In exploring this theme, di Leo’s movies tread the fine line between European cinema and American popular cinema. If there’s a central theme that informs the work of Italian film director Fernando di Leo, whose work as a screenwriter during the 1960s on westerns all’italiana/‘Spaghetti Westerns’ was followed in the 1970s by directorial duties on a series of hard-bitten films about gangsters that flit around the edges of the poliziesco all’italiana (Italian-style police film), it’s the struggle with fate. How effectively you play that hand… well, that depends on your skill. You must play the hand you’ve been dealt. In a world of tough guys and even tougher breaks, there is one overriding principle: fate.
Starring: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Ivo Garrani, Philippe Leroy, Lionel Stander This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazineby Paul A J Lewis of.
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