, the other haunted by his sins, dreading the day the chimes end for him. "Don't ask for whom the bells toll, they toll for thee."
When I was a kid I always thought this was like the crazy brother of the villain in the first movie (or even that the villain of the first movie didn't really die, he just got shot and put in jail).
mickeyhbk10 Volonte was originally asked come back as Tuco in The Good, The Bad and Ugly but had a falling out with Director Sergio Leone and dropped before production started. Eli Wallach was asked to play Tuco.
The music... The atmosphere. The emotions.. I'm moved absolutely to tears by it... When Clint dies it will end a career of one of the most important actors in history ..
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When Eastwood says “now we start” and the score really kicks in is probably one of my favorite cinematic moments of all time.
And theme song make this Boooommm my heart...😁
In the italian version it's even more badass, he says "Indio, you know the game" and begins, that's genius
mine too.
It's pretty subversive too for it's times too. The leading man taking a back seat in a story finale for a supporting character to take his revenge.
@@harrycahill2140 as far as I'm concerned, Lee van Cleef was the leading man in this movie. Nothing against Eastwood, though.
Nobody talks about Gian Maria Volonté, he is a fantastic actor.
One of the finest Italian actors of the 20th century.
He was born to be bad
Maria is a lady's name.
@@Haldinyar Gian Maria is a man's name, It is an old name but it is man's. Trust me, I'm italian.
Exactly! I've been obsessed with him for the past two months, watching all of his movies; my favourites are:Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, Le Cercle Rouge, Sacco e Vanzetti, Todo Modo, Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Lady of the Camellias, The Abyss, Porte Aperte and the 1959 television adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot, where he acted as Rogozhin. He could just interpret anything, a versatile actor.Besides, I love Italian cinema, my favorite one in Europe, they're perfectly expressive.
People mostly talk about The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, but For a Few Dollars More is my favorite of the trilogy
Lee van cleef and eastwood as the good guy never gets better.
Yeah, for me, GBaU just drag on way too long for me. This movie is succinct, to the point, and well acted. I would refer to the script as "sanskrit" meaning "perfectly made/written."
My thoughts exactly. This is the best movie in the trilogy
Same here. Out of the three this is my personal favourite, then AFOD and then TGTBATU.
Totally agree
I like Van Cleef as a good guy so much. It fits him better than a negative role.
When he gets tears in his eyes, knowing he can't avenge his sister, it breaks my heart.
But then he sees Manco saving him, and he knows it's all going to be okay.
That subtle smile on his face shows the respect he has for Manco, as well as his relief. Awesome
In the good the bad and the ugly lee van cleef didn't want to do some scenes such as the slapping scene or kick a dog. Dude was just a good guy through and through.
I'm not disagreeing with this great comment but I feel that Van Cleef's face was made for a villainous role. The high cheek bones, the squinted eyes, the long thin nose, he just looks like a man you wouldn't want to mess with. I think Angel Eyes is the greatest villain of all time, next to Frank from Once Upon a Time
@@ReservoirPunk talking from a female perspective, his face (and the rest of him) turns me on. Too bad he was old enough to be my father.
@@winterleia9027 exactly
@@ReservoirPunk imo that would also work well for a take-no-nonsense justiciar character, for instance i think only LVC could have played Dirty Harry if Eastwood didn't
One of Lee van Cleef's few Good-Guy roles and he completely owns it!
Yeah, isn't it awesome. :D
*It was legendary...*
one of my all time favorites scenes is when Clint gives him his gun belt
Van Cleef stole the show.
@@fivestring65ify Clint and Lee were a great team in all their movies can't tell you how many times I've re watched start to end.
R.I.P Ennio Morricone, his music makes this scene and the film a masterpiece
Amen to that!
He was the king of spaghetti western soundtracks
He created more than the film, he created the story !
Oh my God, I didn't know he died. Damn, he was so great.
Its crazy that he captured the western feel, being born in Italy
The amount of emotional range Lee Van Cleef displays through just his eyes is phenomenal.
Master class acting
Same with the guy playing Indio. Goes from smug assurance to desperation and dread once Eastwood shows up to even up the odds.
I saw his lip twitch for just a millisecond as he struggled to maintain emotional control in front of his enemy. This scene makes me cry every time I watch it.
That's true. He played such a good role in this movie. However, what makes him such a versatile actor is the fact that the same eyes which give an emotional feel in this movie, totally haunts us in the next one, The good, the bad and the ugly. In the beginning of the movie where his character Angel Eyes is introduced, he stares into the eyes of a former confederate soldier Stevens. It totally haunts us.
@@sandeepsreehari4687 he had beautiful eyes.
That moment, when the melody suddenly continues and Monco arrives, has to be on of the greatest in cinema history
But when the camera zoom to Monco, and the guitar kicks in, and it suddenly shifts to Indio and he gives that look to Mortimer saying “I’m fucked”
This is the the best moment of this scene imo 👌
Well said, dutch van der linde
I only watched this for the first time a few years ago, and I almost jumped out of my chair at how good the timing of this scene is.
It’s simply phenomenal.
True sir, seems so...
_"What about our partnership?"_
_"Maybe next time."_
And Lee walks off into the sunset on a great musical cue.
I cry every single time... with italian voices is even better.. "un'altra volta".. as i said, i cry, always.
With all due respect to current-day film makers and actors .. we will not get scenes like this anymore .. they are part of a genre Gone with the Wind !!!!
Rides*
Next time he will be the villain
@@ss2k10 Yea that’s what makes these scenes so iconic and good. Movie making will never be like this again.
In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated Westerns ever. Lee Van Cleef made a terrific bad buy in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly but here he shows us a completely different character. A badass with a heart...out to revenge his family.
It is not underrated. It's obvious that is one of the best westerns ever.
It is not underrated but rather largely forgotten among the current generation. But among cinema lovers this is considered a classic.
I wouldn't call it underrated as much as I would overlooked.
why was he a bad guy in the good, bad and the ugly?
The plots are unrelated. Lee van Cleef plays a completely different character in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. called Angel-Eyes. Sergio Leone liked to use the same actors in his movies and for example Gian Maria Volontè who played El Indio here played Ramon in the A Fistful of Dollars.
The way the music informs this scene is brilliant. The way El Indio wins in his earlier duel in the movie is because he knows when the chimes end, which gives him the slight advantage in reaction time. The only person who knows the music better than him is the Colonel, which is why he's the only one to beat him in a duel.
Still quite the advantage, I bet Indio must’ve had a thousand thoughts passing through his mind as the resemblance of his lover turned vengeance sought him out by his own tune.
That must be it. The fact that Indio always had his gun on his waist while his opponent's was on the ground is no big deal.
@@kaysree71Lol ikr
"When the chimes end-"
"No"
Shoot, I never thought of that before. Makes sense.
''Now we start'' Gives me chills every time. Clint gets rich and Lee finally gets justice for his sister's murder. Both are satisfied. There is no better ending in any other film.
The endings to every Indiana Jones movie apart from the most recent one get close, though.
I might be wrong. But didn’t the guy indio shoot kill his sister?
@@jackspinner4727 She killed herself after Indio raped her and killed her husband/boyfriend.
@@aleksandarjokic5083 ok I couldn’t figure out wtf happened in those scenes haha
@@jackspinner4727 No, his sister shot herself instead of allowing Indio to have his way with her.
Clint had no intention of letting Indio leave even if he had won. Hahaha.
@vittu vittu They were siblings.
@ussr lost ww2
Watch the film? The family reference isn't the Colonel and Indio it is the Colonel and the woman assaulted by Indio.
He and Mortimer took a beating off his crew, so, yeah.
@Over Yonder In a drawdown with the Man with No Name, no one has a fair chance.
Well it wasn't so much about letting the Colonel have a fair duel as much as it was letting the Colonel have his shot at revenge. He knew damn well that in a fair fight, the Colonel would come out on top. As soon as No Name showed up, Indio was already fucked. There was simply no way he was going to walk out alive. He just wanted to give the Colonel the satisfaction of dropping Indio himself out of respect for the old man and his loss.
I can't believe this is from 1965. A masterpiece that doesn't need remastering
True.
So help me if those fucking Hollywood idiots ever dare to remake this movie......😡
@@gretchennelson9965 So far they haven't tried yet. Every genre has been tainted over the years but never in Westerns in indulgence.
I think you meant "remaking". Every older film needs remastering from time to time. Otherwise it couldn’t be preserved in its best shape.
@@robinanwaldt Kino Lorber is releasing it in 4K soon!
A single shot in a slow paced western action movie conveys way more emotion than the entire feast of explosions on modern hollywood action movies.
they invested in cgi tech and effects so if it were slow paced then the audience want the money back and the audience should know but do they want to know -movie creators wont tell anything to spoil the illusion - Hollywwod is in a trap of own stuipid creation
@@user-bs1lr8nx1h what
It’s funny cause back when these Westerns were releasing, they were regarded as the overly violent schlock of the time. It was only decades later that they were recognized as masterpieces rather than mindless entertainment. I wonder what is releasing today that will be looked back on more fondly in the future.
@@terribletimes902 This is sad but true. But the Dollars Trilogy is good cinema. Not what we have now. But unfortunately we'll have kids mentioning how good the F2F movies were in general.
@@terribletimes902 Cause they are very violent! When did you see them for the first time? At the theater...?
It's gonna be a sad day when Clint leaves us. All the great outlaws will be gone. Lee van cliff nailed this one
At least their names won't be forgotten... right? :D
@@ViolosD2Ivery true
I don’t know that I consider Clint’s character an “outlaw”, at least not in the traditional sense.
With $100 Million budget, today's biggest stars, and a crack CGI team they could remake this...
And it would suck so bad. 3:)
+rajvader You're right, remakes are usually crap. Remakes of iconic films like this shouldn't even be attempted because they're ALWAYS crap.
+rajvader They recently remade 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit, and those were both better than the originals.
+TheHolyMackarel I agree with you on those films, but the originals weren't the master pieces that Leone's films are. They should leave them alone unless they adapt the film into another genre enough to conclude in a whole new vision, just like A fistful of dollars is a western version of the Kurosawa's masterpiece Yojimbo.
+Nelson Alonso Funny enough,Yojimbo itself was inspired by american westerns of the time.
+rajvader Yeah, and knowing Hollywood, Will Smith and Jamie Foxx will be the stars of the remake. Lol.
Lee Van Cleef's facial expressions are amazing here! You can see the utter sadness in his face when he loses his weapon and Indio starts taunting him, the look of a man who knows he won't avenge the death of his loved one. But then Clint gives him the pistol and you notice a small change in his demeanor, confidence mixed with rage - he so fucking knows he's going to blast Indio away now! And it's all done without words; that's top notch acting.
its amazing how he played such a coldhearted killer in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and how much emotion he shows at the part where he checks his pockets. Fantastic even.
Another thing I pick up on here is how truly frightened and overwhelmed El Indio looks as soon as Clint shows up. As much as he's never remotely a sympathetic character, it's amazing how much pathos Gian Maria Volonte is able to fill his portrayal with.
you guys are just read my mind. Both about Van Cleef and Volonte.
Miguel km
And very smart to the very end. He knew he wouldnt be able to reach his gun in time. But he didnt try to go for it in a futile attempt and just waited if an opportunity presents itself. Not flinching. Not panicking. Staring at the man who killed his sister. One of the best scenes in the entire trilogy. So powerful. Even though The Good The Bad and The Ugly is my favorit from the three.
The way El Indio dies is so poetic. Not only has he lost everything, but he's forced into a duel he can't possibly win... just like the guy he killed earlier because he sold him out to start a family.
Don't forget the guy who killed him had a family who El Indio killed.
“What about our partnership?”
“Maybe next time”
Oh my God, THIS IS CINEMA!
The age when movies mastered dialogue, facial expressions, and the use of music.
You mean "Leone movies mastered dialogue, facial expressions, and the use of music."
Haven't you watch the whole buch o lousy Westerns released on the same year?
Jules F. Melo Borges
Those times are long gone....
thats so true. The scenes are so powerful. Perfect actors with perfect music from master Morricone in the background.....you dont see that at all anymore these days. Or very rarely.
instead of making a new film they could remaster the quality if possible
"Naturally, between brother and sister". One of cinema's best endings ever done in ANY film.
Reprised somewhat with the harmonica as musical pocketwatch in "Once Upon a Time in the West". Greatest revenge epics of all time.
@@vixapphire Baddies get what they deserve
First time watching it, I got up from my seat when that second chime started.
@@MrMalicious5 yes...the second watch chime interrupting the duel is maybe the best save in cinema history. The look on Clints face as the camera pans up is amazing.
Best reveal in my opinion
Let's not forget how good Lee van cleef was in this scene. His eyes did the talking here, conveying such multitude of emotions, especially the relief/surprise at eastwood's interjection.
At the end it almost felt like two brothers avenging a sister.
Lee Van Cleef dressed exactly like one of his childhood heroes in two movies “Spaghetti Westerns’ Wyatt Earp. Lee’s costume is a perfect copy of the famous outfit worn by Wyatt Earp in 1881 in Tombstone Arizona. Lee provided his own clothes as did Clint Eastwood. Lee even used a 12 inch barrel Colt like the one used by Marshall Earp. The Hat, Coat, Shirt, Vest, Tie with Tie pin, Boots, Guns every detail is a Tribute to the most famous Lawman-Marshall in American history.
This makes me cry. The sadness in van Cleef's eyes when he knows he can't avenge his sister, but then the one in El Indio's eyes, knowing the judgment he's been running away from has caught up to him and he's going straight to hell...
Van Cleef's owns the scene with his eyes, though.
It is exactly like this, the whole scene is captured here: the sadness of the Colonel turning into a new hope for revenge in a gaze of his eyes when he hears the new chimes starting
The Girl isn't Mortimer's sister. The Girl is Indio's sister.
@@Xsyllman no she's the colonel sister's wtf x)
@@sadikbelhout9345 --- Not at all, dude. She is Indio's sister. Clint Eastwood's character is looking down at Indio when he makes the remark about family resemblance.
WTF x)
Wanderer, I could not agree with you more...
This scene is honestly a masterpiece
Couldn't agree more. Everything about it is perfection. I first watched this with my Dad aged around 9 or 10 50 years ago and I still remember the effect it had on me.
Just the minimum of dialogue necessary to complement the tension building in the small circular stage where even the way Clint walks across to Lee van Cleef pivoting as he goes covering Indio with his rifle is wonderfully choreographed.
Three fabulous actors doing full justice to an amazing film.
You literally know the bad guy is toast yet you are still on the edge of your seat. It ties everything up so beautifully and dare I say is the most human we ever see Eastwood and Lee. “No, it’s all for you. I think you deserve it”. Almost breaks the fourth wall in Lee passing the baton. Just beautiful. I could watch ten movies with them partnering up but they only made one-and it was perfect.
its a classic example of pure cinema: show don’t tell
the idea with the watch portraits and chimes is so great
Absolutely!!! Fantastic actors. The look on Indio's face when he realizes he has to fight the Col to a fair duel and the look on Van Cleef's face the entire time. A perfect scene.
@Mr Radman that little head shake he gives is top-notch. "Sorry man, you're screwed"
This movie definitely has the most emotional finale in the whole trilogy. The implications and stakes of this duel makes it hit the hardest with its countless layers of duality in El Indio.
Truly one of the greatest movie endings ever.
This movie is actually second in the Timeline. The holes the Colonel put in Eastwood’s hat are seen in the first film.
@@nathanchun4880 the poncho he wore in this one was acquired in the 3rd one as well
This is a unpopular opinion but this is my favorite movie of all time. It doesn’t rush it’s story. It’s more of a slow pace movie. And at the end the story all made sense. And the music was top notch!
it is not unpopular at all. Both 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' and 'For a few dollars more' are masterpieces in their own right. Some people like one over the other, but in the end it is great cinema and we live to enjoy them as much as we can
The music totally makes the scene!
My god, whos that guy with the piercing eyes? Damn good acting
i guess you mean lee van cleef
Gian Maria Volonta
Its a combination of everything...very visual...incredible close shots. I'm glad they shot in Technicolor.
dude there is no need for testosterone just Clint Eastwood trilogies
Best film in the trilogy imho
+Gggmanlives hah, glad to see you have such tastes in cinema, brother! Love your reviews, btw
yup..!
A fistfull of Dollars 6/10
For a few Dollars More 10/10
The Good, the bad and the ugly 10/10
Fistful is awesome, but only if you look at it like at west-transformed Yojimbo.
I agree with this 200%
Hands down the best scene in the whole trilogy
The pain in Lee Van Cleef's eyes is incredibly sad, but the way El Indio sheds a tear at 4:32 just breaks my heart😢
I think El Indio perfectly knew that he was a monster and deserved to die. In that flashback scene, where we saw what happened to Mortimers sister, he seemed to be more reflective than expected
@@Julian-666i always thought that he loved her, more than just an assault thing. He desired her and was sad the way things went between the two...
theres many short scenes in the movie of Indio staring off into space and being scared, i think he knows he deserves to die and that hes done bad things and it haunts him, makes him a good antagonist
2 powerhouse performances by Gian Maria Volonte and Lee Van Cleef.
even after 50 odd years....nothing has or will ever come anywhere near this.......
Nicky Viking How about other films by Leone?
+gdbalck respect other opinions, buddy. I've watched all of those Westerns and they're all phenomenal. The Good the Bad and the Ugly is in my opinion the best of them, followed closely by Once Upon a Time in the West. That being said, in my opinion the single best scene out of all of Leone's westerns was this scene here.
gdbalck what makes you think ol dude hasn't watched them? How about broaden your horizons and not talk smack when clearly when it comes to movie choices and what's good vs not is opinion. What's that old saying "opinions are like assholes". Well looks like we found one.
I had a cinema class professor back in the 70s, that thought that of the three Dollars films, that FAFDM was the more complete, more thorough story-telling film of all of the three. Sure, each film has its great moments. But this film had a meaningful plot or purpose for all three characters which the viewer could follow, that meant something (well, except for maybe Clint's character - unless his story is his mysterious persona). Rape-revenge-greed. A focus for each of the three main characters. Frankly, LVC's role in the second film, had more depth that in GBU. Perhaps the old professor was right after all. Just another option to consider.
Robert E I agree. Story/narrative-wise I'd say FAFDM was the best of the three. For quite a few years it was also my favorite of them all. But in more recent years when I've rewatched them I've come to appreciate TGTBATU more as a film; the production was better and everything fell into place perfectly. Looking at them from an artistic/film perspective, I'd say TGTBATU is the best. However, if we're judging strictly on character development and narrative, FAFDM is likely the greatest of all three.
“Now we start” intense music starts.. man there’s nothing like it
In Italian he say: “you know the play”
1:57 The Intro is also just incedible. The watch, the face and then the guitar. Just amazing scene.
Theres a difference between a good scene in a film and a perfect scene, this is a perfect scene
Can we appreciate the fact that Mortimer is wearing a goddamn jacket and tie in the middle of the desert
I love the final scene from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" but this one actually brings tears to my eyes. It's one of the most heroic scenes I've seen in a western.
I prefer this ending better. Van Cleef wins.
It's cool if u look at the cinematography towards this scene and final duel of the trilogy. It ends with those who shoot and those who dig
@@djfaded420 Can someone explqin to me. are these characters same as in good bad and ugly? I mean was clint eastwood plqying the same guy in dat movie..and was the old man?
Alek Shukhevych the old man plays as col. Douglas in this movie and angel eyes in the good, bad and ugly. Same actor, different character.
Once upon a time in the west final scene is a lot better
Well I'm an Eastwood fan but I think this is Van Cleefs film. Such a presence, such gravitas & such emotion in a facial expression.
This final scene is perhaps the best in any 'western' & shows that great acting, directing & cinematography never ages. This is timeless.
Without El Indio you would not have such climax
Why reduce it to one star? Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Volonte all have amazing performances here.
So much is conveyed with nothing but facial expression, guilt, sadness, righteousness. Shows just how master class this acting is.
@@prettybueno1255 Agreed, all are amazing...
I get what you mean, as Van Cleef's character has the highest emotional stake, and forfeits a huge bounty simply to avenge the injustice done to his sister and brother-in-law.
The music, the cinematography, the location, the acting, the outfits, everything about this is gold,
The spaghetti westerns are some of the greatest fulms ever constructed !!!!!
Another thing that maybe people don't realise is that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong non-smoker, he only smoked to play the part.
@@andyelliott8027 also after the first spaghetti western he said he would do more movies but not more crappy italian cigars.... He made more movies, and still had to smoke the scrappy italian cigars lol part of the character LOL
@@andyelliott8027 im a super fan of spaghetti westerns 😂
@@andyelliott8027 also the trumpeter cried during this performance he was so honored and the melody wasnso great he cried while performing and ennui loved it
Lee Van Cleef does wonders with the subtlest of movements:
That lip quiver he gives where you can tell he’s watching his hope for revenge die is perfect. His face is barely moving but you can tell he’s destroyed, then at the end that look he gives perfectly captures his disbelief that the hunt is over and he finally got his revenge
I love how Clint shakes his head no when he trys to draw his gun.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you"
More like I wish the hell u would 😂
I have seen this 100 times and it never gets old.
It's perfection, or as close as one can get to it. The music, the close ups, the dialogues, everything ... it's pure bliss.
I've seen this 7 times. I've got the box set. Great films. I'm a big fan off Clint Eastwood!!
Same with me. My father tell this movie and I love this too. The best Cowboy movie that I've ever seen
Amen brother
I have seen it 1000 times and still can't get enough. One of the two masterpiece of Leone and Morricone.. The other one was Bronson versus Fonda in once upon a time in the west.
Both dueling scenes are unique, the incidental music unsurpassed in both films.
The two greatest Western films ever made, this one and the Once upon a time in the west. No other film comes close.. There won't be another Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone period. The chapter is closed
Man, Lee van Cleef had so much charisma
This is honestly in my opinion the best scene in cinema history. The music being part of the story, the emotional stakes, the communicating motives without words. It's just perfect storytelling.
Definitely my favorite duel out of the entire trilogy. So much emotional weight behind it
Justin Nguyen Same. I felt it was more suspenseful than the one from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Artexerxes101 And I'll explain why. The final duel (or more accurately, truel; or even more accurately, a duel with a bystander) in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is essentially over a bunch of gold, there's very little connection between the characters - aside from torturing Tuco, Angel Eyes is just a random (though ruthless) bounty hunter; Blondie and Tuco do have some backstory and there's some motive for revenge on each side, but that's swept aside in favor of common interest and financial gain, so not much there either (other than watching them try to outsmart each other). This is most obvious in how the audience isn't really rooting for Blondie to kill any of the other characters, but to find the gold for himself.
For a Few Dollars More is a different story. Manco and Mortimer are after a murderous psycopath and his gang, and while Manco is (once again) in it for the money, Mortimer is avenging his sister (and her husband). But this final duel isn't just about his sister. Manco could've easily killed El Indio and been done with it, but this final duel is about Mortimer's own honor. If Manco had just killed El Indio, Mortimer would've been robbed of the chance to avenge his sister himself, and while she would've been avenged, Mortimer's honor could never be regained. Thus, Manco evens the odds and gives Mortimer his chance for which he would put his life on the line.
Now, this depends on your personal definition of honor, but that's my interpretation.
Well said. Also, what adds to the suspense is the fact that Indio was about to reach for his gun to shoot Mortimer before Manco arrived. So, we get the feeling that Mortimer was close to dying.
Also, in GBU, I was rooting for Tuco to get the gold.
Artexerxes101 Well, Tuco did get the gold in the end. Kinda.
Blondie and Tuco are more or less equally bad in the beginning, at least towards each other. Aside from that, Tuco is a wanted criminal, and he robs the gun store owner later on, but we get a lot of insight into his character during the talk with his brother - he's not just a criminal, he's a survivor, and one can certainly empathize with him knowing how unfair life can be (even though he himself is unfair towards others).
Blondie gets a few more "good" points, like how he treats the dying Captain, covering the dying soldier with his coat, etc. Still, he doesn't get much character development - his main character trait is being Clint Eastwood.
All in all, Tuco's character is better written, and pretty much the only one we get to know in depth (Blondie is mostly a mystery, and Angel Eyes is the generic antagonist), so it's quite understandable that a fair number of people would root for him. But hey, it's Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris's nightmare fuel...
I agree. I also remember that the director really liked Wallach, so maybe that's why he was able to characterize Tuco so well.
personally I think "For a few dollars more" is the best movie in the whole trilogy
Funny isn't it, the last one you saw becomes the best. They're all amazing. When that whistling starts...
the good and the bad is the best and its the third one who ever heard of the third one being the best it's usually the worst one
They get increasingly overblown and bloated, but here it's minimal. By the time you get to that travesty "Once Upon a Time in the West" it's like a western meets Jabba the Hut.
same
Yes
I love the face of LVC when he knows he has no chance, knowing he'll not be able to avenge his Sister. Great acting.
Seen the final duel so many times and I still absolutely love it ... when Clint says "now we start" it gives me goosepimples ... my favourite western film and i have seen a few in my time
when eastwood comes outta nowhere with the trinket, the whole mood of that movie and scene switch, because thats when you know that el indio is gonna pay for all the shit he caused. one of the greatest moments in a movie ever
When growing up I never really liked my name "lee" I always wish I was given a name with more style or such.
A few years ago my mother told me she named me after Lee Van Cleef. I love this trilogy of films (this one being my favourite of the three) and I can't help but smile each time I watch them now =)
Thanks mom!
Edit - Oh wow, thanks for the comments and likes guys!
Your comment made me smile. Have a like.
This one is my favorite too.
Your mum is a badass.
Lee Van Cleef, Lee Marvin, Bruce Lee.............Lee is a fine name!
Clint is better
Volonte was such an incredible actor.
Unsung hero, Gian Maria Volonte. I watched him also on Death Rides a Horse.John from South Africa
His scene after he releases the “bounty keelers” makes me wince.
He was supposed to be in the good and the bad , he fell out with directors apparently.
oh that's a total bummer! he's awesome.
He was fantastic in this film
The coolest partneship in history of movies.
2:40 - those last 2 guitar strungs in their uplifting 'the hero is here' is so so good and one of my favourite little musical moments
"What about our patnership"
"Maybe Next time"
"Yeah for 2 scenes in the good the bad and the ugly"
Not the same characters but yeah
You know what you need? "More feeling."
And one of those being one of the most, if not the most, epic showdowns in movie history.
@His snake Is liquid it doesnt Lee Van Cleef is much younger in this film.
@Ghost true, GBU take place during Civil War, while A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More are after the Civil Wars. Plus Manco in GBU use a gun that only exist in the Civil War timeline, while in the other two movies, he used a newer model of the gun.
EASTWOOD: "Seems to be a family resemblance."
VAN CLEEF: "Naturally, between brother and sister."
Excellent! If this movie were remade today, you'd get a shitload of talky backstory about Van Cleef and his quest for vengeance, etc. But with these two lines, everything snaps into focus at the end about Van Cleef's character and his motivations. Sergio Leone would have been a hell of a silent filmmaker, since he DIDN'T need a bunch of dialogue to tell his stories.
Agree. Plus, I guess Leone decided to do it that way because he had understood Lee Van Cleef didn't need to speak a lot to be imposing. He had enough charisma to have that "presence" without saying a word.
So whose sister Mortimers or Indigos I have always wondered about that since that would mean either Indigo raped his own sister in a drug haze or a mexican bandit some how made it to the Carolinas to rape Mortimers sister. Unless of course if the young man that was killed was Mortimers son.
She was Mortimer's sister. Thought that part was kind of obvious...
TM Rezzek It seems he let the excellent score fill in the blanks of what he wants you to know. Competence on budget really does enhance the unreachable corners a person would usually throw money at.
The director understood, you give the audience 2 + 2 and not the answer
Played this theme phone my dad's funeral
The Colonel is somehow even more of a badass than Manco.
The actor has a sinister look about him.
I think this is my favorite of the Dollar trilogy. This one has such a satisfying climax along with emotional character stakes in the final dual that you just won’t find in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I’m way more invested in seeing Mortimer avenge his sisters death than seeing the resolution to main tensions in the other two films. Plus I liked that Clint’s character had his iconic outfit for the whole film. His portrayal had more traits of the mysterious bounty hunter that I love that didn’t see showcased as well in Good Bad Ugly.
I agree that Mortimer's plot being fulfilled is the most emotional but there's something about the scope of The Good The Bad and The Ugly. From Blonde finding the poncho to the ecstacy of gold playing in the graveyard then they have to have the final showdown and the scope of all of it is so huge that you can't help but be enthralled by it.
I wouldn’t say that for TGBAG. The climax is still very satisfying and a cinematic masterpiece, it’s just not emotionally driven.
Biggest bonus is that Lee van Cleef didn't have to die at the end. He got to ride off into the sunset, still sad, but satisfied that he'd avenged his sister at last.
I hated that Angel Eyes died at the end of GBU
It's the best out of the three
Agree - For a Few Dollars More is also my favorite for this reason.
This is probably my favorite of the trilogy. And strangely, the scene that stayed with me the most was Van Cleef’s intro in the bar. The way he stood and stared that guy straight in the eyes, almost smiling, basically saying “Fuck you” the way he smoked that pipe in his face... I can’t believe how much can be said with so few words, and leave such a badass lasting impression. Truly great filmmaking
Well said!
"Why should a man walk around with a pistol and then let himself be insulted? It's mighty strange."
Of the dollars trilogy, this film will always be my favorite of the three. Maybe even ever.
these films arrived my little town in the 70s. I had a very happy childhood seeing the spaghetti westerns
55 years old and this still looks like it could have been shot yesterday.
This film hasn’t aged at all.
thanks to remastering.
Better
They no longer make movies like this
It looks really old but that’s what makes it good.
Most filmmakers nowadays (with a few exceptions) would no longer shoot a film on gritty old-school analogue film.
It’s mostly just overly clean digital film with rushed sweatshop CGI nowadays. Which usually ages worse.
This film is much older and clearly looks older, but it looks much better and more timeless than most movies nowadays.
@@Pierto8024 its a low budget movie and still looks better than that super expensive avenger crap
My analysis:
After disarming the Colonel, El Indio doesn't let him take his gun and stand up to have a fair duel with him, because he knows he's a dangerous opponent and wants to have an advantage. But earlier in the movie, when he killed the traitor, El Indio did gave him a fair duel, because he hated him so much he was confident he was going to win, and wanted to kill him personally. Now El Indio thinks he can kill the Colonel easily, and his face brims with confidence.
Now, when El Indio looks closely at the clock, he realizes the girl resembles the Colonel, and all of a sudden understands he's some relative of her, and that's the reason he's so hellbent on killing him. But El Indio, deep within himself, feels guilty for what he did to the girl. Specifically, the fact that, by killing her husband and raping her, he drived her to despair so much that she killed herself, was the one thing that managed to move him in his life full of crimes, as shown earlier in the movie, when he gets stoned to try and avoid remembering her. The face of El Indio becomes doubtful for a moment, but he still has the advantage, and thinks this man will be as easily brushed off as the woman. He recovers his confidence and starts going for his gun.
And just at that very moment, Manco enters the scene and restarts the duel, now a fair one, with both opponents armed and standing. For that moment on, the face of El Indio becomes more and more strained. It's not only that now he's got a fair chance of being killed, but he also feels in full force the guilt he has tried to suppress all those years. It's like he's facing his own demons, incarned in one man that knows his secret sin and won't let him go. His breath becomes rugged, his face shows nervousness and fear, and he can't avoid starting to go for his gun before it's time.
The Colonel, on the other hand, is serene and impassive. He knows he has his just revenge at hand, and he's fully confident he's going to win. He's as full of cold hate as El Indio was at the duel with the traitor. When the clock's music ends, El Indio tries to draw his gun in a very clumsy and awkward way, full of rage and fear, losing a precious instant. The Colonel draws his gun without the least heasitation, and with one calm and precise move fatally shoots him.
This is the definition of epic... One of my favourite movies of all time
all that with the most minimal dialogue. genius
Manuel Martínez González Beautiful and perfect analysis, wow.
The first man he killed wasn't a traitor, but a bounty hunter who caught him
You also need to realize the importance of knowledge of the song. You can see Indio teaching for his gun as the last note gets close, an advantage that has served him well as the notes of the song get so slow you don’t really know when or if the last note will strike. But Colonel also knowing that song so intimately doesn’t even flinch fully knowing the precise moment when he can unleash his revenge. Really nice write up.
Tomorrow Clint Eastwood 91 years. Still making movies. A legend.
The intensity of this scene is unbelievable, such a “Simple” situation, is brought into an absolute masterpiece of cinematography! The music by Ennio is ultimately inspired and brilliant. This scene would not be as legendary if not all actors, director and musicians were so one point. Amazing. Truly amazing xxxxx
this is like opera ,they don't makem like this anymore
Exactly.I've been watching this film since I was 5 and to this day this scene still makes me cry;').
+Pierre J. Nursewan agree ,this classic movie proves a saying i once heard "'more can be said without saying anything at all",
+karl wills absolutely. THAT is real cinema.
+karl wills absolutely. THAT is real cinema.
Good comment to me this scene made the Film and Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef usually wore his pistol across his front in most his Western movie appearances. I think it's pretty awesome to see him wear Eastwood's side holstered pistol belt and pull off a perfect fast draw with it.
+CatSkinCap Bravo !
+CatSkinCap I think the people who wore the pistols across always lost the duels.
+CatSkinCap clef is a badazz
@@ericbeckmann6849 Wait until you see "The Big Gundown"
Easily one of the best westerns of all time.
And the tune will forever remind me of my late wife.
Elsker dig Charlotte Lind. Det vil jeg altid gøre.
No one could make Westerns like Sergio Leone,in a league of his own.
More Testosterone and Honor and Masculinity in 6 minutes and 45 seconds than 10 modern movies combined.
+HotaruZoku More like ALL modern movies combined
Meer voor mannen!
+HotaruZoku
and yet more emotionality as well...ppl forget that men are the truly emotional gender
more than western is a spaghetti western thanks for performance by Eastwood & Van Cleef
+HotaruZoku True my friend, true. :)
Lee Van Cleef had coolest face in the history of cinema
Mike K agreed....I like him better than Clint Eastwood
Agree! Mainly because of his terrific cheekbones... but not only. The man was one hell of an actor.
Sister
He reminds me of that cool cat character in Courage the Cowardly Dog...
Anyway you can see in his eyes the great sadness for the sister's death
best gunslinger duo ever Van and Blondie, my childhood, my education they cant make films like this anymore...
Vans little spin at the end now that's cinema gold!
Van and blondie
Clint and colonel
Lee Van Cleef absolutely nailed this performance.
I think one of the best things about this scene is the facial expressions. There's no lines, no dialogue, nothing, just two men staring at each other but the way they look at each other says everything you need to know.
With Mortimer, you can see the hatred that he has for Indio, you can see the hatred, the anger, the sheer, bubbling rage but you can also see all the sorrow, the sadness he must have for his sister, and the hatred at knowing the suffering and humiliation bastard in front him inflicted on her.
And with Indio, you can see the hatred he has. Not necessarily for Mortimer, but for the situation he's in. The hatred he has, almost for himself, for the monster he is. And the refusal to accept that this is it. That his death is imminent.
And with No Name, the neutrality he has to the whole situation. To him, it's just another contract but also the respect and concern he has for Mortimer. I mean he'll probably shoot Indio afterwards if he were to win anyway but he clearly doesn't want Mortimer to die. He respects and even it seems admires Mortimer.
When Sergio was directing these movies, he had to utilize Italian actors. Many of them couldn't speak English, so they did their lines in Italian. Obviously this raised issues about exactly how much dialogue they can potentially include since too much dialogue would eat into the budget by having to hire people to dub them. Yet Sergio gets around this PERFECTLY by instead relying on eye contact and body language to express the emotions and thoughts of his characters.
And that's the real beauty of his movies. It speaks to a next level of cinematographic genius that a director can make movies with such little dialogue but so much emotion.
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The Leone trademark. No one has or will do it better!
Leone was a master of visual storytelling. Suspense, heartbreak, anger, frustration, admiration, hope...all captured in the eyes and faces. Brilliant filmmaker.
"What about our partnership"
That sound like friendship to me.
5:17 Lee Van Cleef spins his gun into his holster....the look on Manco's face....
“Did he seriously just do my thing?”
He also does the same in the good the bad and the ugly at the final duel
Manco was like wtf you did my thing with my gun and holster
"Hey! That's my gun!"
Nearly 7 Minutes that achieve to tell more about these characters only with its music and visual, than whole netflix-series nowadays. I hope future filmmakers will find inspiration in this kind of storytelling.
My favorite Western. I get chills everytime that second pocket watch kicks in
51 years ago and this still holds up.
Ruckus Tom and this going to be for ever!
@Hafiz Farook fuck off,bringing religion to a movie masterpiece,are you so fucking stupid?
This film is pure majestic eloquence and other than Unforgiven modern westerns (And films in general) are cartoons by comparison . This is magnificence !
Ennio Morricone is a true virtuoso. How he didn't even get nominated for Oscar for any of the Dollars trilogy is beyond me!
Oscar politics are always corrupt.
Hebl von Heblowitz maybe because they are Italian movies
I think they didn't want to favor movies that were not done on american soil or by people who were not americans.
Ennio got his Oscar. Granted it was only for Hateful 8 (still a good score but nothing compared to his career.) I think in his case it was one of those 'with your career, how the hell have you not already got one?' Oscars.
Oscars are overrated imo.
This scene always gives me tears especially the pocket watch chime and for the journey to come to an end, it is beautiful and just amazing.
Talk about an awesome note to walk out on. "Maybe next time." Damn, way too cool.
“Bravo”
for the actors,
for the director and
for the composer...
Great Movie & Great Ending!
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With great music
God damn Lee van cleef is incredible. The acting he does with his face alone in this scene... He knows he's screwed, his expression is heart wrenching, knowing he won't be able to avenge his sister. And then when Clint arrives you see Lee's face change. A second chance, a slight smile. He knows he's got el Indio now.
3 great actors. No stupid special effects, no nonsense, only pure drama with the proper screen shots and exceptional music. - It's so well done that the memory of watching it brings me back in a living room somewhere with my dad, watching it for the first time together, more than 40 years ago.
Gianmaria Volonté was just another level, among all the fantastic italian actors he was the best.
This movie is probably my favourite of the trilogy, Lee and Clint are so awesome.
This is just phenomenal.
Jeebus, that look at 2:05 just gets me every time! This film just oozes emotion, character, and atmosphere like most movies dream of!
meaturama Yep, the realization that he has a chance, appreciation to Clint, a bit of indignance at the whole situation, and melancholy b/c he should have taken better care of the keepsake of his sister (and his sister as well).
Those looks, all in a few seconds, lol!
+Seracen Lee Van Cleef is a pretty underrated actor. It's not easy to convey so many things in one expression.
Indeed, the ( one of) penultimate bad a$$
Seracen he knew he was fucked, than him hearing the chimes his sister died too, that he'd die too as well, then getting saved is the face of sadness, fear, and relief
Jesus isn't real... Worship Allah and Allah alone
Man..freaking goosebumps every time when that soundtrack kicks in and the wide angle of them two squared off in the circle. Just a masterpiece!!!
An epic snapshot that draws the viewer into a moment of silence and great contemplation, with breath holding and fear of the unknown
the chills that hit you when and after he says ''nooow we start''
Agreed
I agree Andrew.Classics never die.
Andrew Kuhn I like better when El Indio contemplates reaching for his gun and Clint nods "no". Classic. The ending music is also great...thank you Ennio Morricone. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
Edwin Baktanian I agree.Movies made you feel you were there.
And that Andrew, is all down to Ennio
"For a Few Dollars More" is my favorite of the trilogy and this scene still gives me chills. It's not just the haunting chimes, but the way El Indio looks down at the locket and sees some resemblance between the girl and Mortimer. Then he looks up and smiles. He makes some *connection* there. Also love how Mortimer shoots him just once.. and then walks over to the dead body only to claim the other locket. When I first saw this as a kid I was expecting him to stomp on his face or something lol No, he just wanted him dead. Didn't even take the money. Love Lee van Cleef and even the bad guy, Italian actor... he does a good job making you hate his guts... Like Clint says. . . "Bravo"
You mean Gian Maria Volontè? Yes he was great. I've got the feeling that he and Lee Van Cleef are a bit underrated. It's a shame, because they were both amazing.
PhebusdesTours Volonte proved what a versatile actor he was playing Lucky Luciano in the movie of the same name. You have to really look close to even recognize him. Rod Steiger was also great, but he's always great.
Lisa Lindsey What were you watching? He wasn't smiling and he clutched the locket out of disgust because he now knew his advantage was gone and he was fucked. He was probably more interested in revenge on Indio than the money plus he knew Manko saved his ass. Although by making them look like stand up gunmen, the movie did make them not look too smart at times. Once near the beginning when Mortimer let the first guy shoot at him about 5 times before he finally killed him and Clint when he let the 3 guys get prepared to draw before he mowed them down. But l guess that's why they call it fiction.
Thank you. Excellent comment. "Bravo".
This trilogy is amazing. The good the bad and the ugly is perfect
"Maybe next time..."
RIP LvC!
The moment where Clint Eastwood’s plays his watch to even the scales is absolute magic by Leone. His filmmaking is timeless. This entire scene gives me the chills!!! BRAVO SERGIO!!! “Now we start!”
na best line in a movie was ¨gotcha suckers!¨ in Bowfinger
Couldn't agree more!
This guy has to be one of the best ever villains
He's the Toe Cutter of spagetti westerns.
Yep
Chad Alex Wow toe cutter from the mad max roadwarrior flick Nice quote chad
Chad Alex i mean oroboris
Chad I just. Cant. Think of one better
One man avenging the death of a loved one, the other haunted by his sins, dreading the day the chimes end for him. "Don't ask for whom the bells toll, they toll for thee."
I love how the 19th century musical watch plays its tune in full stereo when I am watching this movie.
I remember watching these movies with my Dad. It really is a masterpiece.
Me too, with my Dad, Mom and my older brother.
gian maria volonte was an incredible villain in both movies
When I was a kid I always thought this was like the crazy brother of the villain in the first movie (or even that the villain of the first movie didn't really die, he just got shot and put in jail).
OroborusFMA LOL same
you should see him in : Enrico Mattei , superb movie by dino risi
I think he was underused in A Fistful or Dollars but this movie certainly makes up for it
mickeyhbk10 Volonte was originally asked come back as Tuco in The Good, The Bad and Ugly but had a falling out with Director Sergio Leone and dropped before production started. Eli Wallach was asked to play Tuco.
I remember watching these movies with my Dad in 1968 in San Antonio Texas 🌞
The music...
The atmosphere.
The emotions..
I'm moved absolutely to tears by it...
When Clint dies it will end a career of one of the most important actors in history ..