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We've been told Eastwood
doesn't stand a chance,
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we know the Rojos are well-armed,
there are several of them.
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So what's going to happen?
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The first of Leone's big duels.
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And the duel in
the Western was a linear thing,
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people walk towards
each other on the street.
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Like at the end of Stagecoach with the
Plummer brothers, or like in High Noon.
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But this is a completely different setup.
First, the entrance.
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The explosive music of the "Deguello"
theme played at full whack,
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trumpet with the volume turned up.
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The rhetoric of it, you get close-ups
of their boots to tell you who they are.
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That's all you need to know.
Eastwood wears brown boots,
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the Rojos wear black leather boots.
That's all you need to know.
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There's no inner personality,
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no psychology to these people.
You are what you wear.
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But the way the camera presents this final
shootout is almost circular, as we'll see.
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A circle constructed
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of close-ups of the Rojos, but also circles
created in the sky, as Ramón dies.
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The first of Leone's circular duels,
although it isn't quite there yet.
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That will happen in the second film,
For A Few Dollars More.
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This is strange.
He got him with the first shot.
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But they're apprehensive.
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And they're right to be,
cos he gets up again.
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This is where that metal sheet comes in.
He's wearing armour under his poncho.
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Just like that piece of armour in the earlier
sequence, the Last Supper sequence,
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Ramón is brilliant at aiming for the heart.
"Aim for the heart, Ramón."
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But like the armour, he doesn't realise it,