And keeping with my promise, I'm going to talk to you a little bit about Blindman, the one Ringo movie to venture into Spaghetti Western territories. And it's a quirky, clever little number, too. Directed by italian genre filmmaker, Ferdinando Baldi (did some peplums and some fairly well-known movies with star Franco Nero), it starts off slowly, as any self-respecting Spaghetti Western should, anyway. Ringo, however, is not the star of the show - the eponimous Blindman is played by Tony Anthony, who had made a name for himself in this particular genre of movies. Ringo's character is named (curiously) Candy, just like the name of the female protagonist of a movie he had just been in a couple of years before.
So how does this movie came about and how did Ringo get involved in it in the first place, you might ask? Well, I guess it was just a matter of him telling former Beatles agent Allen Klein that he wanted to be in a Spaghetti Western and the rest just sort of happened. Let's not forget that The Beatles as a brand name was still very strong then, so it's not completely bonkers to assume that this sort of thing was very common then. Heck, even now music moguls and recording companies are making millions out of their past! Still!
The story itself was slightly based on a japanese character named Zatoichi (also a blind, lonely figure out on a mission) but the similarities end there. Blindman's story and story setting are very different ones and if you expect me to tell you all about it, well, sorry to disappoint you but I won't - get the movie instead and enjoy the wonderful cinematography on display, the evocative music and the rare chance of watching 50 naked women running before your eyes. Ahh, now you really want to see it, don't you?
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