Here's some quick Letterboxd thoughts for Texas Adios (1966): https://boxd.it/1iQTOz
A duo of brothers cross the Texas border seeking justice for their father’s death. Come to find out, the man they’re planning to capture is also the tyrant of the Mexican townspeople. Luckily for some revolutionaries, their target is the same man.
Besides the dubbing and lack of John Wayne, it feels like an American Western: The town is very reminiscent of a Hollywood set. It contains some very beautiful wide shots, but the panning camera movement makes it look like an American picture. Watching an appreciation by Austin Fisher (see the Django Arrow Video release), TEXAS, ADIOS doesn’t follow the typical YOJIMBO model. Instead of pitting rival gangs against each other, the hero teams up with Mexican revolutionaries and helps them fight for their freedom.
That being said, some Spaghetti Western elements emerge from the film. With a close up of the hero’s eyes (a la Leone), we get a flashback of his father being killed and his mother being raped. It turns out the man they’re hunting is also his brother’s father - This darkness definitely fits the bill of an Italian revenge flick. Also, the picture stars Franco Nero. Released a few months after DJANGO, this film was rebranded as a sequel even though it’s obviously a different character (named Burt).
Since the latest iteration of my Spaghetti Western craze, this has been the least interesting discovery. It’s a solid film; However there’s nothing too memorable and the film will slip through my memory banks.
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