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salmacis 
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 Topic: Sergio Leone
Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:16 |
Sergio Leone is perhaps my favourite director. His is a small, yet perfectly formed legacy of superb films that changed the Western forever.
His all time masterpiece must be 'Once Upon A Time In The West' for me though; it's got some of the greatest scenes in the history of the Western and also one of the greatest soundtracks ever composed. I love all of his Westerns equally however, yet must admit to not liking 'Duck You Sucker' much at first, as it's very different to his other westerns, being much more downbeat and in the uncut version, extremely sad and moving, but time has proved that to be another masterwork for me.
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:27 |
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly:
It's one of the best film ever made!!!
I like also "A Fistful Of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More" very much.
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:21 |
 marktheshark wrote:
Here's a another poll I thought I'd bring back. I watched Once Upon A Time In The West just last night. That film just blows me away everytime. |
I voted also OUATITWest... great film!!! It's very good to see these ressurected cinema polls since I hadn't the opportunity to vote when they were created. 
P.S.: Ennio Morricone's soundtracks are amazing too. 
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marktheshark
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:35 |
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Here's a another poll I thought I'd bring back. I watched Once Upon A Time In The West just last night. That film just blows me away everytime.
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 02:24 |
marktheshark wrote:
Here a link that tells you a little more about it.
home.earthlink.net/~davidp_hayes/Articles/m10.html
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Thanks!
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 01:11 |
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good bad & ugly, followed by giu la testa!
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marktheshark
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Posted: August 22 2005 at 09:37 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
Thank you very much "marktheshark" for your list! I have the Cannes vs. DVD, and it's one of my top10 personal favourites. Do you (or anybody else) know the italian name of the movie? I would help searching the tv-series from web...
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Here a link that tells you a little more about it.
home.earthlink.net/~davidp_hayes/Articles/m10.html
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Posted: August 22 2005 at 08:26 |
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Got to be the Good the Bad and the Ugly.
Great characters, incredible setpieces and laugh out
loud humour (most of it revolving around Eli
Wallach's wonderful Tuco).
Also Morricone's best soundtrack and one of the few
where the music is so good you can listen to it on its
own merits.
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Posted: August 22 2005 at 06:07 |
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The good, the bad and the ugly is in my all time top-10. And I love Ennio
Morricone's work, fantastic music, not just the theme, but overall in
the whole movie. It's a perfect match with Leone's style with all the
close ups and long tension moments.
Edited by Progzilla
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 22 2005 at 05:40 |
Thank you very much "marktheshark" for your list! I have the Cannes vs. DVD, and it's one of my top10 personal favourites. Do you (or anybody else) know the italian name of the movie? I would help searching the tv-series from web...
...or from p2p...
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 19:26 |
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly=
my favorite non-concert movie
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marktheshark
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Posted: August 20 2005 at 23:39 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
marktheshark wrote:
I went with OUATIA. As brilliant as his spagetti westerns were, they were still a genre you just can't take too seriously. OUATIA was labor of love for Sergio. Has anybody seen the Italian tv version of this? About 6 hours wasn't it? |
I did similar choose. Didn't know about the Italian TV version! I'll start searching now.  |
Right now I'm watching it again for the umpteenth time and I just never get tired of it. There are 5 versions of this film that I know of and I've seen 4. They go like this:
The U.S. theatrical release condensed:
Disasterous! Chopped by almost 90 min and re-arranged in chronological order without the stylish flashback transitions that made the original so compelling. Not to mention the story is practically incomprehensible!
The U.S. home video long version:
Pretty faithful to the original Cannes film festival version except for a few minor snips. Deniro's girlfriend Eve at the beginning gets shot once instead of twice. The rape sequence with Deniro and McGovern in the back of the limo is toned down. Also that's missing is the flashback in old Noodle's head at the end when he thinks over about killing Max.
The original Cannes version (now on DVD):
See above.
The U.S. network television version:
Despite the snipping of the violence, nudity and profanity, they still screwed around with the editing and shortened it by about 30 min.
And then there's the Italian TV version which is supposedly about 5-6 hours! Loved to see that one!
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Posted: August 14 2005 at 14:39 |
marktheshark wrote:
I went with OUATIA. As brilliant as his spagetti westerns were, they were still a genre you just can't take too seriously. OUATIA was labor of love for Sergio. Has anybody seen the Italian tv version of this? About 6 hours wasn't it? |
I did similar choose. Didn't know about the Italian TV version! I'll start searching now.
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 17:30 |
All of them are excellent! 
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Posted: August 04 2005 at 07:38 |
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Few Dollars More is an all-time favourite. One of the most inspiring films ever for me.
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I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8
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Posted: July 24 2005 at 10:57 |
hugo wrote:
Does anyone know if Duck you Sucker will be coming out on dvd anytime soon??? I'd love to see that.
The rest are utter masterpieces, some of the best films ever made.
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It's widely available on Region 2 at a budget price, if you have a multi-region player..
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 19:43 |
Does anyone know if Duck you Sucker will be coming out on dvd anytime soon??? I'd love to see that.
The rest are utter masterpieces, some of the best films ever made.
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 06:34 |
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All masterpieces, but The Good, The Bad and the Ugly gets my vote.
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 21:48 |
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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marktheshark
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:59 |
fandango wrote:
I can't argue with anyone's choices on this poll...they are all superb.
I have voted for The West, because it is probably the closest to moviemaking perfection he ever came to, although I absolutely LOVE Good, Bad, Ugly...and I have a large framed movie poster of America on my wall.
I also think that Fistful of Dynamite is severely underrated...nuff said. |
That opening scene with the fly in The West is great! And you're right about Dynamite being underrated.
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