John Carpenter revisited

[Rock8man]

@ArtVandelay

You mean Eli Wallach.

I actually agree with ArtVandelay that it was Eli Wallach. I don’t mean me right now, I mean me back when I watched the movie.

@Rock8man

And then the movie opens on the mug of a different man who is so close to the camera we can see the hair in his nostrils. This is a misdirection. We’re actually being introduced to the main protagonist of the movie: Tuco. But he’s in the shot for such a short moment that the director has to literally pause the film so that we can get a look at him. And he puts it out there in big bold letters: The Ugly. That’s who this guy is.

I need to watch it again, it’s been almost 3 years now. Such a great movie. It’s so awesome when classic movies actually blow away your expectations.