Movie

Arruza

“He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!”

Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.

Director

Budd Boetticher

Screenplay

Budd Boetticher

Music

Raúl Lavista

Status

Released

Release date

23/08/1972

Original language

English