It is the western that sets the high standard that none can match. Strap yourself in for 2:30+ hours of unending enjoyment. Just about everything is perfect. Great script, great directing, great casting, great camerawork, beautiful score. Back in the day you could make a movie that spent 5 minutes setting a scene, building suspense, creating authenticity, and telling a story that lasted longer than 90 minutes. Pity about Bronson - even without his stupid moustache. Eastwood would have given the picture a 3d dimension. But Robards, Fonda and Cardinale are picture perfect, and the picture is eye-candy from beginning to end.
Review of Once Upon a Time in the West
