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something that happens
justifies the music that goes with it.
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The bang of the hammer
in syncopation with the music
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sort of justifies the music with the action.
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Italian Western heroes like to strike
matches on any available surface.
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Whether it's chin, the boot
of a hanging man, or a piece of metal.
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These matches strike on anything.
And it's part of the cool of the hero.
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He's actually smoking in this sequence,
which is quite unusual.
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You strike your match on any surface.
It's a cool thing to do in the 1960s.
1:23:50
Even on your teeth sometimes, in some
Italian Westerns. Which must hurt.
1:24:04
So the coffin maker calls him Joe.
1:24:06
Now, is that his name, or is it
an all-purpose name, like John Doe?
1:24:11
Joe, GI Joe. An American
is called Joe in a Mexican setting.
1:24:17
Is it everyman? No one's quite sure.
1:24:19
It is quite clear, though,
that he did have a name in this film,
1:24:22
and that the United Artists publicists who
turned him into the man with no name
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and expunged all references to his name
in the soundtrack, as far as they could,
1:24:33
is an example of a marketing department
inventing the name of the lead character.
1:24:38
Or rather, the no name of the lead
character. Unusual in modern cinema.
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The man with no name.
1:24:55
Running gag. The coffin maker's
the only person making money.
1:24:58
Since Eastwood's arrived
there's a high mortality rate.