slow before

Don 2022-04-22 07:01:03

After three days, I finally finished the nearly three-hour "once upon a time in the west".

It was the first time I saw such a rough and delicate western, so delicate that one expression would stay for several seconds. The soundtrack is also very good, especially when Jill watched the soundtrack when the harmonica player said he was leaving, and felt that Jill's heart was about to break, and so did I.

The movie sets are great, something that a contemporary western can hardly match. It can make people think of the grandeur of "the lonely smoke in the desert goes straight to the long river and the sun sets", and also feels the artistic conception of Mu Xin's "Once Upon a Time Slow".

Like westerns, like road movies. The vicissitudes of life, wandering, heroic are my favorite keywords.

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Extended Reading
  • Daniella 2022-03-21 09:01:14

    [Pseudo] Re-watched on the big screen, super five-star. The four protagonists are portrayed as flesh and blood, Morricone's inner god-level soundtrack and Leon's characteristic mirroring needless to say. This film is by no means inferior to [The Good, the Bad and the U.S.]: in terms of layout, the history of railway development vs. the Civil War; technically, the best film history candidate (fly, water drop, windmill) vs. an opera-style sound and picture montage of a three-person duel in a cemetery. In addition, the subversive nature of the film is also reflected in the importance of female roles. (9.5/10) [2021.6.13. SIFF New Hengshan Revisited] Although the title is long, there is no shortage of tension. The long wait and sudden one-shot kill are the essence of Western films. Several protagonists have thematic soundtracks, and each soundtrack appeared at the right time, and the replay was still moved to tears. The camera follows Jill and the driver, swaying upwards, over the roof, revealing the vigorous prospect of the development and construction of the western town, and the soundtrack has reached a climax. This shot is simply perfect! Gil's image is very three-dimensional, combining tenacity, loyalty and compromise, with prostitutes as the first protagonist (the first name is also the first), which is indeed an anti-Western revolution. See also the obsession with standing in the air with a noose.

  • Kamron 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The story is a bit lacking, and it wants to depict the big historical view, a silhouette of farewell to the era of knights.

Once Upon a Time in the West quotes

  • Morton: I got on board within sight of the Atlantic, and before my eyes close I want to see the blue of the Pacific outside that window.

    Frank: I know where you got on. I was there too remember? To remove small obstacles from the track you said. Well there were a few.

  • Cheyenne: [about Harmonica] He not only plays. He can shoot too.

    Harmonica: [to Cheyenne] Do you only know how to shoot? Or do you know how to cut too?