Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Lord that scene in Fistful of Dollars.
Gattling gun mows a hundred soldiers,
to rob the gold, the gold, THE GOLD.

Out in the desert West,
actors tarred, swarthy, cynical,
sex of violence, art of greed.

For some reason you post made me think of Verdun. Tens of thousands mowed down. Oh what a lovely war it was. please pardon my ramble.

Thanks Truck. And Verdun makes me think of ol' Perezozo-- how he ranted one time that "Beatnik insta-verse" was so inferior to, say, journals from Verdun ...

And how did they get all those wads of hundreds so readily? Was there some sort of stolen-gold-for-large-cash vending machine just outside of town or something?

I wonder if Sergio Leone said to himself after directing this "Fistful" flick: "Okay, this ain't bad, but it's a little off, or not the best art I can make, to have this American actor so utterly cynical and dollar-driven-- and even violent and destructive (beyond the gunfight scenes)" ... leading to some slight character shifts for the rest of the trilogy-- Eastwood still after treasure, but not trading in warfare toward that end (and even somewhat disgusted with the mass waste of war)...

Or, maybe not.