Leone moved away from the fast-paced grit of his Dollars Trilogy to create something operatic.
In the late 1960s, while Hollywood westerns were fading into the sunset, Italian director was busy building a cathedral for the genre. Released in Italy in 1968, Once Upon a Time in the West ( C'era una volta il West ) isn't just a film; it is a three-hour "dance of death" that serves as both a funeral and a monument for the American frontier. The Story: Land, Law, and Lead Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)
(Claudia Cardinale): A former prostitute from New Orleans who arrives to find her new husband and his family murdered. Leone moved away from the fast-paced grit of