If you have never watched a classic spaghetti western flick, you should. Just for the fact that it somehow makes you a more "rounded" person. Take me for example, the only Western genre movies I've put up with watching are Tombstone, Wyatt Earp and Young Guns. I assumed spaghetti westerns were filled with cheese moments like a good guy shooting the hat off of a bad guy. Why wouldn't that happen when you put an Italian behind the camera - those Italians are crazy! Well, that theory was completely debunked after I watched Once Upon a Time in the West.
Here is the Netflix plot synopsis:
This Sergio Leone classic, a tribute to Hollywood Westerns, stars Henry Fonda as Frank, a gunslinger hired by the powerful owner of a railroad conglomerate to kill anyone who derails the project. But Frank contends with the wrong person when he murders Brett (Frank Wolff), a landowner; after his death, Brett's wife (Claudia Cardinale) demands revenge, hiring two renegades (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards) to go after Frank.
What caught me off guard about the movie was the artistic camera shots, the humor (sometimes intended, sometimes not intended) and the plot twists. The editing crew could have worked a little harder (the movie is almost 3 hours long), but it is still bearable. My recomendation? This is not a bad movie to get your fix of spaghetti westerns for the next several years. Definitely put it on the Netflix list - you know, so you'll be more "rounded".
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