Saturday April 12, 2014
4:00 p.m.
A showing of For a Few Dollars More
A discussion by Sir Christopher Frayling “The Widescreen
Aesthetics of Sergio Leone”
The acknowledged expert on all things Leone, Christopher
Frayling delves into the mindset of a director who brought a new look and
completely fresh approach to the traditional Hollywood western. This style of
‘cowboys and outlaws’ was radically different from what had come before. Leone
utilised over-the-top violence with sombre or wicked humour and his work
spurned a new term in cinema vocabulary – the Spaghetti Western – due to its
European roots.Numerous spaghetti westerns utilised the widescreen Techniscope
format to dazzling effect (including the film which follows this event) and
Christopher Frayling will cover the use of this and how the look and style
created a different dynamic to the conventional western.
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