Good analysis of the movie. I feel the opening song and imagery of the mysterious stranger was so well done that what followed had to be a letdown. The ending is tremendous and really depressing. But the rest is kind of disjointed. The middle part with the wagon and the robbery feels like a whole other movie.
But it’s Corbucci so you know he’s going to take chances which can be really cool and really sloppy. But I’ll take that any day over a boring, typical American Western.