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Re: Attn Petew - re: Once Upon a Time in the West

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Posted by petew on September 7, 1999 at 16:19:57

In Reply to: Attn Petew - re: Once Upon a Time in the West posted by Mike K on September 7, 1999 at 15:13:48:

"Once.." is a fav of movie critics too. It's a very visual film, very stylistic. It has some great actors too--but they're not important. What's special about this movie is the camera. The camera is the star. I think the more you see it the more you'll like it (sounds crazy--and the soundtrack will make you crazy too). Yep, I agree it's boreing too...until you open your third eye and look back at the camera. You have to think like a director. This film is really a satire about film, and a satire of the Western. The whole thing is a big joke. Last time I saw it was very late (I don't sleep well). There was something there...something behind the cartoon that sent me a message. It's funny, that the Italians, and the Europeans in general, and even the rest of the world, seem to know more about the essence of the myth of the American West that we do.

You know, it's embarassing, but I can't recall a single scene from the movies you've mentioned, or even if I've seen them. Peckinpah grosses me out. I'm kind of a wimp about "realistic" violence. Now I'm thinking...about the Westerns I love. I love "The Outlaw Jose Wales" but I think that's more of a Vietnam War movie than a western, so I won't count it...hummm. I guess I'm too tired to think now. What about the one with Charlton Heston...gee, I can't think of the name. The movie is titled after the name of the character, and he's an old cowboy who lands a job riding fence at the end of the cowboy era and then end of his life... and ends up in a shack with a woman and a boy (sounds like Jeramiah Johnson) and life seems good...but it all comes unraveled. It's one of the best Westerns ever made...and I can't think of it...

But I have been thinking about Nickelson's "Going South". I just love the opening scene, when he's crossing that God forsaken desert, and something or someone is following him, and he finally gets across the Rio Grande, and turns to jeer at his persuers, while his horse dies behind him. Is that not one of the best scenes in a western?

And how about "A man called Horse"? I've read some about Native Americans and do like the Sun Dance scene--it's pretty close to what the Kiowas did. Richard Harris does a fair job too. I better go check on the kids.

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