Leone is one of the embarrassing gaps in my film knowledge, but i've seen the light that is Once Upon The Time In The West, and i'm ready to devour the rest. i don't know if i'm unequal to the task of writing on it or just too lazy to embark on what would take pages to describe, but the short version is that West is grand and brilliant in a way that few films are, and lacks not one bit of the confidence inherent in those qualities. it's been a long time since a film shoehorned itself into a shortlist of my all-time favorites, but Once Upon A Time In The West just strolled in like it owned the place.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
sergio leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)
Leone is one of the embarrassing gaps in my film knowledge, but i've seen the light that is Once Upon The Time In The West, and i'm ready to devour the rest. i don't know if i'm unequal to the task of writing on it or just too lazy to embark on what would take pages to describe, but the short version is that West is grand and brilliant in a way that few films are, and lacks not one bit of the confidence inherent in those qualities. it's been a long time since a film shoehorned itself into a shortlist of my all-time favorites, but Once Upon A Time In The West just strolled in like it owned the place.
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