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"What a strange situation
for a socialist in Italy to be in. "
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And Giraldi recalls long conversations
with Volonté of this kind.
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Volonté was a graduate
of a Roman drama academy,
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had made his name playing Romeo
in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare,
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and then entered
the film industry in the early '60s.
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Was a difficult character to work with,
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had appeared in one or two pepla,
:26:35
Hercules Conquers Atlantis,
and one or two others,
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but hadn't really
made his name in the movies.
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This turned him into an international star.
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His theatrical performance
was deliberately heightened,
:26:48
so that the baddie would seem
a sort of narcissistic, childlike,
:26:52
self-regarding kind of baddie,
rather than an underplayed one.
:26:56
In For A Few Dollars More,
they'd ratchet up the performance.
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The baddie wears a white shirt.
:27:02
In Hollywood the baddie wore black,
and certainly on television Westerns.
:27:07
But in this one,
the first vocal entry of the baddie,
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of the real baddie, is in a white shirt.
:27:14
Just as the goodie wears
a rather dirty brown hat.
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This isn't white hats and black hats,
:27:19
everyone wears grey hats,
as Clint Eastwood put it.
:27:22
You're not sure who the goodies are.
:27:24
You know Ramón is the baddie,
but what's Clint Eastwood's role in this?
:27:28
The stranger has been watching,
:27:30
showing a great interest,
selling himself from one side to the other.
:27:34
We're not sure of his motivation.
Is he on the side of law?
:27:38
Is he after personal profit?
Does he have any sense of honour at all?
:27:41
Time will tell.
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Esteban Rojo was played by Sieghardt
Rupp, who was a West German actor,