Cinema confession Arturo Pérez-Reverte was not at his expense this time SWhere it is usually shipped Reading recommendations And cultural strikes. author Dumas Club He chose another scenario: Geordie Wilde PodcastWhere they asked him to… “Top 5” Essential Movies.
After hesitation, the academic decided so Five titles. But one prevailed: “Olzana’s revenge“(1972), A Western twilight Directed by Robert Aldrich who, according to Pérez-Reverte, “is a masterpiece“He’s not saying that because Nostalgia for the pastHe says it out of rudeness, out of morals, and because it explains it better than many people Articles How violence works On the margins of power.
Why is this movie your favorite?
The movie starts with Olzana Apache escape Of reservation, followed by a series of Violent attacks. Macintosh A. pursues him An exhausted explorer Burt Lancaster and DeBoyne, the perfect lieutenant. From the first shot it becomes clear: there are no heroes, just… Trapped survivors In the logic of revenge that devours any moral law.
The story is inspired by Real events of 1885flee from An illuminating saga. There are no sunset cruises here or… Poetic justice. there Fear and blood A text that forces you to think. The RAE writer specifically celebrates: The way cinema can analyze violence Without having to justify it.
Violence without spectacle
- nothing Romance: Actions harsh They are so, harsh.
- The viewer understands Apache Without idealizing it.
- he Arizona landscape Reflects more Interior of the characters From outside the story.
As highlighted Confidentiality In their coverage of the episode, there is a selection Olzana raid It appears that Pérez Reverte prefers cinema uncomfortable Before the one Console.
Other essentials for Perez-Reverte
next to Olzana’s revengeThe author chose:
- Concrete jungle (1950): Noir Jarrahi about A Theft without redemption.
- To have and not to have (1944): A spark lit between Bogart and Bacall Everything else doesn’t matter much.
- Blade runner (1982): Ridley Scott’s mash-up classic Existentialism and dystopia With smell Wet neon.
- Duelists (1977): Honor and obsession And endless duels like Time metaphor Who runs away
It is not surprising that he collected his choice Rudeness and fatalism and Broken personalities. The author has made it clear several times that it is not him that matters Championshipbut The cost of pretending to exist. His vision of cinema, like the literature he writes, is… He refuses to sugarcoat reality.
If there is one constant in their recommendations, it is: No happy endingsonly Difficult and necessary lessons.