Came out a couple of years ago... but is available for streaming and on HBO...
This documentary is about legendary director Sergio Leone... the king of the Spaghetti Western... and the man who made Clint Eastwood "Clint."
Interviews a number of directors (Most of whom are Hollywood lefties) but is really fascinating how much Leone influenced some of the great movie directors of the '70's through today...
The clips, the interviews, the inter-relationships between films and myth and character, etc... if you are a film buff, you will really enjoy this!
One really funny moment is describing the bridge explosion in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. They spent weeks building the bridge and an Italian Army demo team rigged it. And everyone got into place and they blew the bridge... And "Tuco" said "Ha, I bet they didn't have film in the camera!"
A moment later, Leone came out of is trailer utterly screaming and going "Who blew the bridge!" Apparently, noone had called action and no cameras were rolling! The Italian Army felt so bad for screwing up the detonation, they rebuilt the bridge and then did the explosion again.
Anyway, a totally worthy watch!
Sirhr
This documentary is about legendary director Sergio Leone... the king of the Spaghetti Western... and the man who made Clint Eastwood "Clint."
Interviews a number of directors (Most of whom are Hollywood lefties) but is really fascinating how much Leone influenced some of the great movie directors of the '70's through today...
The clips, the interviews, the inter-relationships between films and myth and character, etc... if you are a film buff, you will really enjoy this!
One really funny moment is describing the bridge explosion in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. They spent weeks building the bridge and an Italian Army demo team rigged it. And everyone got into place and they blew the bridge... And "Tuco" said "Ha, I bet they didn't have film in the camera!"
A moment later, Leone came out of is trailer utterly screaming and going "Who blew the bridge!" Apparently, noone had called action and no cameras were rolling! The Italian Army felt so bad for screwing up the detonation, they rebuilt the bridge and then did the explosion again.
Anyway, a totally worthy watch!
Sirhr
