In Reply to: What a cracking bunch of films they are posted by k-k-k-kenny on January 1, 2008 at 15:12:15:
The problem with Leone was his ironic vision. The West didn't have a drop of it. Leone, being a product of his time, couldn't just tell the story "straight."
Boetticher, Ford, and others realized it and crafted films that believed in themselves. No one man shot down six at a time.
Again, there is a difference between fine entertainment and art.
(And no, to those who wish for my definitions, they won't be provided. Like pornography, they're self-explanatory.)
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Follow Ups
- Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - tinear 16:30:54 01/01/08 (17)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - jamesgarvin 09:43:10 01/02/08 (11)
- Get dictionary, look up, "ironic." nt - tinear 14:58:28 01/03/08 (7)
- RE: Get dictionary, look up, "ironic." nt - jamesgarvin 09:15:23 01/04/08 (6)
- I don't know why I bother. - tinear 11:39:17 01/04/08 (4)
- RE: I don't know why I bother. - jamesgarvin 13:30:44 01/04/08 (3)
- You're either thick or drunk. - tinear 16:07:32 01/04/08 (2)
- RE: You're either thick or drunk. - jamesgarvin 17:02:57 01/04/08 (1)
- I was wrong. - tinear 18:16:34 01/04/08 (0)
- Maybe he meant *iconic* vision?... Makes about as much sense... nt - clarkjohnsen 09:29:26 01/04/08 (0)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - Tom Brennan 11:39:03 01/02/08 (2)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - jamesgarvin 14:29:53 01/02/08 (1)
- Enough, already! You win, and not only do I agree, but always have. Moreover... - clarkjohnsen 09:28:13 01/04/08 (0)
- Homer and Tolstoy both had valid things to say - k-k-k-kenny 04:46:19 01/02/08 (4)
- NO irony in either of them. Leone made farces. Don't you feel - tinear 07:27:07 01/02/08 (3)
- Well - I MIGHT be drawing a bit of a long bow, you know - k-k-k-kenny 14:57:13 01/02/08 (2)
- Okay, good points. But in closing I'd say Leone ain't no Olmi, either. nt - tinear 17:24:31 01/02/08 (1)
- Agreed - k-k-k-kenny 21:17:05 01/02/08 (0)