Thursday 13 June 2013
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Sergio Leone
Genre
Sergio Leone is a well recognised italian director, known for his contribution to the creation of Spaghetti Western films. After a trilogy of westerns he felt like a change in genre and created the film once upon a time in America, which followed the life of a gangster in Manhattan; rather than the life of cowboys and soldiers.
Style
He tends to incorporate the stereotypical aspects we would see in a western, with a substantial amount of combat such as shootouts, battlegrounds and standoffs. He was also known for capturing long periods of silence.
Themes and Messages
Leone incorporates a lot of historical background into his films, highlighting issues of conflict and society during different time periods; an example being the american civil war. He explores themes of revenge, conflict and good vs bad. There is a focus on character and the journeys they undertake.
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Once Upon A Time in America
is Leone an
Resource References
1. An interview with Sergio Leone. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIEDBGRFUw
Youtube
IMBakz
2. Internet Movie Database. - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/
3. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EUXqIwDkQ
4. Notes on 'The Auteur' Theory - http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.52257b36-c9b8-3552-82d8-f30c0db11f62
5. The Cinema Book - http://www.medieteori.dk/medieteori/Cook.pdf
6. A Revision of The Ideas of authorship - http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/3/75.extract
7. Clint Eastwood The Quiet American - Page 15, Sight and Sound Magazine 2008
Sergio Leone is a well recognised italian director, known for his contribution to the creation of Spaghetti Western films. After a trilogy of westerns he felt like a change in genre and created the film once upon a time in America, which followed the life of a gangster in Manhattan; rather than the life of cowboys and soldiers.
Style
He tends to incorporate the stereotypical aspects we would see in a western, with a substantial amount of combat such as shootouts, battlegrounds and standoffs. He was also known for capturing long periods of silence.
Themes and Messages
Leone incorporates a lot of historical background into his films, highlighting issues of conflict and society during different time periods; an example being the american civil war. He explores themes of revenge, conflict and good vs bad. There is a focus on character and the journeys they undertake.
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Once Upon A Time in America
is Leone an
Resource References
1. An interview with Sergio Leone. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIEDBGRFUw
Youtube
IMBakz
2. Internet Movie Database. - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/
3. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EUXqIwDkQ
4. Notes on 'The Auteur' Theory - http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.52257b36-c9b8-3552-82d8-f30c0db11f62
5. The Cinema Book - http://www.medieteori.dk/medieteori/Cook.pdf
6. A Revision of The Ideas of authorship - http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/3/75.extract
7. Clint Eastwood The Quiet American - Page 15, Sight and Sound Magazine 2008
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