1970 · psychedelic · boomerang · canevari
Matalo!
Directed by Cesare Canevari1h 40m1970
A gang of cattle thieves rescue a criminal from the gallows, and later rob a stagecoach loaded with gold. When they get the loot, he is betrayed and left dying in the middle of the desert. In the escape they reach a mysterious ghost town, where they perceive there is something strange about ...
Our read: Matalo! (1970) reads as a sombre, kinetic, surreal psychedelic · boomerang · canevari entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme psychedelic / boomerang, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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