Sergio Leone
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Topic: Sergio Leone
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Sergio Leone
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 01:59
One of Quentin Tarentino's biggest influences. This man created a whole new genre himself, the Spagetti Western. Sylish, violent and very mesmorizing, you just never tire of watching them. Sadly his final opus was trashed by American distributors and never got its just due. 
I know he did some minor films earlier. I just kept this poll to his major releases. |
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Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 04:06
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For me it's "Once Upon a Time in the West", an easy choice although all
his "major" films are superb. It is simply the most poetical movie I
have ever seen and one of my all time favourites. Leone was a truly
unique director. edit: My 2nd choice would be "Once Upon a Time in America". |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 06:00
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"Once Upon a Time In the West", but I like the dollar trilogy too -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 09:14
| 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? |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:48
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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. ------------- 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 |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:59
That opening scene with the fly in The West is great! And you're right about Dynamite being underrated.
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fandango wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 21:48
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 06:34
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All masterpieces, but The Good, The Bad and the Ugly gets my vote. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: hugo
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 19:43
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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. ------------- 
Album of the week: Being 7/30/05 Remedy Lane 7/24/05 Pawn Hearts |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 10:57
It's widely available on Region 2 at a budget price, if you have a multi-region player.. ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Publius
Date 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. ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: August 13 2005 at 17:30
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All of them are excellent!
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 14 2005 at 14:39
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I did similar choose. Didn't know about the Italian TV version! I'll start searching now. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 23:39
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! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 19:26
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly= my favorite non-concert movie ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 05:40
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Thank you very much "marktheshark" for your list! ...or from p2p... |
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...
Posted By: Progzilla
Date 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.
------------- Currently listening to: - Andromeda - Pagan's Mind - Kamelot |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date 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. ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 09:37
Here a link that tells you a little more about it. home.earthlink.net/~davidp_hayes/Articles/m10.html |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 01:11
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good bad & ugly, followed by giu la testa! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 02:24
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Thanks! |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:35
| 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. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:21
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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. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:27
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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. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:16
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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. |