"He is both modern and classic, cliche and purely original, the definition of a filmmaker." - ending the essay with this sentence is not only cool and poetically articulates what it means to be a filmmaker but also complements stylistically what you just made a case for in the previous 24 minutes. Marvelous essay!
This video is crafted almost as precisely as his films are directed - focusing on the intricate details and yet never forgetting to show the situation as a whole.
I love the deep focus shots. Modern filmmakers are so enamored with the shallowest focus possible and fear the deep focus, because the composition does the heavy lifting then.
The sad thing is I highly doubt it's intentional, filmmakers now are just too lazy to properly plan their shots, they settle with the quickest set up possible and fear creative cinematography and editing.
Vignettes of shorter confined stories - brilliant articulation of an archetypal conflicts present in Leone’s films. Infividual sequences that are stories in themselves - stories being played over and over in our heads - seducing the bosses lover, battle against pure anthithesis to us - against the Bad… I think this lies at the core of Leone’s films - the gritty articulation of universal scenarios that lie at the bottom of human experience. Great video!
Seeing his films in glorious 70 mm on a huge cinema screen is nearly a spiritual experience. I've been lucky enough to see Once upon a Time in the West and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in such a way in special screenings. It's unbelievable how immersive his films are. Not quite comparable, but the only other way to watch his films are massive screens like the 77'' OLED TV a friend of mine uses. I think, he was quite lucky to work with such good actors. The close-ups wouldn't work with the planks of wood we sometimes get these days. Where one facial expression seems everything we get. And Ennio Morricone is also essential for his films.
Excellent video. Extremely comprehensive with regards to Leone's formalism, every bit of his image & time considered by the analysis. Commenting to give that extra little algo boost.
Great video about the greatest director of all time (possibly). You omit Carlo Simi, his art director who helped make his spaghettis look far better than some of the others. Also I'm surprised you omit his 1st film, especially as he has such small filmography. Im a bit of an obsessive. I saw Morricone several times, visited Sad Hill cemetery and have seen OUATITW at least 10 ties on the big screen!
A deep analysis of art. Thank you. When world circumstances become more pressing, art becomes more important. Comprehension of art reveals its worth. You teach well.
I attended film school in the late 70's, yet never saw a Sergio Leone film until about 2022. I was fully aware of their existence, but because of their unfortunate label as "spaghetti westerns", I assumed they were second rate B movies. Such a missed opportunity and learning experience.
I also was turned off by the name, thinking Spaghetti Westerns were parodies of some sort. The composition of every shot, the editing; it's all incredible. Now I know.
just watched the dollars trilogy recently for the first time. inspite of a "macho wish fulfillment" that was suggested to me, i was presented a mix of western epic story telling and funny tongue in cheek satire. like the For A Few Dollars More stands out for it's over the top gun action silliness.
Dear Cinema Cartography, I wanted to suggest some idea for videos for you and p.s. please make sure that young ones can see your videos [probably] in the vein of this very video: videos profiling such film figures as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Pierre Etaix, Harold Lloyd and Preston Sturges [perhaps together], Jacques Tati, Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, John Ford, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Goddard, David Lean, Jules Dassin, Ernst Lubitsch, Paul Fejos, Ingmar Bergman, Laurel and/or Hardy, the Marx bros., Leo Mccarey, Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Warrick [D.W.] Griffith, Friedrich Wilhem [F.W.] Murnau, Leonid Gaidai, Fritz Lang, Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Lau-Kar Leung, Monte Hellman, Michael Curtiz, Agnes Varda, George Stevens, George Cukor, Aleksander's Ptushko and Dovshenko, Louis Bunuel, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Blake Edwards, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Robert Mekimson, Frank Tashlin, and Orson Welles [etc.] and such films as The Great Race, Zazie le Dans Le Metro, 2001: A Space Odessey, Earth [Dovshenko], Lonesome [Fejos], The Lady Eve, Playtime, Rififi, City Lights, Monsieur Verdoux, Sherlock Jr., Safety Last!, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, Roshomon, Intolerance, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Duck Soup, One, Two, Three, Seven Samurai, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Two-lane Blacktop, 8 1/2, Sansho The Bailiff, the Apu trilogy, The Searchers, His Girl Friday, Rio Bravo, Weekend, Tokyo Story, Metropolis, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Good Morning, The Suitor, Yoyo, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, North by Northwest and Vertigo [etc.].
There is no "man with no name." Clint Eastwood's character has a name in each movie of the dollars trilogy. A different name in each because he's playing a different character in each. It's a Trilogy in theme only.
Tarantino took much more from Sam Peckinpah then Leone. He said as much in his book. He had seen Leone as Italy’s greatest filmmaker but with most American. Yes he agrees Leone started modern films but other then music did not take much in filming himself.
It's interesting how the western has evolved and changed over the decades. I wonder if it will have a future in cinema, and if it will change further. I feel it's kind of stagnated recently. You have Tarantino who has made a few, but they're nothing but pastiche movies, and nothing terribly innovative. Entertaining, yes, but nothing that is at all fresh. And then there is Costner, who is just making tame, silent-man Clint Eastwood flicks.
I think that maybe filmmakers just got scared because Leone reached the peak of the form - there was this monumental mountain to climb and no way of overcoming it
Sergio Leone ripped most of his style straight from Akira Kurosawa, the close ups on faces, the beautiful wide shots, the entire plot of A Fistfull of Dollars was plagiarized from Yojimbo. Even his sound design and characters are heavily "inspired" by Kurosawa's work. Without Kurosawa he would be nothing. You’re giving him far too much credit.
Maybe not nothing. He'd have just been inspired by the next best director below Akira. Sergio is still fantastic for understanding what to steal and when to do it. He had a great eye. And if you disagree see Picasso's opinion on the subject. I'd quote him here... But I'd hate to "rip off" his own quote as you might put it 😏😉
Serigo Leone was Definitely Bomb-Bastic & Sublime with his Visionary Eye & Perspectives ~ Capturing the Significance of the Smallest to the Biggest Magnificent Moments......Aaaaaahhhh Yesssssssss just Stupendous 🎥🎞📽🎬🏆🎭🤌 Bravo Bravissimo Señor Leone 💫💥🤝👏😁
"He is both modern and classic, cliche and purely original, the definition of a filmmaker." - ending the essay with this sentence is not only cool and poetically articulates what it means to be a filmmaker but also complements stylistically what you just made a case for in the previous 24 minutes.
Marvelous essay!
This video is crafted almost as precisely as his films are directed - focusing on the intricate details and yet never forgetting to show the situation as a whole.
I love the deep focus shots. Modern filmmakers are so enamored with the shallowest focus possible and fear the deep focus, because the composition does the heavy lifting then.
The sad thing is I highly doubt it's intentional, filmmakers now are just too lazy to properly plan their shots, they settle with the quickest set up possible and fear creative cinematography and editing.
Once Upon a Time in America is my favourite film of all time and all the Westerns he made are a cut above the rest of the genre imo. One of the greats
Vignettes of shorter confined stories - brilliant articulation of an archetypal conflicts present in Leone’s films. Infividual sequences that are stories in themselves - stories being played over and over in our heads - seducing the bosses lover, battle against pure anthithesis to us - against the Bad… I think this lies at the core of Leone’s films - the gritty articulation of universal scenarios that lie at the bottom of human experience. Great video!
Brilliant piece of work that made me want to revisit all my favourite westerns. Thank you!
Seeing his films in glorious 70 mm on a huge cinema screen is nearly a spiritual experience. I've been lucky enough to see Once upon a Time in the West and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in such a way in special screenings. It's unbelievable how immersive his films are.
Not quite comparable, but the only other way to watch his films are massive screens like the 77'' OLED TV a friend of mine uses.
I think, he was quite lucky to work with such good actors. The close-ups wouldn't work with the planks of wood we sometimes get these days. Where one facial expression seems everything we get. And Ennio Morricone is also essential for his films.
Excellent video. Extremely comprehensive with regards to Leone's formalism, every bit of his image & time considered by the analysis. Commenting to give that extra little algo boost.
Perfect for my high school film studies class intro to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Respect.
A masterful analysis of a master film-maker .. made me want to watch them all again ! Thank you.
Sergio Leone, my favorite filmmaker.
That was so beautiful. Thank you 💜
This video is so well put together. Thank you!
Bem-vindos de volta, The Cinema Cartography!
I clicked on this sooo fast.😊
Well written script. Thanks for all the hard work on the videos you present.
Great video about the greatest director of all time (possibly). You omit Carlo Simi, his art director who helped make his spaghettis look far better than some of the others. Also I'm surprised you omit his 1st film, especially as he has such small filmography. Im a bit of an obsessive. I saw Morricone several times, visited Sad Hill cemetery and have seen OUATITW at least 10 ties on the big screen!
Leone was the quintessence of cinema.
A deep analysis of art. Thank you. When world circumstances become more pressing, art becomes more important. Comprehension of art reveals its worth. You teach well.
Antonio Margheriti was my favorite Italian filmmaker
Sorry, how do you pronounce that?
Mine was Dominic De Coco!
Margheriiiiti
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amazing essay
Once upon a time in The West is a Masterpiece by Sergio Leone .
I attended film school in the late 70's, yet never saw a Sergio Leone film until about 2022. I was fully aware of their existence, but because of their unfortunate label as "spaghetti westerns", I assumed they were second rate B movies. Such a missed opportunity and learning experience.
I also was turned off by the name, thinking Spaghetti Westerns were parodies of some sort. The composition of every shot, the editing; it's all incredible. Now I know.
😮
Good stuff, im in the mood for The Spaghetti Western Orchestra now
Thank for you for the great analysis. I would also love to see an essay about Sergio Corbucci.
just watched the dollars trilogy recently for the first time. inspite of a "macho wish fulfillment" that was suggested to me, i was presented a mix of western epic story telling and funny tongue in cheek satire. like the For A Few Dollars More stands out for it's over the top gun action silliness.
thank you... just thank you
What an amazing video!
Nice video dude
Soon as a i get back Home i will prepare mate and enjoy this video
Thank you!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
lovely video
You Need To Do On On Corbucci. He Is Just As Influential & Impactfull.
“Images become symbols” and “*opposite becomes opposite*we deal with absolutes” rings Sculpting in time
Leone è un maestro per questo.
Thanks
The Camera Of Leone Was Always POV & God View. He Knew How To Tell A Story With Just A View. ....Augmented By Morricone. Pure Cinema.
He Also Knew That Space....In Visuals & With Silence Speak.
From '59 to '84, 25 years, Leone only did 8 films. Though he definitely was involved in more, you'd've thought he'd make at least one a year.
I love how you pronounced "pAEHriod"
As well-crafted as the movies, themselves. Now I’ll need to rewatch them with more critical eye. Thank you!
Can you do video on indian cinema
pretty sure the actors weren't close to the camera in most of the close-up eye-shots. Their faces would look more distorted and less familiar
yeah that's what I was thinking
💚🧡
Dear Cinema Cartography, I wanted to suggest some idea for videos for you and p.s. please make sure that young ones can see your videos [probably] in the vein of this very video: videos profiling such film figures as Charlie Chaplin,
Buster Keaton,
Pierre Etaix,
Harold Lloyd and Preston Sturges [perhaps together],
Jacques Tati,
Billy Wilder,
Howard Hawks,
John Ford,
Louis Malle,
Jean-Luc Goddard,
David Lean,
Jules Dassin,
Ernst Lubitsch,
Paul Fejos,
Ingmar Bergman,
Laurel and/or Hardy,
the Marx bros.,
Leo Mccarey,
Akira Kurosawa,
Yasujiro Ozu,
Kenji Mizoguchi,
Michael Powell,
Emeric Pressburger,
David Warrick [D.W.] Griffith,
Friedrich Wilhem [F.W.] Murnau,
Leonid Gaidai,
Fritz Lang,
Satyajit Ray,
Federico Fellini,
Lau-Kar Leung,
Monte Hellman,
Michael Curtiz,
Agnes Varda,
George Stevens,
George Cukor,
Aleksander's Ptushko and Dovshenko,
Louis Bunuel,
Roberto Rossellini,
Vittorio De Sica,
Blake Edwards,
Tex Avery,
Chuck Jones,
Friz Freleng,
Bob Clampett,
Robert Mekimson,
Frank Tashlin, and Orson Welles [etc.] and such films as The Great Race,
Zazie le Dans Le Metro,
2001: A Space Odessey,
Earth [Dovshenko],
Lonesome [Fejos],
The Lady Eve,
Playtime,
Rififi,
City Lights,
Monsieur Verdoux,
Sherlock Jr.,
Safety Last!,
Black Narcissus,
The Red Shoes,
Roshomon,
Intolerance,
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,
Duck Soup,
One, Two, Three,
Seven Samurai,
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin,
Two-lane Blacktop,
8 1/2,
Sansho The Bailiff,
the Apu trilogy,
The Searchers,
His Girl Friday,
Rio Bravo,
Weekend,
Tokyo Story,
Metropolis,
The Man with the Golden Arm,
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,
Good Morning,
The Suitor,
Yoyo,
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter,
North by Northwest and Vertigo [etc.].
What movie is it at 1.15?
Don't your stop making these
What is the movie at 0:44?
daisies 1966
There is no "man with no name." Clint Eastwood's character has a name in each movie of the dollars trilogy. A different name in each because he's playing a different character in each. It's a Trilogy in theme only.
All are fake names. We never know his real name or background similar to the Yojimba that it was inspired from
The thing I absolutely HATED about Italian cinema, all the dialog is dubbed in. And I can see it.
You just don't get it MAAAAN
Tarantino took much more from Sam Peckinpah then Leone. He said as much in his book. He had seen Leone as Italy’s greatest filmmaker but with most American. Yes he agrees Leone started modern films but other then music did not take much in filming himself.
Leone is the greatest
Righttt, we can watch Leone on mute and not lose much
You’d miss the music!
It's interesting how the western has evolved and changed over the decades. I wonder if it will have a future in cinema, and if it will change further. I feel it's kind of stagnated recently. You have Tarantino who has made a few, but they're nothing but pastiche movies, and nothing terribly innovative. Entertaining, yes, but nothing that is at all fresh. And then there is Costner, who is just making tame, silent-man Clint Eastwood flicks.
I think that maybe filmmakers just got scared because Leone reached the peak of the form - there was this monumental mountain to climb and no way of overcoming it
Sergio Leone ripped most of his style straight from Akira Kurosawa, the close ups on faces, the beautiful wide shots, the entire plot of A Fistfull of Dollars was plagiarized from Yojimbo. Even his sound design and characters are heavily "inspired" by Kurosawa's work. Without Kurosawa he would be nothing. You’re giving him far too much credit.
Maybe not nothing. He'd have just been inspired by the next best director below Akira. Sergio is still fantastic for understanding what to steal and when to do it. He had a great eye. And if you disagree see Picasso's opinion on the subject. I'd quote him here... But I'd hate to "rip off" his own quote as you might put it 😏😉
That was just at the start, he later became his own thing
I still prefer any Leone film over Kurosawa - he was inspired and then walked in his own shoes
Serigo Leone was Definitely Bomb-Bastic & Sublime with his Visionary Eye & Perspectives ~ Capturing the Significance of the Smallest to the Biggest Magnificent Moments......Aaaaaahhhh Yesssssssss just Stupendous 🎥🎞📽🎬🏆🎭🤌 Bravo Bravissimo Señor Leone 💫💥🤝👏😁
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!