Childhood memories. Burt Lancaster in Vera Cruz affected Javier Bardem’s character so much, in order to think of his death in the movie as the ideal way to die.
In the brilliant final scene, director Álex de la Iglesia used a digital morphing technique to place Bardem inside Vera Cruz, as his character’s dream finally became true.
Robert Aldrich’s Vera Cruz (1954) in Álex de la Iglesia‘s Perdita Durango (1997).
