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The Mercenary
Why this pick
Its Mexican Revolution setting, shifting outlaw-partner dynamic and cynical view of revolutionary heroism closely echo Leone’s blend of spectacle, satire and bruised idealism.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1971 2h 37m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Burn!
Why this pick
Its colonial-revolution politics and uneasy relationship between an insurgent and a calculating foreign operative carry the same bitter, human-scale disillusionment.
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Companeros
Why this pick
Another Zapata western where an unlikely pair are pulled through revolution, betrayal and large-scale action, with a lively surface masking a pointed political edge.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Why this pick
Leone’s equally patient visual storytelling, Morricone-shaped grandeur and wounded characters make it a natural match, though it trades revolutionary momentum for mythic frontier melancholy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Mexican Revolution-torn 1913 Mexico, Juan Miranda, a Mexican outlaw leading a bandit family, robs a coach of wealthy men and rapes a female passenger who insulted him. Passing by on a motorcycle is John (Seán) H. Mallory, an early Irish republicanism explosives expert, who is working in Mexico as a Silver mining rock blasting. Discovering his skill with dynamite and nitroglycerin, Juan relentlessly tries to force John to join him on a raid on the Mesa Verde National bank.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rod Steiger
Juan Miranda
James Coburn
John H. Mallory
John Frederick
American on stagecoach
Corrado Solari
Napoleon
Michael Harvey
Yankee, Stagecoach Driver
Rik Battaglia
Santerna
David Warbeck
John's friend Sean Nolan