Tessari's Ringo-films

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A Pistol for Ringo / Una pistola per Ringo (Duccio Tessari, 1965)

Rewatched it recently (commentary prep) and my opinion hasn’t really changed. Too clean, too family friendly, not spaghetti enough at all. And the ending is disappointing after all the meticulous build-up from the beginning. Meh… now off to the sequel, which isn’t only a completely different movie but is in fact a proper spaghetti western…

The Return of Ringo / Il ritorno di Ringo (Duccio Tessari, 1965)

Gave this one a rewatch as well (same with the first). It is clearly, by light years, the better film. And while the first ist some weir proto-American, polisished, family friendly cowboy standoff, this one is a veritable, gritty, brutal and intricate spaghetti western, with all the trimmings, from dusty streets, to alcoholism and a Morricone score that is actually used as a score that serves a deliberate purpose in certain scenes. Quite a film, and it was great to rewatch it.