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From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joseph L Arceneaux)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 12:11:44 EST
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The long, slow paced shots are a large part of what characterizes Leone's
work, for me anyway.  I think his lingering close ups of these men's faces,
which seem more real than real occasionally, are truly wonderful.  Leone
knows how to use facial expression exceptionally well, letting these "strong,
silent, types" say everything with their faces.

For me, these long, tense scenes are perhaps the most interesting parts of
Leone's movies, a perfect amalgam of cinematography, acting, and (occasionally)
script.  E.g., in ONCE UPON A TIME the guy who is being annoyed by the fly
and traps it in his pistol.  Great!

And the scene where Robards meets Bronson...

"I saw three dusters like those at the train station.  Inside the three dusters
 were three men.  Inside the three men were three bullets."


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				    Joseph Arceneaux

                                    USL Computer Science Department
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	"I'm sorry, but my kharma just ran over your dogma."