A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker) (Giù la testa)

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A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker) (Giù la testa)

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James Coburn, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia, Rod Steiger, Romolo Valli

Sergio Leone, famous for his "spaghetti westerns," directed this humorous tale about an Irish terrorist obsessed with explosives who teams up with a down-to- earth peasant during the Mexican Revolutio...( read more  read more... )n.

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  • pier007
    June 2, 2009
    pier007
    Seems futile to compare this to the other westerns made by Sergio Leone. It doesn't reach the levels of drama, lyricism and intensity of his previous work, nor the raw epic excitement of the "dollars trilogy" however it isn't exempt of his engaging and rich storytelling and it su...( read more)re is the most politically conscious film he ever made.
    It looks more like it was done by Sam Peckinpah (no wonder why he was in line to direct it, but declined at the last minute)
    Leone's biographer Sir Christopher Frayling very wisely puts "this one is between the twilight of the frontiere and the dark night of the city".
    Humourous but ultimately tragic story of defience, passionate struggle and camaraderie.
  • garyX
    April 14, 2009
    garyX
    One of Sergio Leone's lesser known films, A Fistful Of Dynamite stars Rod Steiger as a self centred Mexican bandit who forms an unlikely alliance with ex IRA bombmaker James Coburn and becomes caught up in the revolution. This film contains many of Leone's classic ingredients; ti...( read more)ght close ups on weather-worn faces, splendid panoramas and some fantastic locations. Rather lighter in tone than a lot of his other work despite the rather heavy subject matter it is also unusual in that it features a hero who is neither American nor a gunfighter, and often resembles a war film more than anything else. Coburn lacks the steely intensity of The Man With No Name but is undeniably cool, although his mangling of the Irish accent is almost painful to listen to. Better is Steiger who is a characterful anti-hero very much in the style of Tuco from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. On the down side, the flashbacks to Coburn's old life are so corny the Jolly Green Giant would gag on them, and although Morricone's score contains some lovely melodies, it does not always sit well with what's happening on screen. Not up there with Leone's classics, but an enjoyable off-beat western that is worth seeing for Steiger's performance alone.
  • bradwest
    October 13, 2008
    bradwest
    A Sergio Leone western. What's more to say?
  • sononothing
    June 1, 2008
    sononothing
    Duck, You Sucker is Sergio Leone's follow-up to the epic once upon a time in the West (and is considered the second act of a trilogy that ends with Once Upon A Time In America). Rod Steiger plays the patriarch of a Mexican peasant-bandit family during the Mexican Revolution. He s...( read more)tumbles on an explosives expert played by James Coburn, who is a former IRA revolutionary. Steiger quickly becomes a relunctant hero of the revolution while Coburn has deja vu over the revolution he finds himself in the middle of now and the revolution he left in Ireland.
    This Leone film is full of commentary that hasn't been seen from the director before, particular Steiger's lines about the bookworms polishing tables while the peasants die in a revolution. Leone's direction is pure Leone with its intensity and use of spaces. Overall the cast is great. though Coburn's Irish brogue fades in and out throughout the film. The only low point of the film, which I was surprised about, was Ennio Morricone's score. It's interesting at the beginning, but about halfway through the picture becomes a rehash of the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid score. Morricone seems to have phones in this one.
    Duck, You Sucker is Leone's forgotten film, suffering from the butchering the same way as both Once Upon A Time... films did before and after it. The restored version of Leone's vision shows that he was on top of his game and makes one wonder what more he could have given us with the proper backing.
  • Showrogan
    May 8, 2008
    Showrogan
    Arguably, A Fistful of Dynamite contains more social commentary than any other Leone film. The film opens with a quote from Mao Zedong about the nature of revolutions and class struggle.[1] Throughout the course of the film Leone delves deep into the class differences that shaped...( read more) Mexico during its bloody revolution. The main villain, Gunter Ruiz (Antoine Saint-John), is presented as a Nazi-like tank commander, complete with an armored car. Throughout the movie there are numerous scenes of execution of revolutionaries by Mexican Federales. These touches were intended by Leone - who grew up in Benito Mussolini's Italy during World War II - to represent a parallel with fascism. The movie was also, despite Leone's left-wing sympathies, meant as a sort of criticism of other left-wing "revolutionary" film makers such as Jean-Luc Godard and the recent spate of so-called "Zapata Westerns" which had predominated in the Spaghetti Western genre. For this, the film suffered a great many edits and cuts. To date, many versions of the film have been released, each one offering previously unseen material. The film's rugged portrayal of revolution forms an interesting counterpoint to the Red Western, which frequently dealt with the Russian Revolution or Russian Civil War, and portrayed these events in a more romanticised light.
  • blacksheepboy
    October 22, 2009
    blacksheepboy
    A minor classic which pales if compared to other Leone films, but nevertheless a great tale about friendship in a political scenery, featuring an enchanting melancholic score by Morricone and mesmerizing performances.
  • inspecteursexuel
    October 16, 2009
    inspecteursexuel
    FANFAN FANFAN , cte maudite tune la me reste pogner dans la tete pu capable de la faire sortir
  • ElCochran90
    September 18, 2009
    ElCochran90
    Leone's funny side but still with his unique Western style. Unfortunately, the epic feeling has been finally lost. Very enjoyable characters nonetheless...

    72/100
  • afbuelvasp
    September 4, 2009
    afbuelvasp
    El filme más político de Leone, aunque un poco largo... es la segunda de la trilogía, que terminaría gloriosamente con "Once upon a time in América"
  • bjdebrick
    September 2, 2009
    bjdebrick
    Love the music in this Spaghetti Western!
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