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"Consigna: Matar al Jefe": The B-Movie Legend Jose Louis Merino (Director) sizzles a |
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Spanish Promotion Guide |
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The Czech DVD (right) has a slightly better quality than the Spanish release (left). The Screenshots I used for this report are from the Czech Version. |
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Las Salinas de Espartinas de Ciempozuelos (Valle de Tajo / Parque Regional de Sureste). The History of the Salinas de Espartinas is going back to the Bronze period. Salt mining over many centuries. The principle is relativley simple. Rainwater seeps in the hills and dissolves parts of the rock. The now highly saline water from the hills is directed into a shallow basin, where it evaporates. What is left is the precious salt! The area of the Salinas is also a valuable archaeological site and it was a popular Movie Location in the Sixties and Seventies. |
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| Basin - Las Salinas de Espartinas - Winter 2005 | |||
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Movie Scene from "Consigna: Matar al Jefe" (1970) in comparison to my photo from August 2011. On the right side you can see an old shallow basin of the Salinas de Espartinas. |
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The Salinas have been used till the late 1960ths. What we see in the Movie (filmed 1970) are the last remains. Here a little "Salt Mountain". |
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| Carlos Quiney - Craig Hill | |||
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1970 - Quite a few Parts of the Salinas are still intact. Carlos Quiney is filling his waterbottle with saltwater. Mmmh, delicious! |
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| Comparison Photo August 2011 | |||
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| Germans! | Comparison Photo August 2011 | ||
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| Molotow Cocktails | Comparison Photo August 2011 | ||
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| 1970 | Comparison Photo August 2011 | ||
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| Commando Craig Hill | |||
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| Comparison Photo August 2011 | |||
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More than 40 years have passed since the Shooting of the Merino War Flick! Comparison, then and now, 1970/2011. |
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| A marvelous Movie Location, especially for the Spaghetti Western Genre. | |||
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The great Piero Lulli is Rommel - the Wüstenfuchs. His face is full of Salt! - The last Salt from the Salinas de Espartinas. |
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The Genre with the most productions shot on location around the Salinas de Espartinas is without question the Western Genre. Many Chorizo and Spaghetti Westerns have been filmed in the area of the Salinas: La Furia degli Apaches, Una pistola per cento bare, Quindici forche per un assassino,... |
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| Excellent and extensive movie scenes of the Salinas de Espartinas have been shot for the Jose Luis Merino Western "La Muerte busca un hombre". | |||
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| Las Salinas de Espartinas | |||
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The different Caves in the "Valle Grande" have been investigated carefully. Numerous artefacts have been excavated. The area is classified as A category, a valubale archaeological site. A few Movie Productions used the Caves as terrific locations. Here the Rafael Romero Marchent Western "Quien grita venganza?"...with Piero Lulli again (right side). |
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| A marvelous Cave scene can been seen in the Chorizo Western Flick "Ringo the Lone Rider". | |||
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| Cave of the Salinas de Espartinas, 1970. Hiding-place of the Bloody Bill Anderson (Armando Calvo) Gang. | |||
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| Comparison photo August 2011 - The Cave is almost filled up with Material (rocks,sand), parts of the ceiling dropped off. | |||
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For detailed informations about the Salinas de Espartinas (History/Archaeology) I highly recommend the magazine ARCHAIA. Everything you want to know about the Salinas can been found in "Archaia - Revista de la Sociedad Espanola de historia de la Arqueologia, Nr.2, year 2002". This number offers 2 very interesting reports: "Documentacion historica de las Salinas Espartinas" and "Excavacion arqueologica en las Salinas Espartinas". |
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Pottery Fragments with Ornaments. Found in a Cave of Las Salinas de Espartinas. (Photo by courtesy of Archaia Vol.2,2002). |
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Near the Salinas de Espartinas was an old Cortijo which was used as Location as well. When Director Jose Luis Merino shot "Consigna: Matar al Comandante Jefe" in this Cortijo it was full of remains of previous Western Productions. This Set was a big Western Set and often dressed up as a Fort Location: Il Segreto di Ringo, I Crudeli, Un Dolar para Sartana, Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?,... More "Commando di Spie" Locations will presented soon. |
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| Part 2 of the "Consigna" Location Report: Ponton de la Oliva | |||
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