Arruza (1972)

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

• Documentary

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.

Rating

6.8 / 10 (4 votes)

Release date

August 23, 1972

Runtime

1h 13m

Language

English

Director

Budd Boetticher

Status

Released