The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Truly an epic, American, classic film. It is definitive of the Western genre, falling into the category of the Spaghetti Western as it was directed by Italian film director Sergio Leone. Typically the quality of the Spaghetti Western were sub-par, however, Leone's films are considered some of the greatest Western films of all time. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly was the third installment and prequel to A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. The film accompanies Leone's brilliant screen writing with director of photography Tonino Delli Colli's beautiful, sparse, and sweeping cinematography along with film score composer Ennio Morricone's iconic musical themes.
I confess I have not seen many Westerns and therefore my opinions are limited and sophomoric at best. But I certainly enjoyed the film. It epitomized restraint and displayed a penchant for allowing the dramatic elements of the story to build gradually, which I appreciated very much. Let's just say I appreciate the slow build, big fan; allows for a stronger definitive conclusion.
This particular Western provides the acting skills of Eli Wallach (the ugly), a young Clint Eastwood (the good), and Lee Van Cleef (the bad). I will say that they don't make movies like they used to. This style of film does not really fly with today's standard of limited attention spans.
Anywho, perhaps you will indulge in this classic American gem of the cinema and enjoy it or not. Perhaps you are already a fan of the film. Either way, give it up for classic Western film.
Speaking of film, I would again like to direct your attention to Calm Dog Productions. My cousin Lee and girlfriend Jenna have started a film production company which is doing great stuff out of New Orleans. Check 'em out!
Calm Dog online
Calm Dog Facebook page
Til next time
Ty
I confess I have not seen many Westerns and therefore my opinions are limited and sophomoric at best. But I certainly enjoyed the film. It epitomized restraint and displayed a penchant for allowing the dramatic elements of the story to build gradually, which I appreciated very much. Let's just say I appreciate the slow build, big fan; allows for a stronger definitive conclusion.
This particular Western provides the acting skills of Eli Wallach (the ugly), a young Clint Eastwood (the good), and Lee Van Cleef (the bad). I will say that they don't make movies like they used to. This style of film does not really fly with today's standard of limited attention spans.
Anywho, perhaps you will indulge in this classic American gem of the cinema and enjoy it or not. Perhaps you are already a fan of the film. Either way, give it up for classic Western film.
Speaking of film, I would again like to direct your attention to Calm Dog Productions. My cousin Lee and girlfriend Jenna have started a film production company which is doing great stuff out of New Orleans. Check 'em out!
Calm Dog online
Calm Dog Facebook page
Til next time
Ty
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