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Monday, May 19, 2008

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)

Sergio Leone ’s classic Western looks in hindsight like a warm-up for his next film, the sublime ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST/'68. Because of its tri-part narrative, the story mechanics call upon three times the usual deus ex machina to keep things up and running (calvary, bombs, collapsing floors . . . you name it) and it’s twice as long as the lean & mean FISTFUL OF DOLLARS/'64 without much added depth other than Eli Wallach which admittedly is no small thing. He all but steals the show as a grungy Falstaffian survivor. Still, it’s pretty marvelous fable spinning and it does boast that legendary Ennio Morricone score

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