Once Upon a Time in
the West: Shooting a Masterpiece
Author: Sir Christopher Frayling
Country: England
Publisher: Reel Art Press
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN-10: 1909526339
ISBN-13: 978-1909526334
"Once Upon a Time in the West was the movie that
made me consider filmmaking."–Quentin Tarantino
Sergio Leone's film Once Upon a Time in the Westset out
to be the ultimate Western―a celebration of the power of classic Hollywood
cinema, a meditation on the making of America and a lament for the decline of
one of the most cherished film genres in the form of a "dance of
death." With this film, Leone said a fond farewell to the noisy and
flamboyant world of the Italian Western, which he had created with A Fistful of
Dollars and sequels , and aimed for something much more ambitious―an
exploration of the relationship between myth ("Once Upon a Time..."),
history ("...in the West") and his own autobiography as an avid
film-goer. This would be a horse opera in which the arias aren't sung, they are
stared. Once Upon a Time has since inspired several generations of filmmakers
worldwide. Its combination of "film about film" with an angry
historical epic, told with great style, has resonated for half a century, and
its reputation has steadily grown. This book, by the world-renowned authority
on Sergio Leone, Christopher Frayling, includes revealing personal interviews
with all the key players involved in the movie (in front of the camera and
behind it) a wealth of never-before-published documents, designs and
photographs, and the latest research into the making of a masterpiece, shot by
shot. It is introduced with a foreword by Quentin Tarantino. This year is the
50th anniversary of Once Upon a Time in the West and this richly illustrated
book is a suitably spectacular birthday tribute.
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