Wednesday, October 9, 2013

El Topo

In this scene, El Topo and his son are riding on their house. They keep getting harassed by three men. They keep circling around them and touching them and messing around with their horse. They continue on to a mountain side where there is water and the three men get off their horses and drink the water. The camera view is from a distance and they capture the whole scenery. Then get back on their horses and one of them blows a balloon.  He hands the balloon over and then the other man gets off his horse and sets the balloon on the ground letting off a high screeching noise while the air lets out. They stare back and forth at each other and then as soon as the balloon goes out El topo shoots two of the men. Then it is a deul between el topo and this man. El Topo shoots the man in the leg and he doesn't back down. He follows the man and then shoots him in the other leg. He says to the man "get up" and then El Topo shoots him again in the chest and the camera focuses in on El Topo's face and then shoots the man again. The man is In a pool of water. The camera is from higher up letting you get all the scene around them in. He asks who killed all the people in the town and the man in the water tells him who it was. He puts something in the mans mouth and then walks away. Then he continues on to find the people who massacred the village.
This scene was interesting for me because it showed a a strong fighter El Topo is. He knew as soon as the balloon ran out of air that they ere going to shoot him so he fired first and killed two of the three men which was very impressive. This showed great authority in his part.

2 comments:

  1. When El Topo meats all of the so called bosses he is in a duel with all of them and before they fight there is some sort of starting bell. The balloon was a slow start but was the most interesting because of how long it took. There was lots of time for tension to build

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  2. The authority and dexterity that is established in this scene is undeniable. However, I would have liked to read more about your take on the scene and less a description of it.

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