Los Angeles Times Author: Sari Heifetz-Stricke, Special To The Los Angeles Times Article Mentions
Author, Sari Heifetz-Stricke, Special To The Los Angeles TimesMentioned, Martin Scorsese Mentioned, Clint Eastwood Mentioned, Robert Rodriguez Mentioned, Quentin Tarantino Mentioned, George Lucas Mentioned, Ennio Morricone Mentioned, John Carpenter Mentioned, James Coburn Mentioned, Hur Mentioned, American Cinematheque Mentioned, BLVD Mentioned, UPS Mentioned, Hollywood
The best way to find a good guy in the westerns of director Sergio Leone is to look for a worse guy. The Italian director's penchant for blurring of the lines between heroes and villains stood in stark contrast with the clear distinctions found in traditional Hollywood westerns and helped modernize and revitalize the genre, two facts readily apparent "Once Upon a Time: The Films of Sergio Leone" at the American Cinematheque beginning Friday. Born in Rome in 1929, Leone was the son of a film director and a silent film actress. After a brief stint in law school, the young Sergio promptly joined the family business in 1948, working as an assistant to the legendary Italian director Vittorio de Sica on his neorealist classic "Bicycle Thieves" (1...(read more)
... The best way to find a good guy in the westerns of director Sergio Leone is to look for a worse guy. The Italian director's penchant for blurring of the lines between heroes and villains stood in stark contrast with the clear distinctions found in tr ...
... John Carpenter, Robert Rodriguez and George Lucas. "Each time [the Cinematheque presents a retrospective], a new, young audience discovers the iconic cinema of Sergio Leone," Deglise said. "This experience is made for the big screen." 'Once Upon a T ...
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