I had seen the title BURN! over the years but never knew that it was a narrative based on WIlliam Walker, who I only knew from the anachronistic lens of Alex Cox’s WALKER. Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1969 film (originally titled “QUEIMADA”) stars Brando, and I immediately fell in love with the poster, of which I couldn’t find a large or clean version. The icon’s swagger is evident in the one-sheet, and if the description of the story hadn’t hooked me, that image would have. Apparently an edited version is available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime, an almost-complete version that is subtitled can be found on YouTube…and somewhere in the ether is a complete Blu-ray version.
I think I’ll start with YouTube.
