Sergio Leone
6 titles · european genre
The Western stretched until it becomes ritual. Leone alternates enormous landscape with extreme close-up, delays the draw far past comfort, and lets Morricone's score carry as much narrative weight as the script.
Signature
- Extreme close-ups on eyes cut against vast wide shots.
- Standoffs extended into set-pieces by silence and score.
- Morricone used as a co-author, often composed before shooting.
- Myth deliberately preferred over historical realism.
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in the West
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Duck, You Sucker
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