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Somebody once said about the character
that Eastwood epitomised in this film
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that in the old films,
the hero was the best shot.
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In a film like this, the best shot is the hero.
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In other words,
the guy who's good with a gun,
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whose technique is superior
to everyone's else's,
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who is a trickster who can outwit
everyone, that is the hero,
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rather than the hero being
able to mobilise those forces.
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So here we have
the Last Supper sequence,
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with the suit of armour that apparently
did duty in countless Zorro films,
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in the governor's residence
in old California,
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now standing in as a prop to be shot at
as Ramón and his disciples sit at the table
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in a deliberate reference
to Leonardo's painting of The Last Supper,
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which is in Milan.
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"Aim for the heart, Ramón. "
This comes up later in the film.
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Ramón with his Winchester '73,
a fantastic shot.
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Obviously, good shooting
to create this heart shape.
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But that will come up later.
"Aim for the heart, Ramón",
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will become the catchphrase
of the end of the film.
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A Mexican proverb
invented for this movie.
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"When a man with a. 45 meets a man with
a rifle, the man with a rifle will be dead. "
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The man with no name, Joe the stranger,
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will disprove this old Mexican proverb
in style in the final sequence of the film,
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by pitting his. 45
against the rifle of Ramón.
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The Anglo sidekick of Ramón
is played by Benito Steffanelli,
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an interesting Italian actor who was
also the co-stunt director of the film,