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ITALY · 1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

Sergio Leone
Italian Neorealism Western frontier Railroad expansion Land conflict Redemption and new beginnings Revenge
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Synopsis

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Year1968
CountryItaly
DirectorSergio Leone
MovementItalian Neorealism
Films Once Upon a Time in the West Inspired
He wants to make a film that, like Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, is ‘pure atmosphere,’ without much dialogue.
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Films it influenced
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 · Gore Verbinski Unforgiven 1992 · Clint Eastwood
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