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Anche nel west c'era una volta Dio  Dir: Marino Girolami   We've
had Greek myths retold as spaghetti westerns (Return of Ringo),
Shakespearean drama (Johnny Hamlet) and now here is Robert Louis
Stevenson's 19th century adventure classic Treasure Island
dressed up and repositioned in the badlands of the mexican
border with wagons instead of ships and a plethora of bandits
instead of pirates.  Surprisingly, this genre realignment works
reasonably well in terms of setting and personel as the
substitutions hold clear parallels with their originals. The
desert stands in easily for the sea; its vastness, isolation and
danger allow it to offer the same perilous and protracted
journey. The bandits are an even easier fit. Swarthy, evil
grinning cutthroats brandishing assorted weaponry and consumed
by an all consuming lust for gold could be a fitting description
for Raf Baldasarre and his co