I think the reason why "Once Upon a Time in America" can leave a deep mark in film history is largely due to the joining of the soundtrack master Ennio Morricone. The main theme of the film, Once Upon A Time In America and other suites derived from this theme, should definitely be a classic film soundtrack that people will never forget. When I heard it for the first time, the nostalgia came to my face. The deep and melodious tune has already told you-what a great work this will be!
If anyone can bear the temper and watch this nearly four-hour movie, he will surely find that this "gangster movie" is still an old gangster routine of "prosperity-infighting or vendetta-revenge" in the narrative content. However, in the narrative method, "Once Upon a Time in America" breaks out of the old frame of the previous gangster movies. First of all, the time span of the story is huge, from the first ten years of the 20th century (when the young noodles read Jack London's Martin Eden in the toilet) to the 1960s (the hippies were sitting in the station, singing and laughing), For half a century; secondly, in storytelling, the two main lines crossed and paralleled in different time sections to jointly promote the development of the plot; finally, the film’s soundtrack (still music!) added a gloom to this originally rough story The emotional connotation and a heavy sense of history. These factors work together to make "Once Upon a Time in America" break out of the traditional gangster film and become a recognized classic in film history.
Of course, several important actors in the film, such as Robert De Niro and James Woods, their outstanding performances are equally wonderful. In addition, there are many scenes in the film that are worth remembering. My personal impression is particularly deep in the period when corns eat cake in the corridor, the end of the garbage truck and the freeze frame of the last scene of the film-the mysterious smile of noodles, as if telling us that life is like a dream...
Finally, I will mention Ennio Morricone. The 70-year-old master has been engaged in film scoring for more than 40 years, and has composed nearly 400 TV and film music works and 80 symphony pieces. In addition to "Once Upon a Time in America", he also contributed to Giuseppe Torna Torrede's "Paradise Cinema", "Sea Pianist", "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", and Sergio Rio's early "Western Part Three". "Song", Tindo Ballas' "Key", Pasolini's "Life Trilogy", "Saro, or 120 Days of Sodom", Quentin Calentino's "Kill Bill ", "Lolita" (1997 version), "Hamlet" (1990 version) and other films have created soundtracks.
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