The final showdown between Blondie (The Good), Angel Eyes (The Bad), and Tuco (The Ugly) is the finale to a long journey of finding the treasure in the cemetery. The scene is extremely built up with a combination of music, camera movement, and the environment they are in. Their setting of the cemetery adds to the scene because not only does it foreshadow where either Angel Eyes or Tuco and Blondie will end up but the way the cemetery is constructed it is almost like an arena. They are in the the middle which is a large circle with the graves surrounding them on all sides. It makes the showdown feel like an epic battle and the setting reminded me of the colosseum in Rome with the action taking place in the middle.
The music and camera angles also create a great build up to the final showdown, the music which is the same score heard throughout the film creates tension between the characters. The camera movements really add to this, all the shots are extreme close ups of the three characters and the camera either shows their faces which shows their eyes darting between the other two opponents, contemplating when to make their move. It also shows and extreme close up on their gun in holster and their hand quite near it, hinting that any second one of them is going to make a move. The camera jumps between these shots and does not have any pulled back shots between them so you see all of their faces and hands one after the other, after the other. The actions of these showdowns is very little in this scene Blondie pulls out his gun first and shoots down Angel Eyes which happens in a few short seconds, but the build up to it with the music, setting, and camera movements is what makes this a truly fantastic scene.
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