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Few directors are characterized by both extraordinary film craft and the ironic reputation for lowbrow films. Despite his many achievements as a child of the Italian Cinecitta studios, however, Sergio Leone has been judged severely by writers who find his films lacking in ideas and moralists who find his films unduly cynical. Nevertheless, Leone''s greatest cinematic achievement, Once Upon a Time in the West, served to refute these criticisms while exposing the director''s unique romanticism and artistic ambition. As Leone''s fourth successful American western film, Once Upon a Time in the West earned him acclaim for liberating the western genre, restoring it to a place of antique American simplicity.

The principal goal of this book is to sharpen an appreciation for Sergio Leone and his most famous American western. The first two chapters deal with the relationship between Once Upon a Time in the West and the western films that preceded it, particula

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786420926, 978-0786420926
      ISBN10: 0786420928

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      Book Synopsis

      Few directors are characterized by both extraordinary film craft and the ironic reputation for lowbrow films. Despite his many achievements as a child of the Italian Cinecitta studios, however, Sergio Leone has been judged severely by writers who find his films lacking in ideas and moralists who find his films unduly cynical. Nevertheless, Leone''s greatest cinematic achievement, Once Upon a Time in the West, served to refute these criticisms while exposing the director''s unique romanticism and artistic ambition. As Leone''s fourth successful American western film, Once Upon a Time in the West earned him acclaim for liberating the western genre, restoring it to a place of antique American simplicity.

      The principal goal of this book is to sharpen an appreciation for Sergio Leone and his most famous American western. The first two chapters deal with the relationship between Once Upon a Time in the West and the western films that preceded it, particula

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