+Epsilon The music certainly helps. Music can elevate any scene, and give it an emotional impact. Try watching the best movie scenes in history without music, and a huge element of them is lost (almost like it loses its soul). But I would also say apart of it isn't just the camera spinning as a man runs in circles. It's also the context of the scene. The scene starts with a wide shot of rows upon rows of graves, it's both epic and disturbing. One of the subtext (and I guess subplot) running throughout the film, is the civil war that is going on in the background (that our characters don't want to be apart of). And the toll its taking on its soldiers, and the idea the these soldiers lives mean nothing. So the end of our journey -- this "race for Gold", is in a cemetery with all those dead soldiers. And Tuco and the audience only care about the gold. So when the camera starts spinning and it becomes dizzying, I feel like that perfectly works with the idea that we have tunnel vision for the Gold, and all the graves and dead people don't really mean anything. The setting with which this takes place literally becomes a blur, as the focus is purely on the gold. I mean, it's no coincidence that the director chose an "unknown" or "unmarked" grave as the spot where the gold was buried. There was symbolic reasons for having the gold buried in a grave of a soldier, that no one could identify. I mean, that's why Tuco is called "The Ugly". He's supposed to be the Ugly in all of us. Our greed, that will ignore and look past the horrors around us to satisfy it. The idea that an individuals "pursuit of happiness", overrides caring about anyone else. And the movie also doesn't pander to the audience. Because it doesn't wag the finger, or condemn the ugly. Tuco is actually a complex character, and you could argue that he is what he is, due to the circumstances forced on him by society (poverty etc.)
Completely agree. This scene and the climactic shoot-out are the greatest scenes in the film (and in all of cinema imo), and could you imagine either without Morricone’s fantastic score? It’s as pivotal as the actors. Arguably even more. Okay, yeah - definitely more!
Also partly because this is one of the last scenes of the film and a culmination of the whole plot. It would not feel that epic if it did not conclude the long journey on which the main characters were on from the beginning of the movie.
And Sergio Leone too! As well as Tonino delli Colli, the Photography Director. It was a big mistake not to prize this film in 1967 Oscars. I think all the critics and all the cinephiles think this is an excellent film and milestone in movie history.
I remember I went to this "amateur and experimental short-films festival" in Paris... one of the participants used this very same scene, but in this sort-off black-and-white and without the song... it was boring as hell !
Thats the fundamental reality of humans. Tuco blinded by the greed and running for the earthly pleasure but not realizing the real destiny of a humans surrounding him.
To all the people saying he is running like a girl: If you had the chance to get a chest full of gold how do you think your body would respond. I think his running captures his obsession and desperation, truly making this scene better.
Ben Harder In addition to your observation....(to all those who say he's running like a girl)....he's running on an uneven landscape, without watching the ground in front of him because they are glued to the grave markers as he passes. His arms are away from his side to help maintain his balance while running desperately in search of Arch Stanton.....
Ben Harder I agree , & he's running in cowboy boots which were not design for that function. Plus he looking for Andersons gave which he give him that "Stand offish" Gait.
I like how Tuco crosses himself at the start when he realises he's fallen onto a gravestone but then immediately afterwards runs directly over dozens of graves without hesitation in his greed
Yeah, Gian Maria Volonte did a great job in the movies he played the bad guy in, but Eli Wallach hit a perfect pitch between sinister, deadly and comic.
This scene ....along with the music "The Ecstasy of Gold" really embodies how a man, who gives himself over to his greed, will mindlessly do things that he shouldn't do and/ or normally wouldn't do.
This scene goes from understanding the brutal world Tuco lives in that’s surrounded by so much conflict and death (the overwhelming amount of graves) to him slipping through death’s grip many a times (running through the graveyard) in desperate search of the thing that has kept him and his family alive. This isn’t just a scene of an outlaw looking for gold; it’s his life in its entirety. It reflects a man’s vulnerable, despicable, and primal instinct: his desire to live. If you think about it that way, the music isn’t overdramatized at all. It’s perfect.
I saw a video revisiting the site. Apparently it's not really a graveyard; all those "graves" were built for this outdoor set. -I think the circle is real, though.- Circle is overgrown, or more likely gone. th-cam.com/video/q2tKfBOv9Xs/w-d-xo.html
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Right, so first, that's not a definition of good filmmaking. Second, they absolutely used plenty of clever effects here. For example, I (personally) doubt that they really fired a cannonball at y'man. And frankly, the supposition that if they didn't the film is worse for it is concerning. This is an exquisite scene. But not for its lack of cgi. This scene is exquisite because it is masterfully scored, and, as importantly, masterfully setup. If you showed the scene to someone who had never seen the film, they'd be confused, and remark on, "I guess the music is good?"
This is the moment that I realized that tuco was the main character. This scene is an almost celebration of those outside of society’s code of good. It’s the most heroic song for an “unheroic” character
Yea getting older i noticed Tuco was more or less the protagonist because of how much it spent on his journey and when you see the deleted scenes they are with him
Absolutely, Damian! I believe that TGTBATU is about the Devil (Angel Eyes - The Bad) and God (Blondie - The Good) battling over the Soul of Man (Tuco - The Ugly). 😎
Man, the emotions at the end where you aren't sure if Blondie is gonna let Tuco live are intense. Throughout the movie he has wronged the "hero," yet for reasons hard to explain, we want him to win. We cheer when he finds the cemetery, and the movie wants us to we cheer when both he and Blondie shoot Angel Eyes. Watching him nearly choke to death is actually brutal, and the relief when Blondie comes back around is amazing; he is the "good," after all.
This is the sound of getting everything you ever wanted. And that realization that it is happening. I know tuco in the movie doesn’t know the right grave, but man that ecstasy of realization of that they reach the finality is beautiful.
@@donalde3227 When finding the note Angel Eyes left them, Tuco was able to read three of the four words : "See you soon ..." The only word he had trouble with was "Idiots" and he was even almost able to read that. So he wasn't entirely illiterate.
I watched the movie for the first time like 1 week ago, you are damn right, i love the guy, legendary performance, at the beginning you hate him, and then you miss him
He’s close and he knows it. His lust for gold and the sheer hope leaves his body almost weightless, giddily scattering in the old graveyard, filled with ecstasy.
@@jcald47 Yeah, that’s well put dude. He’s gleeful but carefully, hesitantly so* and the manner in which he moves, from furtive to giddy, coupled with _that_ score is just so damn…poetic. I could happily watch this on a loop for a ridiculous amount of time. *Until he makes it to the centre, where he gloriously abandons himself completely
Notice how he immediately runs to the middle, looks around and thinks, then starts moving consistently counterclockwise except when he starts moving further from the center. He's not running wild, he is being cunning and systematic. Also, those shots where he is perfectly in focus but the background is total blur while the camera spins. Wow. The first time I saw this I thought it was a guy running around a graveyard with great music, but rewatching it's altogether brilliant.
You know a film is excellent when upon rewatch you notice these things that tie it all together. Also the final showdown scene is to be rewatched multiple times to get the interactions going on
This scene of a desperate man runing in circles with Morricone's score .... It brings a lump to my throat every time I watch this masterpiece. Its just exquisite.
This scene was judged to be one of the 10 best sequences of world cinema of all time. It is said that Sergio Leone intertwined more than 40 cameras and made the actor run for more than 2 hours between filming and counter-filming. Furthermore: The triello sequence will then be destined to remain famous in the history of cinema: Sergio Leone knows how to enhance it with an ever new photography, with close-ups, with details with eye shots and with an ever faster editing that will set the school for the future great filmmakers. But perhaps nothing would have been this sequence without the extraordinary, exhilarating and solemn soundtrack signed by a great musician: Ennio Morricone. George Lucas himself has stated that he took inspiration from the typically Leonian close-ups during the filming of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, in particular, in the final duel between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Furthermore, this sequence is still studied at the Los Angeles University of Cinema, frame by frame, as an admirable example of montage. In addition to this, several scenes from the film were used for a study of the higher functions of the human brain published on March 12, 2004 in the prestigious journal Science.
Yep. Just saw them past friday in st louis for the fist time since 1992 and i dont remember them opening with this movie clip then. I do remember the song though
I’m a huge Metallica fan…they somehow fused hard metal with a clean sound that turned their music into art. But, honestly, besides hearing the intro to Ride the Lightning live, I would want to see Metallica mostly for the Ecstacy of Gold opening that starts their concerts…
My Dad brought me to this movie when I was like 4 or 5 yrs old....I still remember it....54 years later. My favorite all time Western. Ennio Morricone was a musical genius. His beautiful music fit the movies so well. They are timeless classics.
I believe that Tuco made this movie unique. Eli played the character brilliantly, he gave it so much... flavour, the way he fidgeted with his fingers before the showdown... Long live Tuco!
Being an immense James Bond fan, my favorite songs are nearly all from those movies. Numero Uno probably being the theme (completely instrumental) from .... ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Live and Let Die theme is way up there also. But yes, Ecstasy of Gold ranks very, very high.
The driving tempo and melody, the cinematography, the desperation, the focus. Morricone captured the essence of a man's mind when he is fixed and obsessed on one goal and one goal only. In that moment, no obstacle can stop him; he is single-minded. That's a rare gift for a composer.
You know Ennio Morricone is a musical genius when you can watch a scene like this and be mesmerized by it the same as the first time you ever watched this film.
I think it's not that surprising. Pirates and Cowboys are often beating their own path away from society, cities, and the Church right? Well, what better frame of reference point to start looking for how to tell that story than to start at Rome, or Italy, and work your way out from there until you reach Texas and California? By way of Paris and the Count of Monte Cristo eh? Gold buried in a graveyard sea of crosses. It really doesn't work to try to write the story any other way. Do you pick the gold? Or the cross? Both? Neither? Putting them next to each other gives the mind the most to think about, and you don't need to be prescriptivist at all. You just need to underline in clear bold strokes: here's your choices, man. Now which one are you going to make? I'm used to the hero picking the right way but you could have a very powerful movie with Blondie doing something different at the end. I think the most interesting question in the history of fanfiction is to ask "What If The Bad or The Ugly won the duel?" How does that look? Who is more interesting, Blondie or Tuco? That's an interesting question itself!
@ML8593wy You are mistaken. Neither western changed the other. It is clear that the spaghetti western is as different from the American western as vanilla ice cream is from chocolate ice cream. No one confuses one for the other.
@@mikalgangmark I once showed this scene to my cousin who hadn't seen this movie and he equally enjoyed it without knowing what he was looking for. It was Wallach's acting that made him feel the greed and excitement of that character.
The best part is him hitting the grave and the music starting EXACTLY when he is realising where he is. That’s the best cinematography I’ve ever seen in my life. And the pure ecstasy of him running in circles is just perfect. This part of him hitting the grave is the big Katharsis of the movie. The journey was long and hard, for the characters and even the viewer as he was on the edge on the seat waiting, everyone involved nearly died several times and as a viewer you are like: „when the fuck are they gonna find it?“, you are completely absorbed by the scene with the canon and don’t even think about the gold anymore AND THEN THE MUSIC HITS. With perfect timing the viewer feels exactly the same as Tuco. „Just give it to me, where is the grave???“ and then the big stand off after that. I watched this movie for the first time in the first lockdown and there was a part of me thinking: „this movie is good but maybe people are just nostalgic and it’s a bit overhyped“ I completely changed my mind after this one second. It hit my head like a cold stone grave
It’s great that you gave it a second chance. I’d say every time you watch this film you discover something new. Last time I found out that when Angel Eyes arrives and threatens Blondie with his gun Tuco stops digging and turns to look at him menacingly. And then when they start positioning themselves for the shootout and Angel Eyes watches Tuco drawing out his gun Blondie stops briefly to be ready to protect Tuco - as he knew his gun was not loaded.
... WELL SAID , OL MATE ... I COULDNT OF SAID IT ANY BETTER , & THANKS .....BUT ,, il GO ONE BETTER ... IV LOVED THIS MOVIE , FROM DAY 1 ,, AND HAVE GOT THE FULL SET ON DVD ,, AND HAVE PLAYED IT .... ? 300 TIMES , ..... IT WAS A ERLY SUNDEE MORN , IN WAGGA , ( N.S.W. , AUSTRALIA ..) .. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHERS GRAVE , ? .... WHEN I REALIZED ... ( ... HELLO ? .. IM THE ONLY ONE HERE ??? .. )... SO.. TO DO , THIS GREAT MUSIC ... TRUE JUSTICE ,, AND ME,, ..LOVING IT SO MUCH ...... I , CRANKED UP THE SOUND TRACK ,,, IN ME UTE .. ( REAL LOUD ,, oops , ) ......... AND WENT RUNNING THRUE THE GRAVES .... LOOKING , FOR MY ,, GF,, GRAVE ...? ..... DOING A , ... "TUCO ",,, FULL , TILT , ... CD , SOUNDING .. VERY LOUD , , TOTALLY PUMPED ..... AND .... BANG ... BANG ... THERE HE WAS , DEAR OL GRAND DAD .... ( BLOODY HELL ,,& F... ME , I SED ) ... ( SHORT WINDED , ) .... OUTA BREATH,.... I FINALLY STOPED ,, AND REMEMBERD THE MOVIE , AND THE SCENES , ...THANKS TUCO ,.. & HI , GRAND DAD ,,,FOR GIVING ME, THE INSPIRATION ,, ... TO DO ..YOU, & THE GREAT MOVIE .... AND MY GRAND DAD JUSTICE ,, TO FIND IM.... .. BLOODY PISSA ... CHEERS , MATE , AND THANKS , & ..... ( R.I.P .) ....... LENNY ...
@@lenyoung4217 first off why writing in all caps. second whyd u spell 65% of the words wrong. and third wagga is in south america not australia also by how you described it it seems youve never watched the movie once
And here we have it, cinema showing us exquisitely in less than 4 mins the fascination, magnetism, obsession and crushing pull of Gold on man. Only cinema is able to show it so clearly, elegantly and rapidly.
Bingo. Most people don't grasp the deeper meaning of this scene...... this is Tuco's life long dream ( escaping poverty and becoming rich) coming to fruition.
I’ve always said you could watch this film without dialogue and know the mood of every scene because of Ennio Morricone’s score. It’s takes the form of a narrator. A character in itself. He was a master of his art. RIP
Man, talk about turning a scene which could have been boring following a guy running through a graveyard and making it one of the most memorable in movie history
Can only imagine what the first moviegoers were going through in 1966, watching this scene play out. They must've been on the edge of their seats, breathless, ready to pass out.
Anthony A. The movie is not the greatest movie of all time, but it is one of the greatest. As for the theme music, it is one of the greatest to have been created. Is the movie the greatest Western of all time ? The answer is yes. Sergio Leone was very lucky with his chief actors, as nobody could have beaten Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef and Eli Wallach, who were perfect for their roles. The movie turned Eastwood into a star. However, the performance by Eli Wallach was just brilliant, probably outshining that of Eastwood. Finally, the movie made history. It was made in 1966. Until then all Westerns had clean cut actors, who were clean, clean shaven and wore remarkably clean clothes. The truth was somewhat different, as back in those days houses did not have bathrooms, its inhabitants using portable tubs. Cowboys in those days would go for weeks and months without taking a bath. The reason why you had so many casualties in the US Civil War was inadequate medicine and poor higene, with many troops dying from infection. Well, Sergio Leone turned all that, creating a new, realistic image of people who lived in the West. The scruffy look appeared. This new image was subsequently copied by Hollywood directors.
Eli is on another level in this movie and scene. The way he runs (says a man who is uncomfortable with running as he usually never needs to) is sublime. His facial expressions is so real, and fulfills his characters greed. A master performance from Eli.
Ben Jerry damn. You posted what I was going to post. And you said it even better! I absolutely felt, who on earth at the time could have done a better job than Eli in this particular scene? I couldn’t come up with one. Bravo Eli !!!🙌🙌🏾
@@jeashillelal7805 .... ... HEY ,, you got me ... LIKE , LIKE ,LIKE , LIKE ... hows that ? ..... but really .... I LOVE THAT MOVIE , .... & LIKE again ...... cheers ..
Sergio Leone & Ennio Morricone, two geniuses that made cinema history! This will forever be my favorite western movie of all times and one of the best movies ever made, period!
Not only Ennio Morricone but also Sergio Leone are grand masters of their arts. Sergio Leone also put a dog in scene in a very fitting way as well. Soo natural and profound
Hasan x he ( or she ) would rather have a bone. It must have been thinking, ..what the bejesus are all these humans doing in my playground and crapper!!??
My father Who died 4 years ago loves this film, i am 42 and i remember, too young, watching this film with my brothers and father just wonderful film 👍👍👍💞
Similar to my grandpa. I remember he used to smile to this scene and said "That's one son of a bitch" XD. I still miss him and this movie just brought back all the memories.
@@hoa4401 👍,for me too, the same,memories of my father and Tuco this is Tuco👍👍👍,don t forget of course the great Clint and Lee,the music,just a legend film, which should be seen once in a life i think. Sorry if i made mistakes lol
Love the music and even more the symbolism and irony of this scene. Chasing materialism and wealth hidden in a realm of dead souls, who no longer have use for them.
I saw this movie in 1967 and pay $ 4.00 dollars at the paramount theatre in miramar puerto rico when i was only 16 years old...never gets old...love it
+roger salsa I saw it for the first time in 1997 :D, It was showing on my local cinema as a classic film and I thought I'd go and see it, having already seen Fistfull and Few. I think people area actually missing something with this scene, because on the big screen it's so crazy and disorientating, like you're really there spinning around in the graveyard. It looses a little bit of the impact on the small screen - but that makes me appreciate the original vision all the more, it was designed for the big screen. It's still my favourite film of all time, due to that first cinema showing.
This movie is from 1966?!?! 1966!!!! Nineteen Sixty Six !!! This is the proof that cinema is art. Special Effects don't matter - technology doesn't matter. Some people were born geniuses and seems that geniuses are rare...
And it took GENIUS ITALIANS! Leone and Morricone. These guys were pickled in the incredible art and music of their culture and both had unique visions that Hollywood couldn't compare with.
The blurring of the background like a carousel while running just heightens the anticipation of finding the prize, and of course, with the legendary music... is Magnifico!!
He’s supposed to remind you of a rat/rodent. He holds his hands out while running with his fingers bent in order to remind you of rat’s limbs with claws. It’s also why Wallace plays the role with protuberant teeth in this film. To subliminally remind you of a rodent’s gnawing teeth. See? guycounseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/scary-rat-teeth.jpg
This is something movies today are lacking. A musical score that drives the movie. Music is so bland and generic in modern movies. Ennio Morricone makes a man running through a cemetery the most epic scene ever. Can you imagine what movies like Rocky, Star Wars, or Conan the Barbarian would be like without their music?
Fun fact: the director Sergio Leone let the dog run into the set, to surprise Eli Wallach. He didn’t want the scene to be TOO melodramatic, so he added that bit of unscripted detail. The jump of surprise Tuco gives is Eli’s actual reaction.
We’re talking about the same morons who wouldn’t give Star Wars a nomination because they put the credits at the end of the movie. I don’t think their thing is intelligence
Eli Wallach was a masterpiece!! Look at the hand positioning when he's looking for the grave. Greed, desperation, joy and anticipation all in one. He's saying "I'm so close and it's all mine!!" This is just awesomeness at it's best!!
I can't even imagine this scene without Ennio Morricone's iconic music composition. People would have forgotten it very long back. The music composition makes even the new generation to watch it even till today.
Eli was so amazing here, I don't understand why he didn't end up a grand movie star like Clint. He sure had the talent, albeit for another type of character. The way he runs, arched back, waving hands, with a grin - like the greedy, ugly, quirky bandit codger he is. Not to mention the score that makes us feel like we are him, looking for the grave of Arch Stanton. Bless this movie and everyone who contributed to it
+Pillerparty Unfortunately he was really underrated, I agree. Maybe one of the most underrated actors ever. He was the character actor type instead of leading actor. The fact that he was never even nominated for an Oscar is a shame.
Tuco running through the cemetery for me was the greatest scene in the movie! And the orchestra is absolutely phenomenal! The violin, the bells, the women's voice! Thrilling! What is left of that cemetery is still there in Spain! You can still make out what is left of from the movie!
This a MASTERPIECE - a gold standard of directing, cinematography and soundtrack. I use this in my English high school classes to teach symbolism, situational irony and theme, but to also introduce students to the above elements. Man's eternal search for wealth in a world where we all end up equal - how kick ass of a theme is that!!!!!!
I can never get over just how at the end the graves are flying past in a blur with Tuco being the focus of the camera, with the music slowly building into a crescendo, and all of a sudden at the end, Tuco stops, the music stops, and the camera zooms in on the grave. It leaves me short of breath every time.
+blockmasterscott Could not agree more. The first time I watched this I was, well, a bit boozy and I will never forget the effect this scene had on me - my jaw was on the floor, I was so awed. It's incredible. The climactic shoot-out had the same effect. This will always be one of the best films I have ever had the privilege to see. God bless you Morricone.
KOSTAFLEX i agree. I was waiting the whole movie for what scene could match up with this epic score. I was disappointed. I thought maybe the duel was about to start and some cavalry was gonna come riding over the hill in slo motion or something. Like in the LOTR: two towers
Phil Mcahkiner Leone spent days and tons of money to have this cemetery constructed, obviously this scene meant a lot to him. This is THE pivotal scene in the movie, the thing they have been looking for for the better part of the movie. The headstones represent the horror and sheer numbers of wasted life due to the civil war and the cemetery itself represents the fact that we are all mere mortals and our ultimate destiny. And right in the middle is the slimy rat, Tuco running around blinded by greed and the hope that he will find the ultimate prize before blonde catches up with him. The music fits the scene perfectly.
I personally love the Western genre. And I love spaghetti westerns. Sergio Leone is a absolute genius. Ennio Morricone is also a genius. The dollars trilogy is a masterpiece in filmmaking.
whitout to think that Django is an italian Invention too.The first to use a machine gun for minutes in a movie was franco Nero in Django..and not Arnold in Predator.
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A man running around in circles for 3 minutes with no dialogue , and 50 years later we’re still riveted by it. A masterpiece
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I can't believe this scene is 4 minutes of a man running in circles but it's somehow the most epic scene I've ever watched
+Epsilon
The music certainly helps. Music can elevate any scene, and give it an emotional impact. Try watching the best movie scenes in history without music, and a huge element of them is lost (almost like it loses its soul). But I would also say apart of it isn't just the camera spinning as a man runs in circles. It's also the context of the scene. The scene starts with a wide shot of rows upon rows of graves, it's both epic and disturbing. One of the subtext (and I guess subplot) running throughout the film, is the civil war that is going on in the background (that our characters don't want to be apart of). And the toll its taking on its soldiers, and the idea the these soldiers lives mean nothing.
So the end of our journey -- this "race for Gold", is in a cemetery with all those dead soldiers. And Tuco and the audience only care about the gold. So when the camera starts spinning and it becomes dizzying, I feel like that perfectly works with the idea that we have tunnel vision for the Gold, and all the graves and dead people don't really mean anything. The setting with which this takes place literally becomes a blur, as the focus is purely on the gold. I mean, it's no coincidence that the director chose an "unknown" or "unmarked" grave as the spot where the gold was buried. There was symbolic reasons for having the gold buried in a grave of a soldier, that no one could identify.
I mean, that's why Tuco is called "The Ugly". He's supposed to be the Ugly in all of us. Our greed, that will ignore and look past the horrors around us to satisfy it. The idea that an individuals "pursuit of happiness", overrides caring about anyone else. And the movie also doesn't pander to the audience. Because it doesn't wag the finger, or condemn the ugly. Tuco is actually a complex character, and you could argue that he is what he is, due to the circumstances forced on him by society (poverty etc.)
+jabelson0905 he didn't seem to know. My reply wasn't met for someone like you that already knows that.
It is 4 minutes so you can fully enjoy most wonderful melody composed by Ennio Morricone ! The Ecstasy of Gold!
Man, I wish I could like your comment a second time.
+MrGilRoland I got you: LIKE
This scene shows how important music is to a piece of media, when you can make footage of a guy who's literally just running around feel epic.
Completely agree. This scene and the climactic shoot-out are the greatest scenes in the film (and in all of cinema imo), and could you imagine either without Morricone’s fantastic score? It’s as pivotal as the actors. Arguably even more. Okay, yeah - definitely more!
The whole movie is a perfect example of how important music is. Especially when it's done by Ennio Morricone.
Also partly because this is one of the last scenes of the film and a culmination of the whole plot. It would not feel that epic if it did not conclude the long journey on which the main characters were on from the beginning of the movie.
@@janparadowski4894 You cannot feel the entire epicenes of it until you appreciate Hollywood westerns and comprehend the irony of this one.
and inportant of history context..... greetings from argentina
This scene is like watching the Mona Lisa being painted. An absolute Masterpiece of film making!
Underrated comment 🤌🏽
Tuco a wonderful performance brilliant fabulous actor
I think you mean the chad squidward face being painted. Mona Lisa is beneath this in my mind.
True. There are no words that could aptly describe The Good The Bad and The Ugly. It is just too good.
That is a truly great analogy!
Ennio Morricone made a guy running around a graveyard into one of the epic scenes in cinema history.
Super beautiful scene
Nothing about Sergio Leone?
And Sergio Leone too! As well as Tonino delli Colli, the Photography Director. It was a big mistake not to prize this film in 1967 Oscars.
I think all the critics and all the cinephiles think this is an excellent film and milestone in movie history.
I remember I went to this "amateur and experimental short-films festival" in Paris... one of the participants used this very same scene, but in this sort-off black-and-white and without the song... it was boring as hell !
Can someone give me some context on this scene?never really saw it but the song is epic😎
Billion dollar budget and they can't produce scenes like this any more.
Talent is not measurable by money
@@megaman133 So is love, passion and heart.
Seems like all the simplicity was left in the bygone era...
Creativity and talent thrive on simplicity.
If they did it would just be copying this scene.
Thats the fundamental reality of humans. Tuco blinded by the greed and running for the earthly pleasure but not realizing the real destiny of a humans surrounding him.
Damn your comment makes the movie even more special
Great comment 👍👍
Damn this made me think, like, wow, thanks for commenting this
man,that’s deep… 🧐
spot on
Without the music it was a great movie. However, with the music, it became the greatest Western of all time. RIP, Senor Morricone
Definitely inspired by the end of the last movement of Shostakovich's 11th symphony. Have listen!
Signor Morricone. He was Italian.
To all the people saying he is running like a girl: If you had the chance to get a chest full of gold how do you think your body would respond. I think his running captures his obsession and desperation, truly making this scene better.
Ben Harder And at least it isn't as bad as Steven Seagal's running :D
Ben Harder In addition to your observation....(to all those who say he's running like a girl)....he's running on an uneven landscape, without watching the ground in front of him because they are glued to the grave markers as he passes. His arms are away from his side to help maintain his balance while running desperately in search of Arch Stanton.....
Ben Harder That and look at the wool clothes he's wearing. It was probably blazing hot in Spain at the time.
Ben Harder I agree , & he's running in cowboy boots which were not design for that function. Plus he looking for Andersons gave which he give him that "Stand offish" Gait.
Plus the fact he's so poor he's had to resort to a life of crime
I like how Tuco crosses himself at the start when he realises he's fallen onto a gravestone but then immediately afterwards runs directly over dozens of graves without hesitation in his greed
He's a simple godfearing man. More simple than godfearing, though. lmao
Yeah, Gian Maria Volonte did a great job in the movies he played the bad guy in, but Eli Wallach hit a perfect pitch between sinister, deadly and comic.
This scene ....along with the music "The Ecstasy of Gold" really embodies how a man, who gives himself over to his greed, will mindlessly do things that he shouldn't do and/ or normally wouldn't do.
did u notice he licks his fingers at 2:36-2:39 ,,he can taste the gold,he`s in ectasy
bravo vince
This scene goes from understanding the brutal world Tuco lives in that’s surrounded by so much conflict and death (the overwhelming amount of graves) to him slipping through death’s grip many a times (running through the graveyard) in desperate search of the thing that has kept him and his family alive. This isn’t just a scene of an outlaw looking for gold; it’s his life in its entirety. It reflects a man’s vulnerable, despicable, and primal instinct: his desire to live. If you think about it that way, the music isn’t overdramatized at all. It’s perfect.
This comment just make the scene even more masterpiece than it already is
I saw a video revisiting the site. Apparently it's not really a graveyard; all those "graves" were built for this outdoor set. -I think the circle is real, though.- Circle is overgrown, or more likely gone. th-cam.com/video/q2tKfBOv9Xs/w-d-xo.html
This comment is underrated ❤
@@claudiomiklasevic9468 "Underrated" is the most overused word on TH-cam. Who's rating it? No one. Is it true? Almost never. Maybe it's a word bots use, or an attempt to start an argument? If you're not a bot: STOP USING IT.
In the end, every character got what he truly wanted.
No computer
No vfx
No photo shop
No super imposing
Only
Acting
Super expressions
Just breathtaking shots
No single match till today 2023
Capolavoro ❤
Right, so first, that's not a definition of good filmmaking.
Second, they absolutely used plenty of clever effects here. For example, I (personally) doubt that they really fired a cannonball at y'man.
And frankly, the supposition that if they didn't the film is worse for it is concerning.
This is an exquisite scene. But not for its lack of cgi.
This scene is exquisite because it is masterfully scored, and, as importantly, masterfully setup.
If you showed the scene to someone who had never seen the film, they'd be confused, and remark on, "I guess the music is good?"
True history in the making
Этот фильм вечный. 🤗
That dog doesn't know he's in a masterpiece film
Seems a surprise from Sergio Leone to Wallach as seems he feared dogs...incredible
He knows bro, he knows.
Aww, he's a good boi anyway.
As said, every dog has his day...hahaha
Dog is dead
This is the moment that I realized that tuco was the main character. This scene is an almost celebration of those outside of society’s code of good. It’s the most heroic song for an “unheroic” character
Yea getting older i noticed Tuco was more or less the protagonist because of how much it spent on his journey and when you see the deleted scenes they are with him
Absolutely, Damian! I believe that TGTBATU is about the Devil (Angel Eyes - The Bad) and God (Blondie - The Good) battling over the Soul of Man (Tuco - The Ugly). 😎
Man, the emotions at the end where you aren't sure if Blondie is gonna let Tuco live are intense. Throughout the movie he has wronged the "hero," yet for reasons hard to explain, we want him to win. We cheer when he finds the cemetery, and the movie wants us to we cheer when both he and Blondie shoot Angel Eyes. Watching him nearly choke to death is actually brutal, and the relief when Blondie comes back around is amazing; he is the "good," after all.
Agreed. There have to be more examples of this other than Big Trouble in Little China andthis film, but I get you.,
Wow
This is the sound of getting everything you ever wanted. And that realization that it is happening. I know tuco in the movie doesn’t know the right grave, but man that ecstasy of realization of that they reach the finality is beautiful.
It's amazing how earlier in the movie...Tuco Benidicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez couldn't read...till Arch Stanton's grave was seen.
@@donalde3227 Well, we see sometimes in the film that he knows some letters. He might be able to read a little name.
@@donalde3227 When finding the note Angel Eyes left them, Tuco was able to read three of the four words : "See you soon ..." The only word he had trouble with was "Idiots" and he was even almost able to read that. So he wasn't entirely illiterate.
You said it perfect!
2024 and still just as incredible. The Good The Bad and The Ugly will forever be a masterpiece.❤
The location still stands except the graveyards 😊
@@MitchClement-il6iq was wondering about that. Thank you for sharing👍
Eli Wallach in the role of Tuco is the most likeable 'negative character' of all time for me.
I watched the movie for the first time like 1 week ago, you are damn right, i love the guy, legendary performance, at the beginning you hate him, and then you miss him
@@dishkaa93fcb10 I was hoping Blondie wouldn't abandon him on the tightrope to die!
@@Plymouth_Belvedere He didn't
@@dishkaa93fcb10 I know. I watched the movie.
@@Plymouth_Belvedere So you were watching it while writing your comment ? It was well made, made us believe he would abandon him
Very sad to hear of Ennio Morricone's passing this morning. He was one of the finest composers in the history of Cinema.
RIP Ennio.
@Stephen F Amen to that.
Rest in peace ennio morricone
I always liked his music
He passed??? Oh nooo. He was beyond his years!! One of the best songs Ive ever heard!
The man was a true genius and will be most sadly missed.
@@ashchan30 yes, 6 July 2020. For Italy was a terribile day.
This is one of THE greatest scenes in cinema history.
No. THIS is the greatest scene in cinema history.
@@cormic197 what about "Dr. Grant, dear Dr. Sadler...Welcome...to Jurassic park" scene??
@@cormic197Have You EVERseen The Ten Commandments??? There's lots of these types of scenes in THAT MOVIE. That movie was made in the 1950's.
@@andynieuwenhuis7833 nope, But i will do . Thanks
No, THOSE are the great scene in cinema history.
The last 30 minutes of this movie are legendary
The last 3 hours I would say
Dad and I loved watching this masterpiece.. Now I am alone. Missed u dad
I could have written that exact comment myself. My father loved this movie, too.
Watch it with your kids. 🤠🍾🍻
I also watched it with my father few times , he left me on May 20, 2020 because of cOVID-19 I will always miss him
Rest in peace all the actors from the trilogy, and all the dads here.
You’re not alone bro
He’s always there by your side you just can’t see him
Eli Wallach truly deserves an Oscar for this movie.
120%!!
Totally agree my friend ...
110% he does!
Yes! He should get it today! Even when he died.
I've been saying that for over forty years.
The way Tuco runs is so oddly elegant. He’s almost dancing through the graves.
Please tell me it’s not just me. 😐
he's a child running down on Christmas morning to find his presents. same vibe.
He’s close and he knows it. His lust for gold and the sheer hope leaves his body almost weightless, giddily scattering in the old graveyard, filled with ecstasy.
Totally. He’s so excited to be there he wants to sprint but knows he has to be cautious or he’ll miss the grave.
@@jcald47 Yeah, that’s well put dude. He’s gleeful but carefully, hesitantly so* and the manner in which he moves, from furtive to giddy, coupled with _that_ score is just so damn…poetic. I could happily watch this on a loop for a ridiculous amount of time.
*Until he makes it to the centre, where he gloriously abandons himself completely
I love you
Notice how he immediately runs to the middle, looks around and thinks, then starts moving consistently counterclockwise except when he starts moving further from the center. He's not running wild, he is being cunning and systematic.
Also, those shots where he is perfectly in focus but the background is total blur while the camera spins. Wow.
The first time I saw this I thought it was a guy running around a graveyard with great music, but rewatching it's altogether brilliant.
You know a film is excellent when upon rewatch you notice these things that tie it all together. Also the final showdown scene is to be rewatched multiple times to get the interactions going on
Well said Dave , your spot on ..👍👍..
4 Minutes of perfection. The music, the body mimic, the movement of the camera. Hypnotic.
Well you have to understand the plot theres thousands and thousands of graves ,, in the end the the right grave had no name on it .
Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef..perfect chemistry ..The Magnificent Five!
So sad there is no hero like them ... Today nov 2 .. 2019
Ennio being 50% of the overall magnificence.
Sublime
Absolutely correct,I've tried to think who else could have starred this movie.......nobody.
I would add Edda Dell'Orso voice
This scene of a desperate man runing in circles with Morricone's score .... It brings a lump to my throat every time I watch this masterpiece. Its just exquisite.
This scene was judged to be one of the 10 best sequences of world cinema of all time. It is said that Sergio Leone intertwined more than 40 cameras and made the actor run for more than 2 hours between filming and counter-filming. Furthermore: The triello sequence will then be destined to remain famous in the history of cinema: Sergio Leone knows how to enhance it with an ever new photography, with close-ups, with details with eye shots and with an ever faster editing that will set the school for the future great filmmakers. But perhaps nothing would have been this sequence without the extraordinary, exhilarating and solemn soundtrack signed by a great musician: Ennio Morricone. George Lucas himself has stated that he took inspiration from the typically Leonian close-ups during the filming of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, in particular, in the final duel between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Furthermore, this sequence is still studied at the Los Angeles University of Cinema, frame by frame, as an admirable example of montage. In addition to this, several scenes from the film were used for a study of the higher functions of the human brain published on March 12, 2004 in the prestigious journal Science.
hey, can you tell me the other title of the best 10 sequences of world cinema of all time? just the title okay, i want to watch it
@@Akbar-ry4ol the trío in this movie too and the other are in the goodfather
The trielo is a well studied problem in game theory.
I cry every time I see this scene. Not out of sadness, but just because it's so beautiful.
That's because you have a pure soul.....
it's a very strange cry (i have it to)
Me too,me too ❤
@@marceldevynck7347 it's a good kind of cry
It is pretty overwhelming. High artistry.
Today, God called Ennio to compose the music of the end of the world. RIP legend ... !!!
Fuck yeA
fuck ...........
The Lord rest Ennio’s soul
What a great talent he was .. just masterful .
At least he got the Oscar he deserved before his death
This song will give you chills when it comes on at a Metallica concert.
I’m seeing them for the first time on Friday and I can’t wait for this especially!
Yeah this and then Enter Sandman
Yep. Just saw them past friday in st louis for the fist time since 1992 and i dont remember them opening with this movie clip then. I do remember the song though
They did play the clip on the screens, the last show I went to they didn’t, but that was in 2019
I’m a huge Metallica fan…they somehow fused hard metal with a clean sound that turned their music into art.
But, honestly, besides hearing the intro to Ride the Lightning live, I would want to see Metallica mostly for the Ecstacy of Gold opening that starts their concerts…
My Dad brought me to this movie when I was like 4 or 5 yrs old....I still remember it....54 years later. My favorite all time Western. Ennio Morricone was a musical genius. His beautiful music fit the movies so well. They are timeless classics.
Me too. Dads are great
I am 27 but same , my dad introduced me this movie and it became one of my favorites
Best Western ever made.
GREAT dad!!
Let's be honest, without Tuco and Morricone, it would still have been a great movie.
But with them, it's a piece of History.
Ho, ho.....master piece!
I believe that Tuco made this movie unique. Eli played the character brilliantly, he gave it so much... flavour, the way he fidgeted with his fingers before the showdown... Long live Tuco!
in a mess, Eli, Lee, Clint, Ennio, Sergio of course : try to withdraw just one !? You cant !
This is maybe the Greatest movie song ever!
Or maybe the last of the mohicans by Trevor Jones
One of my favorite songs from this trilogy.
Being an immense James Bond fan, my favorite songs are nearly all from those movies. Numero Uno probably being the theme (completely instrumental) from .... ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Live and Let Die theme is way up there also. But yes, Ecstasy of Gold ranks very, very high.
💯👊🏾
Metallica moscow 1991
Can we all agree that this is the best movie theme of all time
Definitely in the top 3
Jaws too!
And one of the greatest Westernd of all time
By far the best theme ever !!
@@duskopopov77my two favorite movies
The driving tempo and melody, the cinematography, the desperation, the focus. Morricone captured the essence of a man's mind when he is fixed and obsessed on one goal and one goal only. In that moment, no obstacle can stop him; he is single-minded. That's a rare gift for a composer.
You said that very well, very nice deduction.
@@caseydopp318 thanks for the kind words.
Ennio Morricone is a musical genious !
Aye. I'm finding I like most every old western song from Morricone.
Ferruccio Guicciardi tuco was genius
yet it took him more than 500 soundtracks for him to win an oscar, so unfair. if i was jews he would have a collection of oscars
Great movie
Great music
Great acting
Great cinematography
well said!!
Great comment
and this is the best: NO WOMENS IN THE MOVIE...
I still think the Ghostbusters remake was better
@@LOSACOMOJADO What is a womans, sir?
You know Ennio Morricone is a musical genius when you can watch a scene like this and be mesmerized by it the same as the first time you ever watched this film.
Growing up with this kind of movies in the early 80s .
Mostly in italian.
Do I miss the 80 s
Italians showed America how to make unforgettable westerns, strange but true.even music in movies unforgettable. 🤔🏴
America has unforgettable westerns. However, "spaghetti" westerns have great music.
I think it's not that surprising. Pirates and Cowboys are often beating their own path away from society, cities, and the Church right?
Well, what better frame of reference point to start looking for how to tell that story than to start at Rome, or Italy, and work your way out from there until you reach Texas and California?
By way of Paris and the Count of Monte Cristo eh?
Gold buried in a graveyard sea of crosses.
It really doesn't work to try to write the story any other way.
Do you pick the gold? Or the cross? Both? Neither?
Putting them next to each other gives the mind the most to think about, and you don't need to be prescriptivist at all.
You just need to underline in clear bold strokes: here's your choices, man. Now which one are you going to make?
I'm used to the hero picking the right way but you could have a very powerful movie with Blondie doing something different at the end.
I think the most interesting question in the history of fanfiction is to ask "What If The Bad or The Ugly won the duel?" How does that look?
Who is more interesting, Blondie or Tuco?
That's an interesting question itself!
@ML8593wy You are mistaken. Neither western changed the other. It is clear that the spaghetti western is as different from the American western as vanilla ice cream is from chocolate ice cream. No one confuses one for the other.
Reason for Scottish flag?
If you want to get technical Japan showed Italy how to make unforgettable westerns
That's how brilliant the music is. It makes a guy running through a graveyard one of the most epic things in the world
Aaron Nielsen not just that, it’s epic because he is looking for the grave where the gold is.
@@mikalgangmark I once showed this scene to my cousin who hadn't seen this movie and he equally enjoyed it without knowing what he was looking for. It was Wallach's acting that made him feel the greed and excitement of that character.
Swapnil Rana but you don’t get the full experience without watching the rest of the movie
The dog's appearance in this scene was special and wonderful💯💞
The dog is part of the scenario.
@@laochen8869 Very successful and innovative ideas🌹
@@laithlaith6008 The dog Just showed up at the time of filming, so it was left in the Movie.
When you see Eli have a little start when he see's the dog....that was real
This film is a masterpiece ❤
The best part is him hitting the grave and the music starting EXACTLY when he is realising where he is. That’s the best cinematography I’ve ever seen in my life. And the pure ecstasy of him running in circles is just perfect. This part of him hitting the grave is the big Katharsis of the movie. The journey was long and hard, for the characters and even the viewer as he was on the edge on the seat waiting, everyone involved nearly died several times and as a viewer you are like: „when the fuck are they gonna find it?“, you are completely absorbed by the scene with the canon and don’t even think about the gold anymore AND THEN THE MUSIC HITS. With perfect timing the viewer feels exactly the same as Tuco. „Just give it to me, where is the grave???“ and then the big stand off after that. I watched this movie for the first time in the first lockdown and there was a part of me thinking: „this movie is good but maybe people are just nostalgic and it’s a bit overhyped“ I completely changed my mind after this one second. It hit my head like a cold stone grave
It’s great that you gave it a second chance. I’d say every time you watch this film you discover something new. Last time I found out that when Angel Eyes arrives and threatens Blondie with his gun Tuco stops digging and turns to look at him menacingly. And then when they start positioning themselves for the shootout and Angel Eyes watches Tuco drawing out his gun Blondie stops briefly to be ready to protect Tuco - as he knew his gun was not loaded.
... WELL SAID , OL MATE ... I COULDNT OF SAID IT ANY BETTER , & THANKS .....BUT ,, il GO ONE BETTER ... IV LOVED THIS MOVIE , FROM DAY 1 ,, AND HAVE GOT THE FULL SET ON DVD ,, AND HAVE PLAYED IT .... ? 300 TIMES , ..... IT WAS A ERLY SUNDEE MORN , IN WAGGA , ( N.S.W. , AUSTRALIA ..) .. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHERS GRAVE , ? .... WHEN I REALIZED ... ( ... HELLO ? .. IM THE ONLY ONE HERE ??? .. )... SO.. TO DO , THIS GREAT MUSIC ... TRUE JUSTICE ,, AND ME,, ..LOVING IT SO MUCH ...... I , CRANKED UP THE SOUND TRACK ,,, IN ME UTE .. ( REAL LOUD ,, oops , ) ......... AND WENT RUNNING THRUE THE GRAVES .... LOOKING , FOR MY ,, GF,, GRAVE ...? ..... DOING A , ... "TUCO ",,, FULL , TILT , ... CD , SOUNDING .. VERY LOUD , , TOTALLY PUMPED ..... AND .... BANG ... BANG ... THERE HE WAS , DEAR OL GRAND DAD .... ( BLOODY HELL ,,& F... ME , I SED ) ... ( SHORT WINDED , ) .... OUTA BREATH,.... I FINALLY STOPED ,, AND REMEMBERD THE MOVIE , AND THE SCENES , ...THANKS TUCO ,.. & HI , GRAND DAD ,,,FOR GIVING ME, THE INSPIRATION ,, ... TO DO ..YOU, & THE GREAT MOVIE .... AND MY GRAND DAD JUSTICE ,, TO FIND IM.... .. BLOODY PISSA ... CHEERS , MATE , AND THANKS , & ..... ( R.I.P .) ....... LENNY ...
@@lenyoung4217 first off why writing in all caps. second whyd u spell 65% of the words wrong. and third wagga is in south america not australia also by how you described it it seems youve never watched the movie once
@@galaxyturtle1728 have a look at Australian atlas ,,, wagga is in new south wales ... SA !
@@galaxyturtle1728 ... it was only 61 % ... didnt know you where a spelling dynamic .. !!!!!!
There are two types of people, my friend...
+Gggmanlives my brother he's crazy about me...
+Paolo Lery You dirty pig ...
+captain magma I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise and sometimes they never get up.
+Gggmanlives the ones with a canon and the ones who run whay from it
And there are two types of western, my friend...those directed by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and those that aren't.
And here we have it, cinema showing us exquisitely in less than 4 mins the fascination, magnetism, obsession and crushing pull of Gold on man.
Only cinema is able to show it so clearly, elegantly and rapidly.
Bingo.
Most people don't grasp the deeper meaning of this scene...... this is Tuco's life long dream ( escaping poverty and becoming rich) coming to fruition.
Eli Wallach - a giant of an actor so much underrated. Amazing in this movie.
I’ve always said you could watch this film without dialogue and know the mood of every scene because of Ennio Morricone’s score. It’s takes the form of a narrator. A character in itself. He was a master of his art. RIP
morricone said his movies were basically silent films,,,,with a little dialogue
What was so good was that Leonne let Morricones score breathe
I've never thought of it that way before, but you are absolutely correct.
Man, talk about turning a scene which could have been boring following a guy running through a graveyard and making it one of the most memorable in movie history
and all the work that went into it, they built that cemetery for the movie. Amazing dedication to a vision
I love the way Tuco marks his starting point, then systematically runs around in circles looking for THAT grave. His dedication is unparalleled!
Can only imagine what the first moviegoers were going through in 1966, watching this scene play out. They must've been on the edge of their seats, breathless, ready to pass out.
Greatest movie of all time?
Maybe.
Greatest movie music of all time?
Probably.
Greatest western of all time?
Absofuknlootly.
"Once Upon a Time in the West" begs to differ.
Anthony A.
The movie is not the greatest movie of all time, but it is one of the greatest. As for the theme music, it is one of the greatest to have been created. Is the movie the greatest Western of all time ? The answer is yes. Sergio Leone was very lucky with his chief actors, as nobody could have beaten Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef and Eli Wallach, who were perfect for their roles. The movie turned Eastwood into a star. However, the performance by Eli Wallach was just brilliant, probably outshining that of Eastwood. Finally, the movie made history. It was made in 1966. Until then all Westerns had clean cut actors, who were clean, clean shaven and wore remarkably clean clothes. The truth was somewhat different, as back in those days houses did not have bathrooms, its inhabitants using portable tubs. Cowboys in those days would go for weeks and months without taking a bath. The reason why you had so many casualties in the US Civil War was inadequate medicine and poor higene, with many troops dying from infection. Well, Sergio Leone turned all that, creating a new, realistic image of people who lived in the West. The scruffy look appeared. This new image was subsequently copied by Hollywood directors.
@@manray0703 The good the bad and the ugly is the greatest movie of all time, Once upon a Time in the West is the best western ever.
MrBergkamp87 that makes no sense?
Oh yeah!?.. Yeah! OH YEAH?.. Yeah..OOOOH!!
Eli is on another level in this movie and scene. The way he runs (says a man who is uncomfortable with running as he usually never needs to) is sublime. His facial expressions is so real, and fulfills his characters greed. A master performance from Eli.
Ben Jerry
Agreed, he is wonderful. That ratty expression! He captures Tuco so damn well. Wallach deserves more praise than he gets.
Ben Jerry damn. You posted what I was going to post. And you said it even better! I absolutely felt, who on earth at the time could have done a better job than Eli in this particular scene? I couldn’t come up with one. Bravo Eli !!!🙌🙌🏾
@@ddesign63 eli est magistrale,un acteur fantastique, quelle prestation
He really stole the show, his facials and body language is exemplary acting.
I agree... Eli wallach FANTASTIC
OVUNQUE TU SIA!
I always, always come back to this. I love Tuco
In the memory of arch Stanton who died 3 February. 1862 thank you for this music .rip
There are two types of people my friend. Those that dislike this video and those that like.
You like.
Yes I do
Your comment deserves more likes
@@jeashillelal7805 .... ... HEY ,, you got me ... LIKE , LIKE ,LIKE , LIKE ... hows that ? ..... but really .... I LOVE THAT MOVIE , .... & LIKE again ...... cheers ..
@@lenyoung4217 haha thank you so much
Anyone who dislikes this video, he understands nothing about Tuco....
Many people don't know .
This is an Italian production. Not Hollywood.
Great movies
All know
Jay M I’m pretty sure that’s common knowledge.
So it's a spaghetti western?
Shot in Spain
Everybody knows this is a Spaghetti Western
This is one of the greatest thing ever filmed.
How music creates the atmosphere… wonderful
Eli Wallach's performance is just genius ! RIP my friend.
One of the best songs ever written ....
+John Lennon Fan it was a song written by ennio morricone. I think this is most definitely a song.
it has no vocals or words to it, it's not a song
+Bytorand1
It has no words, but it should be pretty obvious that it has vocals.
Bytorand1--It DOES have vocals. Can't you hear the the female singer in it? She not singing words, but she's vocalizing, which makes it a "song".
Di
Sergio Leone & Ennio Morricone, two geniuses that made cinema history! This will forever be my favorite western movie of all times and one of the best movies ever made, period!
Agree , definitely the best western movie , there is loads of good ones but this one is definitely the top 1
Not only Ennio Morricone but also Sergio Leone are grand masters of their arts. Sergio Leone also put a dog in scene in a very fitting way as well. Soo natural and profound
That dog deserved an Oscar. great performance.
Hasan x he ( or she ) would rather have a bone. It must have been thinking, ..what the bejesus are all these humans doing in my playground and crapper!!??
He ded tho.
Hasan x lol
He has been inmortalized in this great film.
My grandpa loves this movie. Every time I miss him I watch this scene, he always has a big smile on his face when the song comes on.
My dad to likes this movie
My father Who died 4 years ago loves this film, i am 42 and i remember, too young, watching this film with my brothers and father just wonderful film 👍👍👍💞
Similar to my grandpa. I remember he used to smile to this scene and said "That's one son of a bitch" XD. I still miss him and this movie just brought back all the memories.
@@hoa4401 👍,for me too, the same,memories of my father and Tuco this is Tuco👍👍👍,don t forget of course the great Clint and Lee,the music,just a legend film, which should be seen once in a life i think. Sorry if i made mistakes lol
listening song misc
Love the music and even more the symbolism and irony of this scene. Chasing materialism and wealth hidden in a realm of dead souls, who no longer have use for them.
in my opinion, this movie is what a true masterpiece should look like, this has to be in the top 3 best movies of all time
@@zahar8976 The Godfather and A fistful of dollars
I saw this movie in 1967 and pay $ 4.00 dollars at the paramount theatre in miramar puerto rico when i was only 16 years old...never gets old...love it
+roger salsa u are so lucky
+yes i was !
+roger salsa fantastic
+roger salsa I saw it for the first time in 1997 :D, It was showing on my local cinema as a classic film and I thought I'd go and see it, having already seen Fistfull and Few. I think people area actually missing something with this scene, because on the big screen it's so crazy and disorientating, like you're really there spinning around in the graveyard. It looses a little bit of the impact on the small screen - but that makes me appreciate the original vision all the more, it was designed for the big screen.
It's still my favourite film of all time, due to that first cinema showing.
+roger salsa Im 16, i saw this movie in 2015 for the first time and i cant explain all the feelings that produced to me C:
PD: Sry 4 my english :D
This movie is from 1966?!?! 1966!!!! Nineteen Sixty Six !!! This is the proof that cinema is art. Special Effects don't matter - technology doesn't matter. Some people were born geniuses and seems that geniuses are rare...
Leone did cinematic effects with the "Dollars Trilogy" back in the 60's that were way before their time. Did Hollywood ever acknowledge such? Hell no.
Because he was an Italian filmmaker, filming westerns in Spain. Hollywood was just jealous.
I mean... The Godfather came out just 6 years later...
And it took GENIUS ITALIANS! Leone and Morricone. These guys were pickled in the incredible art and music of their culture and both had unique visions that Hollywood couldn't compare with.
Pure Art!
Eli Wallach is a legend i love the way he runs
The blurring of the background like a carousel while running just heightens the anticipation of finding the prize, and of course, with the legendary music... is Magnifico!!
An immortal masterpiece...
We lost Ennio, we lost Tuco but this scene, this music will live forever.
Lee Van Cleef is dead too
@@thelivingdead1728 only Clint remains ironic
@@Wonker_Tuco also haven't die in that movie i mean we dont know what happened to him after The good shoot rope but i guess he didnt die.
@@Wonker_it really is.
@@A03488 I'm talking about the actors
The way he runs is exactly the way a man in his 40's should run, it's just epic. Even though Eli was in his early 50's when he did this movie.
Eli est tout simplement geniaaaaal
I agree a 100%! So very natural. Love this scene and the music is unparalleled!!!!!
He’s supposed to remind you of a rat/rodent. He holds his hands out while running with his fingers bent in order to remind you of rat’s limbs with claws. It’s also why Wallace plays the role with protuberant teeth in this film. To subliminally remind you of a rodent’s gnawing teeth. See?
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@@robinshaw1673 Thanks, that'll make it easier to stay awake tonight.
@@WonkyTonkBotty I saw your warning. I'm staying up tonight too now...
I don't know why but something's gratifying listen to this music and watching a man running around a Cemetery
I remember hearing The Ecstacy of Gold for the first time in the Spring of '86. An amazing piece of music.
This is something movies today are lacking. A musical score that drives the movie. Music is so bland and generic in modern movies. Ennio Morricone makes a man running through a cemetery the most epic scene ever. Can you imagine what movies like Rocky, Star Wars, or Conan the Barbarian would be like without their music?
+Chas Gregg Hans Zimmer has some fantastic movie scores.
Chris Oforlando Yes I have The Dark Knight in my soundtrack collection.
+Chas Gregg
Interstellar also a fantastic soundtrack.
+Chas Gregg Except from Quentin Tarantino movies, much thanks to Ennio Morricone :D
+Chas Gregg and I hate to sound cliché but I also couldn't imagine Titanic without that spectacular score from James Horner :)
I've always loved the random dog in the cemetery.
Not so random apparently.
@@Climpus you are so right
Fun fact: the director Sergio Leone let the dog run into the set, to surprise Eli Wallach. He didn’t want the scene to be TOO melodramatic, so he added that bit of unscripted detail. The jump of surprise Tuco gives is Eli’s actual reaction.
@@marendenison3550 and is perfect!
@@Climpus Tuco is dog-like chasing the gold. Symbolism
The Camera, the acting, the closeups, the editing, the direction and of course the MUSIC!
One of THE greatest sequences in film history. One of THE greatest pieces of music ever written for the screen. Masterful.
To think it took 50 years for the Academy to recognize Morricone with a competitive Oscar.
@Paul B My sentiments exactly.
We’re talking about the same morons who wouldn’t give Star Wars a nomination because they put the credits at the end of the movie. I don’t think their thing is intelligence
Fuck Hollywood
In case anyone is wondering, Morricone got the Oscar for "The Hateful Eight".
Filmdude2001 Awesome!
Eli Wallach was a masterpiece!!
Look at the hand positioning when he's looking for the grave.
Greed, desperation, joy and anticipation all in one.
He's saying "I'm so close and it's all mine!!"
This is just awesomeness at it's best!!
And all the while Blondie is watching letting tuco do all the hard work.... finding the graves in question.... epic on so many levels....👏
Cinematic perfection. When the acting, directing, cinematography, and score all work in unison, you get a legendarily epic scene such as this. 🤘🤘
I can't even imagine this scene without Ennio Morricone's iconic music composition. People would have forgotten it very long back. The music composition makes even the new generation to watch it even till today.
Eli was so amazing here, I don't understand why he didn't end up a grand movie star like Clint. He sure had the talent, albeit for another type of character.
The way he runs, arched back, waving hands, with a grin - like the greedy, ugly, quirky bandit codger he is. Not to mention the score that makes us feel like we are him, looking for the grave of Arch Stanton. Bless this movie and everyone who contributed to it
+Pillerparty Unfortunately he was really underrated, I agree. Maybe one of the most underrated actors ever. He was the character actor type instead of leading actor. The fact that he was never even nominated for an Oscar is a shame.
Armando Gallegos
I agree, he was character actor type. But one of the best character actors, in my opinion.
It's a shame leader actors have to be a little boring.
Armando Gallegos LOL yeah!
like jack sparrow
Now The Ugly has finally gone to meet Arch Stanton on the other side, RIP Eli Wallach, fab actor.
Pure operatic brilliance!
R.I.P. TUCO ("known as the Rat")
And The bad "lee van cleef" :')
Super Gooner ELLI WAS A GREAT ACTOR SHOULD OF WON A OCSCAR FOR THIS
This is one of the greatest scenes in movie history !!!!
Hell Yeah!! Lee Van Cleef was a BADASS!! That glare of his is unmatched.
This is what many modern day films lack. All you need is a good script and storyline. CGI doesn't matter at the end of the day.
Tuco running through the cemetery for me was the greatest scene in the movie! And the orchestra is absolutely phenomenal! The violin, the bells, the women's voice! Thrilling! What is left of that cemetery is still there in Spain! You can still make out what is left of from the movie!
Women voice is from Edda Dell'Orso best ever...♨️🇮🇹
1:32...👌
This movie is one of the world's wonders here in Spain too
Excellent comments
@@andycrook7958 Yes the cemetery has been restored there is a documentary about it on Netflix called 'Sad Hill Unearthed 2017'
@@shadoman7682 damm I wanted to say that... anyway it's a marvelous documentary...
This a MASTERPIECE - a gold standard of directing, cinematography and soundtrack. I use this in my English high school classes to teach symbolism, situational irony and theme, but to also introduce students to the above elements. Man's eternal search for wealth in a world where we all end up equal - how kick ass of a theme is that!!!!!!
It would be interesting to know your class reaction. Can you post a video?
Brooklyn3955 hey Mr V I remember when we had this lesson last school year 7-8pd English class
Perfect words
Respect
@@samq26 I like female high school classes.
Best soundtrack ever.
One of the greatest films of all time! Watched it with my dad and grandfather growing up. Will definitely be doing the same with my kids.
what running round a graveyard looking for gold coins?
I can never get over just how at the end the graves are flying past in a blur with Tuco being the focus of the camera, with the music slowly building into a crescendo, and all of a sudden at the end, Tuco stops, the music stops, and the camera zooms in on the grave. It leaves me short of breath every time.
+blockmasterscott Same. Wallach's moment.
+blockmasterscott It's a masterpiece.
👍👍!
You are correct. When I watch this movie I stop after this scene. Gives me the shivers. Awesome!
+blockmasterscott Could not agree more. The first time I watched this I was, well, a bit boozy and I will never forget the effect this scene had on me - my jaw was on the floor, I was so awed. It's incredible. The climactic shoot-out had the same effect. This will always be one of the best films I have ever had the privilege to see. God bless you Morricone.
The fact that the music fits the scene perfectly just makes this track that more timeless.
Ruben Quiros I heard that Sergio Leone would construct his scenes around ennio moricone’s scores.
Usually it’s the other way around
It's a guy...
running around a cemetery...
how tf does it fit the scene perfectly if you could replace this with anything else?
KOSTAFLEX i agree. I was waiting the whole movie for what scene could match up with this epic score. I was disappointed. I thought maybe the duel was about to start and some cavalry was gonna come riding over the hill in slo motion or something. Like in the LOTR: two towers
King In The North
That is correct. Music before movie.
Phil Mcahkiner
Leone spent days and tons of money to have this cemetery constructed, obviously this scene meant a lot to him. This is THE pivotal scene in the movie, the thing they have been looking for for the better part of the movie. The headstones represent the horror and sheer numbers of wasted life due to the civil war and the cemetery itself represents the fact that we are all mere mortals and our ultimate destiny. And right in the middle is the slimy rat, Tuco running around blinded by greed and the hope that he will find the ultimate prize before blonde catches up with him. The music fits the scene perfectly.
I literally cannot stop having goosebumps watching this. I've watched it like 5 times in a row and it gets me everytime.
Spot on
Hey deadroses... watch it 10 times ... The goosebumps get bigger ,.......yeee haaa ....
Greatest scene in movie history. Full fucking stop.
When i was younger I really loved this song for some reason so I watched the entire movie just to see this scene
And what did you think? I hope you loved it. This scene is such a great climax, and the music fits that climax perfectly.
I’m about to do that when i get home... haha
Jay Z sampled it on one of his songs.
TheMrFinneth
Actually the music was composed first. The movie was made to fit the music not the other way around
I wonder if that's only half the truth though. Look it up, everybody who's interested. Might be right too.
Ennio Morricone is a genius.
And Sergio Leone.....
No...Tuco is a genius atleast he standed on that grave long enough for clint to shoot him off
The greatest anti-war scene put to film.
I love every single thing in this scene... Even that dog ❤
Some people despise spaghetti western. To me, are the only westerns worth watching.
Not for Rick Dalton
@@potatoexpress Rick Fu*ing Dalton
You got it right Hal.Sergio Leone showed hollylwood how to make a real western.
I personally love the Western genre. And I love spaghetti westerns. Sergio Leone is a absolute genius. Ennio Morricone is also a genius. The dollars trilogy is a masterpiece in filmmaking.
whitout to think that Django is an italian Invention too.The first to use a machine gun for minutes in a movie was franco Nero in Django..and not Arnold in Predator.