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Improvisation
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Tim Lucas
Another Remington. That's enough. Up to now, we think of Tuco only as a wily scoundrel, someone who has survived more untimely betrayals than skill. But here Leone shows us Tuco as a real technician of his craft. Supposedly Wallach, who knew nothing about guns, improvised all of this action after simply being told by Leone to have fun.
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Tim Lucas
Afterwards, they were primed to draw up a contract for the next picture there and then. All they needed was some idea of the story. There was no script for a third film as yet, of course. Vincenzoni hadn't even discussed such a thing with Sergio Leone. But finding himself in a literally no-lose situation, and imagining that he would be doing his friend an immense favor by taking advantage of the psychological moment, Vincenzoni improvised a log line, which he admitted later,
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