PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic*
MYTHICITY: *poor*
FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure*
CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*
TRINITY AND SARTANA bears no relation to either of the original Italian versions of these characters, but at least the film is an actual Italian production
Neither the character of "Trinity" (played by black actor Harry Baird, who explains his name by saying he's "from Trinidad") nor the character of "Sartana" have any resemblance to the ongoing franchises the Italians built around the names "Trinity" and "Sartana." The closest resemblance here is that TRINITY AND SARTANA imitates the knockabout farce-adventure seen in the "Trinity" films, rather than the violent, cynical tone adopted by the original "Sartana" films, which are more in the line of earlier spaghettis like those of "Django" and, of course, "the Man with No Name."
The film's one violation of reality- i.e., a "fallacious figment"-- is an explosion that blows up several villains but does nothing but blacken their faces and blow their clothes off, except for their longjohns.
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