Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site usl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!ihnp1!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!akgub!usl!jla From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joseph L Arceneaux) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Message-ID: <340@usl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 12:11:44 EST Article-I.D.: usl.340 Posted: Thu Feb 28 12:11:44 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 03:21:51 EST References: <437@ahuta.UUCP>, <4042@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: USL, Lafayette, LA Lines: 26 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." -- Joseph Arceneaux USL Computer Science Department {akgua, ut-sally}!usl!jla "I'm sorry, but my kharma just ran over your dogma."