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I love Leone’s westerns.
That movie is not on my package but I did notice “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance” and “Bend Of The River” are both on tonight.
Did you ever notice in all these spaghetti Westerns and those ludicrously made Italian Hercules movies when ever any characters are walking or running there seems to be a very audible scratching and scrapping noise of their feet? Is this some sound effect to suggest movement or something?
Ah, the power of a good spaghetti Western! {^)
The bit at the beginning by Jack Elam was outstanding!
One of my all time favorite movies!
Charles Bronson does a great job in that role.....and Claudia Cardinale. Ooh La la!
Watched it on Youtube a couple weeks ago. One of my 30 favorite movies.
Instead of trying to select the best western, including spaghetti western, I would instead select the 10 best westerns. In no order.
1) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
2) Once Upon A Time In The West.
3) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood version).
4) The Great Silence (aka “the western in the snow”, an extremely harsh movie with alternate endings.)
5) A Fistful Of Dollars. An unauthorized remake of the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo (1961).
6) For A Few Dollars More.
7) High Noon.
8) The Searchers.
9) The Magnificent Seven. A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s film Seven Samurai.
10) The Wild Bunch.
Let me add some standouts.
Rancho Notorious (1952) Dir. Fritz Lang, starring Marlene Dietrich.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007). Underrated, both the direction and acting are top notch.
Winchester ‘73 (1950).
Tombstone (1993).
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Though taking place in the 1920s, and as much film noir as western, it still deserves recognition.
I saw this on Netflix about a month back. Henry Fonda plays against type. I believe it is the last of the Spaghetti Westerns, certainly ranks as one of the best.
Sergio Leone would have turned 90 today.
Get the directors cut in “cinemascope” on DVD or Bluray. Youtube doesn’t do it justice.