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Sergio LeoneZdjęcia:
Tonino Delli ColliMuzyka:
Ennio MorriconeObsada:
Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Don Galloway, Paolo Stoppa, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn (więcej)VOD (4)
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Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale) jedzie z Nowego Orleanu do swojego męża, który mieszka w małym miasteczku na Dzikim Zachodzie. Jednak kilka dni przed jej przybyciem McBain i jego dzieci z poprzedniego małżeństwa zostają zamordowani przez bandę Franka (Henry Fonda). Złoczyńca pragnie zagarnąć ziemie mężczyzny pod budowę kolei. Teraz pozostawiona na pastwę losu Jill musi się zmierzyć z przestępcami. Pomagają jej w tym tajemniczy mężczyzna z harmonijką (Charles Bronson) i wyjęty spod prawa Metys (Jason Robards). (HBO)
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The music improves the image. To be honest, at the beginning, when a dirty, hirsute bloke is shown swatting a fly for three minutes, I thought that in the next 160 minutes I would die out of boredom. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case, and in the end this film entertained me a lot more than The Godfather, for instance. Mostly thanks to the music, the direction and the performances, because the contents don’t stand out. I can’t get rid of the feeling that I will never be a fan of western as a genre.
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Last time I saw this movie, I was a little boy who loved cowgirls, and Sergio Leone's classic inevitably seemed strange, protracted, not very "dramatic"... It took a few years, and it occurred to me that Once Upon a Time in the West is much more than an absolutely riveting western example of drama, where wild west genre supplements serve only as backdrops. Leone concentrated the focus of the narrative perspective on the detail and semi-detail of Tonino Delli Colli's superbly composed camera; it's almost unbelievable that maybe half the film is concentrated on the faces of the actors. The weight seen in the facial expression is unreal, and the grace with which the actors bear it is equally unreal. Bronson and Fonda manage the expressionist emphasis on the eyes with a breath-taking statuette rigidity, while Claudia Cardinale's sexy face has an ageless charm – fragility, treacherousness, seductiveness. The archetypal story of the avenger is done by Leone so incredibly personally, in a focused way and with feeling that it would be hard to find a stronger film. Moreover, Ennio Morricone's brilliant soundtrack amplifies all the emotions tenfold. How does Once Upon a Time in the West trump all the other westerns? It's not the story, the effectiveness of the shootouts... it's what a classical philosopher would call the cinematicity of the film. Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the most cinematic films I know.
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The best western ever, there is not a single ingredient out of place. Very imaginative direction, great actors and a soundtrack that has long since transcended "mere" film music and become a musical treasure and legend. Leone had a very lucky hand in choosing the actors (as always). Henry Fonda handled his only one role as a villain with aplomb (the American audiences couldn't get over the fact that the model good guy was playing such an asshole), Charles Bronson played perhaps the best role of his career, Claudia Cardinale is a delight to the eye and Jason Robards as Cheyenne is one of my favourite movie characters ever. A must see in widescreen format, the VHS crop amounts to a crime on this cinematic gem.
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Someone might mind that the genius music loops throughout the movie until you’re blue in the face. And someone might mind that it’s not very comprehensive at times and it’s very hard to watch out for details for those nearly three hours. But I don’t mind, because I’d rather get a temporary paralysis of the eyelid if that meant that I can watch every single second of a movie as genius as this western.
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A gem, with something legendary, precious, and brilliant in every scene from Sergio Leone, in every note from Ennio Morricone, and in every gesture or word from Charles Bronson, Peter Fonda, Jason Robards, and the beautiful Claudia Cardinale. Whoever finds this epic boring should just give up on movies altogether.
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