This is why Once Upon a time in the West is the most iconic western of all time 🌀 4K
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I grew up having to watch this moving. I thought it was so long but it was my dad's favorite. Now he is 95 and in a memory care unit. He has poor vision but he still talks about this movie and I love to play it for him when I visit. W both love the soundtrack. He can't see the screen but he describes every scene with crystal-clear memory. I will always love this movie and think of my sweet dad.
Beautiful sentiment 🙏
This comment about the movie and her father touched my heart. I am a 76 Man and also loved this sad great movie.
God bless your dad with stable health.
Thats just beautyful...
Was your dad's life too long also... Susan?
“You brought two too many.” What a line!!! What a movie!!!
the greatest opening scene ever ??
Without Ennio Morricone's music, the film would never have been as successful and would not work as well. The filmmaker said in a documentary that he had the music played on set and the actors also acted according to the music. For me this is the perfect collaboration and a masterpiece. Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone!!! Thank you for your life's work
Just the opening scene makes this the greatest of all time. The whole movie is just superb!
Only the Italians could get the western genre to this level of art. A true block buster.
You mean the spaghetti westerns? I watched everyone of them. The music was also great
A block buster? Not so in the USA when it came out it went unnoticed a very few people saw it here while in Europe yes it was a blockbuster.
Never knew Henry Fonda could be such a badass until I saw this movie , perfect bad guy in a western.
He could not be selective in which characters to play in his old age.
Check out in "Warlock." He's a good guy, but it's Fonda at badass level 10.
That is because Henry Fonda was more that a star, he knew how to act!
He played a bad guy in fire creek
Also
Henry told the director he should wear brown contacts. The director said no way are we hiding your blue eyes.
Fonda displaying what a real Star is all about!
Sergio Leone was a great rare master, he understood cinematic dimensions, angles, light, sound, depth of field, costumes, makeup and narrative usage, like very few do. He knew how to block and shoot a western better than anyone and this is what makes Once Upon a time in the West, unmatched!
And he had a unique talent for gathering the best people around him. He cast Eastwood, Van Cleef and Bronson, three actors whose qualities Hollywood had ignored. And of course he cast Fonda, Wallach, Robards, Steiger, Coburn. And with Morricone, Tonino Delli Colli (camera) and Carlo Simi (costumes/sets), he had three men who did outstanding work in their field.
I don't think any other director has ever applied such extraordinary cinematic talent to a popular film genre as the Western. Leone never wanted to be an elite or intellectual director, but wanted to make popular films.
Amazing, it took an Italian to show us here in the US how to make westerns. Another great of his is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
He always had the best catering services too
@@anthonybrogan390 how do you know that
Clint talked about his spaghetti dinners.
A true masterpiece, cast, music, storyline were ahead of its time. Especially, seeking Henry Fonda playing a bad guy.
Not ahead of it's time. Just executed well
This is not just the definitive best western ever committed to film but one of the best films ever made, a true giant amongst giants with the best music score!!!! A true 11/10 movie!!!
Love the way Frank tries to reholster his pistol after being hit, as he has every time before. Sergio genius.
good catch..
Mann/Cruise honors it at the end of Collateral.
@@davidroberts6549 ...and great acting by Fonda !
Good observation. It was as if he tried to holster it as a form of habit and overconfidence from having killing guys off so many times before.
I am a western fan, and this film outclasses them all. Bronson, Fonda, Robards, and Cardinale were all amazing. The score, direction, and cinematography were amazing. This is the greatest western of all time.
I would put Outlaw Josey Wales up there, too.
@@michaelscot4816 ....The Wild Bunch is tied.
@@MrRhmccabe immediately put on my watch list...I'm a virgin.
@@michaelscot4816 sry but no, all other Western are 2nd
@@michaelscot4816 I envy you.....that is to see it for the first time,be sure to have a great screen and great sound...
I saw this film years ago, and it has always been a favorite. About 5 years ago, i drove out to Monument valley Utah and was lucky to be able to locate and photograph the remains of that brick arch used in the film. That was the highlight of my entire trip out west!
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I went to Monument Valley in 2016. I couldn’t find the arch but it was my own fault, I didn’t look hard enough.
No words can describe this marvelous movie and the superb actors behind... unforgettable. ❤
The reveal at the end, breath-taking
I've watched this movie more times than any other. This was when you made a statement without a single word spoken.
I am 550 and counting.
More than any other human everived, and 4 times these last six days.
Glad you appreciate it.
This is undoubtably one of the most carefully choreographed movies I have ever seen. Leone shot an enormous amount of footage and played with it in the editing suite to achieve exactly his vision of the wild west, with many influences from other great westerns. The result is absolutely sublime.
All I can say is the best movie ever,the cast,the story,the music,there will never be in the future anything even near as good as the time and dedication is not possible anymore.
You are correct in every thing you say here.
This was my late father's favourite western. As a kid I found it long and boring, and I'd dread it every time he watched it. But now as an adult, it has a special place in my heart, and is clearly the greatest western of all time.
My children will be saving the same about me. Watched this masterpiece with each of them individually as a sort of rite of passage.
You are blessed to have had a father who thought enough to share something emotionally dear to him. And yes.. it is indeed a very slow movie for younger minds.
I didn't grow up on Westerns, but I was familiar with them.. and I respected Eastwood for them. But when I saw this for The First time, Only Last Year.. I thought it was a whole other level of Brilliant. Pure Story Telling, through Visual Means alone.
..it's Genius.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is right there too as is Unforgiven.
It''s got some superb scenes but I've always thought (and still do) that it was too long, and self indulgent, and sometimes a bit too sentimental. Even the best film directors have a tendency to become too self indulgent over time. David Lean was the same. So were Kurosawa and Bergman.
@@user-jr2lz7es7g Of course it is; that's what make it so good.
When Jill says "I hope you come back someday...." My heart melts then breaks. Harmonica just looks wistfully "Someday..."
A masterpiece doesn't even come close to describing this western, no words in existence are strong enough to express the magnificence. Charles Bronson is perfect casting, and Clint Eastwood turning this role down despite his regrets was the correct decision.
I am a big Western fan and I love John Wayne movies and I love Clint Eastwood moves but this....this in on a different level. The writing, the direction, the actors, the music....perfection at it finest.
Agreed
The script was re written for Bronson’s Harmonica role when Eastwood declined. I’m sure this film would be no less a masterpiece with either of these great stars….as Eastwood stared in arguably the greatest western ever made by most critics.
Imo TGBU is the superior film as it changed westerns the way no other film had before or since
clint was based on bronsons role in this , sergio leone westerns
how would a white man act like a native Indian? Clint is white, and Charles is yellow, aren't they? This is apparently an Indian starred moive.
The backdrop to the hanging scene is fantastic and this clip has the best two Western scenes ever filmed, Suspenseful music of Morricone and close ups of Leone. can't be surpassed. Masterful.
Route 163 southwest of Mexican Hat Utah.
This is one of the greatest movies ever made..... best soundtrack of all time.....the amount of detail is obbsesive for me..... obsessed with these movies and i just recently discovered sergio's masterpieces.....this level of movie is similar to da vincis renaissance works in painting......thats the comparison i can make that can closely describe it.
I so completely agree with you. A real classic. Leone knew so well how to master the wide angle filming and the Morricone music. And Bronson and Fonda and Cardinale and Robarts. All amazing
I remember the very first time I watched this film. It was after I got off of work at 3:30 in the morning, and I was exhausted. But once I saw Henry Fonda blow away the little kid, I was wide awake, and this incredible saga just never let go. That was 42-years ago...
Who knew Henry Fonda was such a badass?, truly one of the great westerns of all time.
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And Claudia Cardinale... BREATHTAKING. One of the most beautiful women to ever hit the screen.
Hands down, one of the best films of all time.
Was lucky enough to see it on the big screen..So epic unbelievable !
Now that I would love....seeing it on the big screen....even after I must have seen it a 100 times.
Big screener here. First run.
@@PainInTheS Like seeing it for the first time all over again on the big screen..
A few years ago,Brattle Theater,Harvard Square, ran it to a full house..the entire audience, despite most having seen it many times, was spellbound..when the train rolls into Sweetwater and Jill brings out the water,and the music swells as the end credits spin onto the screen,there wasn't a dry eye in the house.And a long standing ovation as the lights came up... powerful.
@@michaelmakes1225 Greatest Realistic Western on the Big Screen Period..With Fonda as the Bad Guy..Incredible Acting !
When I was a kid, the gradual reveal of Frank through Harmonica’s flashbacks was downright terrifying.
I have watched this movie so many times I’ve lost count. Everything about it is brilliant. Every time I see it again I garner another nugget of the backstory. From the start when the dusters are so integral to the final gunfight when Frank positions himself to have the sun at his back, every scene is a masterpiece. Greatest western ever.
Me too. I was reading about it a while back and read that the music was composed before the movie was shot. Sergio Leone had dinner with Ennio Morricone and he described the whole movie in detail over dinner and a few bottles of wine. He went home and wrote it out.
Well, I don't understand. It is overacted, dubbed horribly, and amateurish. It is also too long. I've never been able to sit thru it.
Reckon so my friends.
@@marcomalo02 when you'll get to our level of understanding you will understand the complexity of the human being. Until then, keep watching pew-pew-pew movies that only require big guns, big egos and big muscles. Nothing wrong with that, I enjoy those too sometimes :)
@@blabla-rg7ky Of course. And always remember that the "p" in pseudo intellectual is silent.
I’ll never forget long ago watching this for the first time and seeing that out-of-focus, almost alien-like figure, slowly walking towards the camera. This is, for me, the greatest movie ever made.
I don't consider art a competition, so I don't have "best ever" choices...I just love certain movies more than others. This one is a joy to watch.
@@rikk319I also have a hard time with top whatever lists and what is nr. 1....so many good things.
But in this case, movies, I really wholeheartedly put 'Once upon a time in the west' at nr. 1.
The matter of who or what is the "Greatest" movie is entirely a matter of individual likes and dislikes !
What a true masterpiece of a film. The sheer presence both these legends display here is stunning.
Epic movie. Surely one of the greatest of all time. You can't top Sergio and Ennio. The eyes. The sparse dialogue. Cinematography, musical scoring. It's all here.
I've watched this movie a hundred times and never get tired of it best action movie there is
A perfect film in every way! Harmonica’s journey intertwined with Jill’s and Cheyenne’s is truly a masterpiece of storytelling. Morricone’s music is the fabric that the film is woven on; it carries the story. The harmonic’s purpose and meaning is hidden until Frank lies dying! My favorite western of all time. Why can’t we have movies like this now?
Perpetual adolescence or the man/child syndrome is killing EVERYTHING culturally.
Indeed, Visual Mastery and Music perfectly woven together ! - We do not have great movies anymore because all the great directors are either dead or have sold out to conglomerates (like George Lucas) who churn out movies like sausages ! -
The two greatest shots in cinema history: 1. The Sweetwater crane at the beginning 2. The Monument Valley crane here at the end and both set to the rhythm of Maestro Morricone's music and even there does Maestro Leone use music as a character as it's Jill's theme that accompanies the early crane shot and Harmonica/Frank's theme that closes out the final confrontation/reveal. Simply incredible Cinema by the Masters.
I've watched this film about 30 times. One of my favorite movies. Henry Fonda played a hauntingly evil, yet mesmerizing character. Serigo Leone would zoom in on the eyes of the characters which was so effective!
Good film, but pales next to The Good, The Bad & The Ugly for me. I preferred all the Man With No Name Westerns to this.
Hey armonica !!!!
@@tonyb9735There are two kinds of people in this world my friend,those who like TGTBTU and those who have no taste of cinema.
one of the greatest westerns or just one of the greatest films of all time.
These movies still haunt my soul every bit as much as they did when they first came out. Every single actor was perfect and Leonne and Morricone were simply the very best at their art. Will there ever be anything like this again.
- We do not have great movies anymore because all the great directors are either dead or have sold out to conglomerates (like George Lucas) who churn out movies like sausages ! - But, of course, a new Master Director may pop up unexpected at any time ! -
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Not likely!
No I don’t think so. We must cherish this one cause there won’t be anymore I think.
Count your blessings.
Charles Bronson's smile says a lot.
Ennio Morricone’s music score perfected the masterpiece.
Ive seen 100 westerns and this is by far the best one.
The matter of who or what is the "GREATEST " movie is entirely a matter of individual likes and dislikes !
God I love this movie. Thank you so much Robert for packing the DVD to my house 30 some years ago.
No words no words NO WORDS !
EPIC and LEGENDARY movie !
A true MASTERPIECE ‼️‼️‼️
This is one of the first movies my dad rented when we first got a vcr/. I remember it had 2 tapes in the case....And then when the family scene came on he was like...ohoh might not be the movie for him....(I must have been 7 or so) . I just recently saw it again. and was so exited. What a Masterpiece...and the music! everyone having their own sound track. I raised a glass to my dad, who unfortunately passed away when I was 14. still feel like we shared an experience when I watched it again.
Henry Fonda is amazing in this movie.
An incredible western.
Most beautiful movie ever. Talks in pictures as it was its mother tongue: flawlessly, perfectly, naturally.
The best composer in film history was Ennio Morricone; iconic is an understatement
I developed interest in the Western spaghetti movies because of E. Morricone's soundtracks.
Logical
Hans Zimmer
Well, there is also John Williams ! ! !
No 2 imo
I would like to nominate the windmill in the opening scene for an honorary award. Yes, it's a great movie, great story - but that squeaking windmill is so damn memorable.
that fly deserves it too
I saw a documentary on this film. Apparently one of the hands told Sergio that he would lube that windmill so it wouldn’t be so noisy. Leone replied that if he did Leone would shoot him.
Great opening scene if not one of the very best .
I think Midnight Oil used the same windmill sound in the beginning of one of their songs
Best Western of ALL TIME…!!!!
After this movie , "How the west was won !" movie was made by Paramount pictures but never released !!
Absolutely!
The only real film ever made
So true!
Oh yes ! 👍🏼 great movie , great actors , great music !
Those eyes. No other movie has captured the power of immense stare. With power to match.
I've never understood why so many critics and lists rank _'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'_ above this one.
Right? Sorry as much as I love good,bad, ugly and Clint? Its not even close.
Ikr
They're all ranked at #1 in my book. You have to remember this is when Hollywood made actual movies and they were creative with great writing.
Tgtbatu is twice as good
One man's sweet is anothers poison, this masterpiece gives you both.
As a kid I absolutely hated Western movies. Then one day my uncle forced me to watch this movie and I could not believe how good it was and also how long it was. This is the best western that has ever been made. I must have watched it a thousands times by now. It never gets old. In my opinion, it is the greatest storytelling of all time.
The music is haunting. You brought 2 to many. Classic line. One of the best movies ever. 2024 Anyone ?
Fonda does one of the greatest death scenes ever. It's perfect.
“Keep your loving brother happy…”
I was a kid myself when I first saw this movie and I still remember the vile hatred that welled within me at this scene. I might’ve actually muttered “you bastard…” once I realized what was happening. His fall is still one of the most satisfying defeats in cinema to me.
Just remember that feeling when the lockdowners face their judgement day.. they slow-motion killed our societies with the same sadism as Frank killed his brother, although most people haven't realised it yet.
same here.
I think I was against him The Moment he Shot that kid in The Beginning. I was like, "Oh. He's one of THOSE dudes."
"No Women No Kids." ~ The Rules
When you watch the last gunfight. You see a certain satisfaction on Bronson's face, like he knows redemption is at hand. Then the flashback you see his face change, like he remembers why he wants revenge. Then he goes into angel of death mode. Absolutely brilliant.
Exactly this! Tears in the eyes with that revelation and a swelling hatred for the guy that killed your brother....it feels as if your own brother was killed and you want revenge, you want to see that a-hole dead!
Masterfully storytelling...just perfection.
And I love that moment of recognition in Fonda's eyes in his last seconds, when he finally realizes who Harmonica is. It may sound like nothing, but it's brilliant acting.
Facial close-ups told a great piece of the story. Plus the music -
Never been duplicated since !
MASTERPIECE.
no body can do better. It's the summum of art. 20/10
the music, the caracters, the drama, the feelings.... EPIC
It might be weird to say it but I watched this movie 50 years ago (100 times more after that) and had a lifelong impact on me.
Top class masterpieces (of any kind) never age ! Only pale copies of them do !
Everything about this movie is perfect
Truly a classic western epic production!
Always loved the brother's refusal to let him be responsible, even under duress, for his death. Went out on his own terms.
Agree. It was only after watching the movie a few times did I realize that his brother actually kicks off the kid to hang himself.
@@mrinalghosh3005are you serious? It is so obvious... How can you not see it?! 😮
That's what brothers do.
Has it ever been determined what he says in that scene......in my mind, before he kicks his brother away, it's him saying 'Hijo de puta' to Frank.
@@leftcoaster67a real brother gets justice for his family and dead brother and that is what Harmonica did. Its better than charging the taxpayers to bang up murdering filth.
Beautiful music. Camera work is unbelievable.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I might watch it again.
That final shootout could easily be the best scene in the history of film.
Best movie ever!!!
Just hearing the music gives me goosebumps already.
Best movie ever!
Best film score ever!
Most beautiful woman (Claudia Cardinale) ever!
I bawl every time at the end and I must have seen this movie a 100 times!
- The matter of who or what is the "BEST" movie is entirely a matter of individual likes and dislikes !
Perfect....music and film. Forever.
One of my favorite movies of all time - the script alone is nearly perfect!! I was blown away when I once read that Bertolucci and Dario Argento helped writing it as young men.. incredible!!!
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The Greatest Western ever ! Cast, Music, Plot, Cinematography and finale!
- The matter of who or what is the "GREATEST " movie is entirely a matter of individual likes and dislikes !
@HartmutJagerArt Exactly, and as an individual and in my opinion this Western is.
Charles and Henry twos legends
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مرحبا كيف حالك
I’ve listened to the soundtrack by the Danish National Symphony more than I’ve watched the film and truly enjoy them both. This, The Professionals and The Wild Bunch are my favorite westerns.
Greatest Western I've ever seen and I think one of the best movies ever made
- The matter of who or what is the "GREATEST " movie is entirely a matter of individual likes and dislikes !
One of my favourite movies all time! Watched it many, many times and still watch it! Truely a Classic!!!😉😎🍻🥃
Henry Fonda been a total bad ass .....absolutely brilliant
The graveyard finale of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is THE greatest ending of any western
Good comment but wrong thread lol
This one is a worthy (and very close) second though. They're both unmatched.
And the least authentic endgame...
Only madmen stand - _deliberately_ - in a 'geometric event space' (triangle) to settle with each other...
@@belabaksay-roka900 So, you don't like the mythology of the old west gunfight. Why watch westerns in that case?
@@davewilson4528 I never said I didn't like westerns! 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is one of my favorites too, but a movie is just a movie... (It has almost nothing to do with reality...)
The script of the movie is great, but it has nothing to do with reality...
(And the end game is absolutely incredible...)
That's the situation.
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Still waiting for a better film of any genre to be made. For me this is the greatest film of all time.
I could watch those scenes 100 times more. The best Western ever.
1968 was arguably the greatest year for movies. In addition to Once Upon a Time in the West, there was The Thomas Crown Affair, Planet of the Apes, Rosemarys Baby and 2001 A Space Odessey.
1962 was pretty good
Lawrence of Arabia
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Miracle Worker
The Manchurian Candidate
Long Days Journey Into Night
Days of Wine and Roses
Ein Klassiker für die Ewigkeit 🥰👍
Leone/Morricone at the height of their magical powers. My favorite film of all time.
Ten out of ten. Exceptional movie. Up there with Enter the Dragon and For a Few Dollars More. These movies are unique and moving
Enter the Dragon hardly has the plot, cast, characters, cinematography or emotional impact of Once Upon A Time In The West. It’s just a bunch of epic fight scenes with a cult hero star.
@@paulhicks6667 That's true, but still, it's Bruce Lee!!!! You have to watch for the grace of his athletic artistry!
@@paulhicks6667 Everyone has their own reasons for loving a film, song, book, or artwork.
'Enter the Dragon' was a mere average karate movie - and should not even be mentioned as being in the same Legue as 'Once up a Time in the West' ! -
The skill and art involved in creating Enter the Dragon was intense and painstaking. The fights were full contact and with exact precision. The movie took 18 months to complete. It is an epic.
My Dad's favorite line. Too many horses.
Agreed, this movie was great and way overlooked by the academy!
Because hispanic is killing anglosaxon frank..
@@tayfun1026 Bronson plays a hispanic, but he is actually polish
@@TheDrew797I thought he was of lithuanian descent.
Because of azhkenazi hollywood.
@@swissmilitischristilxxii3691 bigot much
Bronson was a fantastic actor.
Every comment that I read is the way I feel. Had no idea there were so many fans. It really is a masterpiece. I saw this when it first came out.I was only 24 with not much frame of reference but I was sure it was a masterpiece. Now I'm convinced and I've got lots of reference
What a lot of younger viewers are probably unaware of is the handsome Henry Fonda with those piercing blue eyes usually played good guys. So when the camera panned around to first show his face audiences were stunned - it was a big deal back then. It is really an operatic Western where each character is introduced with their own theme.
Even Robards.
It was amazing to see Henry Fonda play the villian
A cinematic masterpiece from the master craftsman of the western, Sergio Leone.
El brutal hombre.
The best movie ever!
Though late--- these were & are still iconic action movies of all times-- We in our childhood used to dream such heroic(if I could have been) feelings while watching in cinemas, in those golden days of ours.
You see, in writing we learn the difference between showing and telling. The same rules apply to visual media as well. On paper, this scene is as simple as “two men walk behind the building, at each other intensely for awhile, and both draw their guns to fire”. Simple set up, but infinitely more beautiful when we are SHOWN! This a ten minute climax to a three hour film and in theory it really is that simplistic, immortalized though in its EXECUTION!
I saw it when it first came out in the 60's and right away it become my favorite western movie and it remain so to this day.
Yes, it is unbelievable that it came out in the 60's and is now as brilliant as ever !
(especially if compared to the rubbish, over-cooked 'action' movies of today!)
I have nothing but fond memories of my Pops and I watching all these spaghetti westerns, together. The music, the long scenes of absolute silence, I don't think Sergio Leone will ever be beaten when it comes time to create a movie that gets you through so many emotions.
If you haven't seen it, watch Once Upon a Time In America. The movie is excellent and the sound track matches it to a T.
One of the greatest films of all time.
Best Western along The Wild Bunch. No other Western ever came close to these two.
GOAT of westerns for me. Clint if awesome, but Bronson in this movie with Fonda with that score, unbeatable.
The "train pulling out" gets my vote but you should have built more suspense here by having the 3 around the other side for longer as this it is crucial. Then as is train pulls out & the 3 are leaving that harmonic starts up; that stops them in their tracks. Idiosyncratic & one against 3, then the dialogue, the audience has been won. The acting by all involved is masterful. This type of suspense building & the delft dialogue used in this scene has, I feel, established a benchmark & is seminal for more of these western film genera.
"You brought two too many" 🤯