IMDb Poll Board User's Greatest Male Movie Character of all Times1 of 1
Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez
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Why Tuco?
Tuco is a perfectly fitting character, a playball between the powers in the story. He embodies the nobodies who wanna be somebodies. He misbehaves, plays rough, is loud, nasty and filthy, is clever as a rat, but also has his package from past to carry with. A point which makes him look sympathetic, somehow. In the end there is always someone worse, calculating and cunning gameplayers which play their game around him while he doesn't see through - the bad guy and the angel. Tuco is the interchangeable guy inbetween the powers, a similie of the ambitious John Doe in the lower societies. A guy who tries to climb high on each occasion. Eli Wallach at his best. I simply love his performance. I can watch the movie over and over again.
Why Tuco?
Tuco is a perfectly fitting character, a playball between the powers in the story. He embodies the nobodies who wanna be somebodies. He misbehaves, plays rough, is loud, nasty and filthy, is clever as a rat, but also has his package from past to carry with. A point which makes him look sympathetic, somehow. In the end there is always someone worse, calculating and cunning gameplayers which play their game around him while he doesn't see through - the bad guy and the angel. Tuco is the interchangeable guy inbetween the powers, a similie of the ambitious John Doe in the lower societies. A guy who tries to climb high on each occasion. Eli Wallach at his best. I simply love his performance. I can watch the movie over and over again.