Timeline for What is the point of the final duel in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966)?
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| Jan 9, 2023 at 11:59 | comment | added | Greendrake | @Tom They're certainly not big fans of each other, but the risk of getting double-backed/ambushed later isn't any higher than getting killed in a duel (and is probably lower). So, from pure rational-thinking point of view, at least attempting a deal could make sense. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 7:44 | comment | added | Tom | I disagree that there could be any deal where they split the money. All three have already tried to kill each other at least once. Even if they stay cordial while digging up the gold and parting ways, one of them could double-back later and ambush them before they've traveled too far. There's just no reliable foundation to establish trust. A duel is guaranteed to settle all those questions in a way that nothing else could. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 1:33 | vote | accept | Brownian_Motion | ||
| Jan 8, 2023 at 1:09 | comment | added | Greendrake | @Brownian_Motion Not before he believes that Blondie has written the secret on the stone put in the middle of the circle. From that point he thinks that Blondie can be killed and so attempts the duel. Yet the option of offering cut deal / peace is always on the table. | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 22:44 | comment | added | Brownian_Motion | I agree with the first part of your answer about the characterization of Angel Eyes, but the second part is not necessarily true. There is a point in the film where only Angel Eyes have the gun in his hand, Tuco is digging, and Blondie then says that if he is dead no one knows about the gold. At this point is the only option in front of a "bad" person is to agree to a duel? | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 19:43 | history | edited | Greendrake | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 7, 2023 at 8:12 | history | answered | Greendrake | CC BY-SA 4.0 |