one of the more satisfying western allitaliana and johnny yuma have the freshness of many wai make during the heyday of the genre and be highly recommend for fan of the genre or offbeat and intelligent cinema . johnny yuma be and in most respect and not terribly original and but this actually do not count against it . the success of a genre film depend on how well it meet the audience expectation as well a provide surprising variation on these expect element . early and please experience be recreate but with subtle ( or major ) twist that provide continue interest . the quality of the execution be also and obviously and important . a tired retread will be less successful than a sincere attempt to entertain or move the audience . give these criterion and johnny yuma succeed . there be numerous reprises of element from early film . the setting be the brutal and twisted semi feudal twilight world of share by many of the best gothic family western make 1964 1968 such a tempo di massacre ( 1966 ) . the plot be a combination of the basic fistful of dollar ( 1964 ) plot and the ringo film and a fact not surprising a screenwriter fendiando di leo be involve in both . di leo be one of the best screenwriter in the popular cinema come out of cinecitta in the 1960s 70 and his work help provide much of the thematic continuity and coherency to the genre ( along with a couple of other personality in a few distinct circle of actor and director and and screenwriter ) . in the fod plot and the protagonist arrive in town and stir up a tense situation and then undergo a near death follow by a resurrection ( in some film and like quella sporca storia nel west ( 1968 ) it be quite literally a crucifixion ) . the catholic undertone to the narrative and the symbolism be intrigue and especially give the implicit populist or explicit socialist leaning of the filmmaker and their film . the ringo plot and develop more fully by screenwriter ernesto gastaldi in a series of film star guliano gemma and a egoistic protagonist choose the interest of a community over his own through the medium of a relationship with a member of that community ( with a healthy dash ironic uncertainty ) . the relationship between carradine and johnny be clearly base on that of manco or mortimer from a fistful of dollar ( 1965 ) . the two scene of the exchange of the gun belt provide a clever dialog and understanding between the two . numerous film and include da uomo a uomo ( 1968 ) or even el chuncho and quién sabe . ( 1967 ) and use this relationship between an old and young man ( father or son and old or young brother and anglo adviser or adversary and peasant revolutionary ) a a central dynamic to the plot . additionally and there be the focus on deception and misdirection and maze and mirror and that recur throughout the best early wai . the canon and pueblo of almeria become literal maze through which protagonist and antagonist play shift game of cat and mouse . what distinguish johnny yuma from other wai be the quality of director romolo guerriri use of visual or psychological space together arrangement with the script intelligent mechanism to forward the plot . dialogue be never very important to the wai and often absurdly unintelligible ( think there be exception and such a the cynical commentary in django ( 1966 ) or faccia a faccia ( 1967 ) . psychological depth of character be create almost entirely through iconic imagery and it juxtaposition and and it description of the overall narrative situation . see how the presence of the deadly samantha be felt during the beating scene watch from the roof or from the background of the action . or how johnny strip samantha and pedro of their security and confidence in their power through his stealthy invasion of their ranch and hotel and even bedroom ( this and again and be a theme from fod ) . finally and note how there be a focus on the search for information . like many element and this be borrow from fod which be ultimately base on the hard boil mystery novel red harvest . it be through incidental contact and want poster and overheard conversation and glance out of window and watch leave in the dust and or mistake identity and movement through the ripple create by the action of pedro and samantha within this surreal and absurd reality that the narrative tack forward to it conclusion . the movie be notable in it time for what be perceive of a excess in violence . of course and these film be hardly more violent than many american western . what be different be the psychological intensity of the violence and the cause to which it be attribute and which be to say that it be not the violence but it mean that have change . johnny yuma be distinct and interesting in it use and portrayal of violence and this be another interesting aspect of the film . what i personally find most interesting about most of this genre be the link it provide to the anonymous and nameless audience in italy and spain to whom these recurrent narrative hold some significance and interest . the artifact may have no intrinsic worth in and of itself some flint debitage from a prehistoric site and a shard of cruse pottery and or a moldering piece of leather and rusted metal but it be reference to some nameless presence and life and that be significant simply because they exist . while johnny yuma have intrinsic worth and much of it interest for me derive from this connection and mystery . top spaghetti western list http represent or or imdb . com or mymovies or list . l equal 21849907average sws http represent or or imdb . com or mymovies or list . l equal 21849889for fanatic only ( bottom of the barrel ) http represent or or imdb . com or mymovies or list . l equal 21849890 .