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.
Schedule for Friday April 20, 2018
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
FRI 20, APR, 18:30 “A Fistful of Dollars”
FRI 20, APR, 20:30
“A Fistful of Dollars”
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