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Anyone familiar with the "supernatural" reading of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? I don't know who originally came up with this, but some critics and reviewers think Blondie is an angel sent to watch over Tuco and ensure he gets his share of the gold without getting killed. According to this reading, he slowly reveals his angelic identity until the end when he appears for the gunfight in pure angelic radiance (the sheep-skin vest and poncho we know from the other two movies in the Dollars Trilogy). This reading also explains some of Angel Eyes' dialogue and adds more signifigance to the scene in which Tuco beats his padre brother. And at the end of the movie did Blondie keep on riding to the town of San Miguel, somewhere along the way trading his horse for the mule he's riding in the opening of Fistful?
Monco, Eastwood's name in For a Few, is also Italian for Monk.
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