From Monday 2 April – Monday 30
April, BFI Southbank will celebrate
one of the
undisputed masters of
cinema, Sergio Leone. While
they may not
have been the
first spaghetti westerns,
Leone's Dollars trilogy
of A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few
Dollars More (1965) and The
Good, the Bad
and the Ugly (1966)
are certainly the
best
known – they
paved the way
for Clint Eastwood
to break Europe
and for Leone
to have an
enduring influence on cinema.
As part of the
season, A Fistful of
Dollars will screen on
extended run from Friday 13
April, when it
is re-released in selected
cinemas by Park Circus.
Screening of “A Fistful of Dollars”, the film that put
Leone on the map is a testosterone –fueled tale that flips the American western
and gives it some European punch.
The first part of Leone’s Dollars trilogy firmly sets out
the winning blueprint for the other two: not least in establishing both the
role of Clint Eastwood’s nameless anti-hero and the collaboration with Ennio
Morricone, which resulted in some of the most memorable musical themes in movie
history. Made on a small budget and based on Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, the film
focuses on a small town caught up in a fight for control between two warring
families. When a stranger arrives he manipulates the feud to his own advantage
– resulting in a high body count and some great cinema. – Justin Johnson, Lead
Programmer
SAT 14, APR, 15:30 “A Fistful of Dollars”
SAT 14, APR, 18:10 “A Fistful of Dollars”
For further information contact the BFI at this
link: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp
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