A stripped down and effective western that feels like a thriller
It echoes William Wyler’s The Desperate Hours, a classic of American noir
Shot at a time when the glory days of the spaghetti western appeared to be coming to an end, Prima ti perdono… poi ti ammazzo was a triumph of low-cost, rapid production film-making. Spanish director Juan Bosch Palau, under the pseudonym John Wood, is at the reins, giving us a stripped down but highly effective film that makes the most out of a few key locations (a stagecoach, a house where the massacre will take place), and which feels somewhat like a thriller. The story echoes that great classic of American noir, The Desperate Hours directed by William Wyler (1955).
To save his partner who is waiting to be brought to trial, a bandit intercepts a stagecoach carrying a witness. As he doesn’t know which passenger to kill, he figures it’d be a good idea just to kill everyone. However, a gunslinger is hiding in the shadows, who despite having sworn to his love to put his guns away forever, cannot avoid righting the wrongs that have been committed.
A stripped down and effective western that feels like a thriller
It echoes William Wyler’s The Desperate Hours, a classic of American noir
Shot at a time when the glory days of the spaghetti western appeared to be coming to an end, Prima ti perdono… poi ti ammazzo was a triumph of low-cost, rapid production film-making. Spanish director Juan Bosch Palau, under the pseudonym John Wood, is at the reins, giving us a stripped down but highly effective film that makes the most out of a few key locations (a stagecoach, a house where the massacre will take place), and which feels somewhat like a thriller. The story echoes that great classic of American noir, The Desperate Hours directed by William Wyler (1955).
To save his partner who is waiting to be brought to trial, a bandit intercepts a stagecoach carrying a witness. As he doesn’t know which passenger to kill, he figures it’d be a good idea just to kill everyone. However, a gunslinger is hiding in the shadows, who despite having sworn to his love to put his guns away forever, cannot avoid righting the wrongs that have been committed.
