Gunfight at Red Sands

The first spaghetti Western...
This old spaghetti Western may have been the first of its genre, and it is notable for a number of interesting thematic reversals that are carried out in subsequent spaghetti Westerns and even in later American re-assessments of the genre. The most clear-cut of these is the "bad Anglo, good Mexican" perspective that runs through the film, personified in the despicable Wilson brothers (who constantly humilate the decent Mexicans of this Texas town and make radical racial slurs against them). The same motif can be seen in the Charles Bronson-Henry Fonda faceoff in "Once Upon a Time in the West". Another is the "bad sheriff (Corbett)--good gunfighter (Ricardo "Gringo" Martinez") motif" that also comes out much, much later in the (American-made) Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio film, "The quick and the Dead", as well as in Clint Eastwood's dark and powerful "Unforgiven". While some of the acting is stilted in places, the film's departures from the classic...

a review of the movie, not the medium
Really good old fashioned western. Often cliche in a good way. While I understand the value of the reviews of the release quality and medium.... they aren't very useful for those like me who are just looking for something entertaining to watch on instant video.

ripped off at red sands
I had already purchased this movie several times as per the ten movies box set etc etc and each time what I recieved was a blurr almost no colour or a browinish orange smudge so this time I coughed up some more hard earned $10 and because I reside in Australia I get the short back and side post wise. Well this is what I got the same quality as the crappy ten bucks for ten offer I realy dont have much idea what anyone is doing in the film I even put it into my laptop where the screen is only 15.4 inches and still I had a blur does anyone out ther have a good copy? as at this point in my life I still have yet to be able to make out who is in it what it looks like I don't think I will buy another copy untill wild east does it Al Watts Radio presenter in Australia

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