4. Blei ist sein Lohn / Hands of a Gunfighter, Koch Media, DVD, Blu-ray
I found Rafael Romero Marchent’s Ocaso de un pistolero (1965) intriguing; maybe mainly for its omissions, its elliptical narrative style that requires the viewers’ active participation in constructing the story. The film also oscillates between a traditional, “realistic” approach, of course derived from 1950s American Westerns, and oneiric, surreal sequences of pastoral tenderness and sudden violence. The resulting ambiguity allows for sundry interpretations and divergent assessments of the film’s qualities, ranging from utter nonsense to unintentional masterpiece. In other words, Ocaso de un pistolero is an interesting early Eurowestern that’s worth checking out. Koch Media released it under its German title, Blei ist sein Lohn, on DVD and Blu-ray three months ago. The video quality on the DVD is top-notch, and I guess the BD is even better.
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