Once Upon a Time in the West [Blu-ray]

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Nothing more needs to be said about the film - it's a classic of cinema pure and simple.This review is more about the 4K aspects. Paramount has had mixed success with their 4K releases it has to be said, from the distinctly average "keep your blu ray version you'll thank me" release of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" to the stellar "Star Trek The Motion Picture".I am pleased to say that OUATITW falls into the stellar category! The Dolby Vision has really brought out vivid colours and rich detail - the opening sequence at the train station is a standout with it's intense close up's. Some shots look like they were filmed yesterday and don't get me started on how more chilling Henry Fonda's blue eyes look in this format!I had the previously released anniversary blu ray and that was an ok job transfer wise but the 4K upgrade is far superior.I'm off to play my harmonica. Enjoy the film!MC

Broche de oro al universo western de Leone tras la trilogía de 'El hombre sin nombre' Grandes interpretaciones de Bronson, Cardinale, Fonda y Robards; aderezados con un tema personal creado por el maestro Morricone Excelentes contenidos extras, del que descolla "Something to do wirh death" (Algo que ver con la muerte) que presenta el biógrafo de Leone sir Christopher Frayling Del mencionado autor es de obligada lectura para los entusiastas del cineasta su título "Sergio Leone Algo que ver con la muerte" (auténtica joya By DeLuxe) Respeto al doblaje conserva el original de la época, por lo que no aparece ni por asomo el INEFABLE español latino En definitiva un western grandioso y espectacular

De las mejores películas en su género.

es mi favorita

Excelente película, de las mejores.

Sergio Leone's music enhances the film. I've watched it several times over the years and still enjoy it, tough it is not as great as GBU, best western ever made.

冒頭から2番目の、一家惨殺のエピソードが素晴らしい。貧しいながらも、義母のために心づくしの野外パーティーを準備する、家族。不意に鳴き止む虫の音に、警戒する父と、困惑する末弟と長女。再び鳴き出した虫の音に、食事の用意を再開する長女。男同士、不器用な父と長男。食事の用意をしながら、歌を歌う長女。再び鳴き止んだ虫の音。警戒しながらも、不思議そうな父。突如飛び出す鳥の群れ。それを見て笑顔を浮かべる長女。突然鳴り響く銃声。空を行く鳥を視る父。外したのか？ふと娘を見る父。胸を押さえながら倒れこむ長女。その姿を捉える、詩情溢れる美しいロングショット。続けざまに撃たれる、父と長男。屋内から外に駆け出す末弟視点の、緊張感漲る移動ショット。そこにかぶさるモリコーネの豪快な名曲。姿を現す五人のガンマン。戦慄極まりないローアングル。立ち尽くす末弟 (名演技！)。無表情の中に不可解な笑みを浮かべる、ヘンリー・フォンダ。仲間との無情極まりない会話。直後に鳴り響く銃声。正直、これ以降は、面白いが、作品全体が義母の成り上がり物語のように見えて、つまり、義母の存在が作品の路線を狂わせているような気がして、純粋に楽しめない。とはいっても、「夕陽のガンマン」(今からでも遅くないのでレオーネ作品の邦題を変えてくれ) に次ぐ、世界でも稀な名作であることは間違いない。

Es un fundamento del western

La compré por 100 pesos excelente precio para esta gran película llegó en tiempo y formaSubtitulada y doblada al español

Una película de uno de mis directores favoritos Sergio Leone, tal vez a unos les parezca que va lento en su trama pero para mí presenta muy bien la situación y los personajes, muy buena película.

Se ve buena, pero empieza tan lento que te quedas dormido

Note: This review contains spoilers; please do not read if you do not wish to find out important plot points before viewing the film.This movie has so much---stunning scenery, a great cast, tight writing, economic plot, and haunting music---and it takes its time to unfold its tale of stark vengeance and redemption. This is unmistakably and indelibly a Sergio Leone vision. One could imagine that Clint Eastwood was first offered the role of Harmonica, the avenger, and then it went to Charles Bronson. However it worked out, Bronson was superb as the Everyman hero/possible avenging angel character; he projected a subtle sorrow in his piercing eyes, even his body language, that made him perfect for the role.The plot is multilayered, revolving around a lovely widow (Claudia Cardinale) of a shrewd man named Brett McBain, who is brutally murdered along with his children by the railroad's hired guns while she is enroute to join them at their home in Sweetwater. Her property is what is coveted and it becomes Harmonica's bait to settle an old score with the chief hired gun, Frank, who is shockingly revealed to be played by wholesome Henry Fonda. His clear blue eyes, so apparently innocent-looking, become frightening in their lack of human emotions. Frank kills without remorse whatever it befalls him to kill as casually as flicking a leaf off his sleeve. Human life is meaningless to him, even more so than to his tubercular cancer-ridden boss Morton. At least he has a motive (greed) to explain his hubris; Frank evidently needs no such excuse and kills because it's what he was born to do.Another character is brought into the tense mix, a bountied outlaw named Cheyenne, appealingly played by Jason Robards. He is also a killer, but one with a sense of humor and a kind streak, as well as a soft spot in his heart for pretty women. When both he and Harmonica are hired by Jill McBain to get revenge on her husband's killers, they form a strange alliance against Frank and the railroad, which Cheyenne sees as a threat to his way of outlaw life. Over time, he becomes friendly with the widow Jill, who in turn is oddly drawn to Harmonica. When Cheyenne realizes this, he utters his famous line: "There's something inside a man like that... something about death." Everything hinges on McBain's property, which is substantial, and his plans to build a railroad station. He had everything legally in place to build the station but if it isn't finished by the time the railroad reaches Sweetwater, his heir forfeits the right to build it and even to keep the land. Harmonica uncovers the motive for McBain's murder and will prevent his dream from failing.Frank, who is usually so icily carefree about death and those who stalk him, grows more obsessed with finding out who Harmonica is, since every time he asks him, the enigmatic drifter keeps answering by naming off men that Frank has killed. Everything comes apart for Morton and Frank as the killer begins to slowly but relentlessly unravel, with vague flashbacks rising as to who Harmonica might be. These, however, keep his past shrouded sufficiently so that Frank cannot quite close this maddening chapter in his life by just gunning down Harmonica and being done with him.At last, Frank is mortally wounded in the climatic gun duel by Harmonica, who strangely is less fazed by what should also be a mortal wound, leading to the speculation that Harmonica is someone other than who he appears to be. Placing his harmonica to Frank's dying lips where his weakening breath wheezes out a few ragged discordant notes, Harmonica watches as his motive is finally realized by Frank. He had sadistically stood a man upon his younger brother's shoulders with a noose around his victim's neck, then shoved a harmonica into the boy's lips. Easing back to watch for the moment when the younger man's legs would finally give out and his brother would hang, Frank is smiling with cold pleasure at his handiwork. It is at that point that the older brother cursed his killer and kicked the boy out from under him, thus alleviating the responsibility placed on Harmonica to keep him alive.But this sequence, though gratifying from a vengeance point, does not answer the question about Harmonica's mysterious knowledge about Frank's victims or his apparent ability to shake off a serious wound with little effect. That combined with Harmonica's penchant to be in the right place at the right time, to stand outside of events while at times controlling them, gives his character a dimension that disconnects him from temporal events. He becomes at those moments like a mysterious angel of death.Every actor was wonderful in his role, from Claudia Cardinale to Jason Robards, but the two principals were outstanding. Fonda, renowned for playing good guys, turned his reputation as an actor completely around with his flawless portrayal of the vicious and heartless killer, Frank. His foil, played to understated perfection by Charles Bronson, was the reluctant vigilante, the man consumed with revenge for his brother's murder, and yet not merely that. Bronson projected from Harmonica a deep and inexplicable sadness that permeated his words, appearance and actions.This was not Leone's choice for a movie. He had abandoned the spaghetti Western concept after the Clint Eastwood films, but was persuaded to take on this project. It did not fare well at the box office, which is no surprise considering its length of almost three hours. A great pity, as it is sometimes overlooked by fans of the spaghetti Western genre for both its lack of commercial success, and for committing the unforgivable sin of not having Eastwood in the lead. It is a great film and works on many levels; in some ways, it is the distillation and the perfection of the SW genre even as it closed it out for good.