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Once Upon a Time in the West

Leone here using the widthof the Techniscope format to keep in shot simultaneouslyClaudia...

Leone here using the width
of the Techniscope format to keep in shot simultaneously
Claudia Cardinale and Paolo Stoppa. We have two close-ups in one, and the ease of the scope format
for allowing that is displayed to full advantage here

Full Transcript

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Leone here using the width of the Techniscope format
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to keep in shot simultaneously Claudia Cardinale and Paolo Stoppa.
00:00:09.996 --> 00:00:13.333
We have two close-ups in one,
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and the ease of the scope format for allowing that
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is displayed to full advantage here.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
61
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:33
Uploaded
Jan 24, 2025
Genres
drama, western
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Not feminine narcissism, but self-examination. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:06
Not feminine narcissism, but self-examination.
This, you might say, is the bedroom scene with the absent husband, - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:25
This, you might say, is the bedroom scene with the absent hu...
And this famous shot anticipates the later shot in Leone's career - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:24
And this famous shot anticipates the later shot in Leone...
Wobbles, the proprietor of the local laundry, - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:25
Wobbles, the proprietor of the local laundry,
And now we're introduced, or rather Jill is introduced, to Cheyenne. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:26
And now we're introduced, or rather Jill is introduced,...
The defining motif of the scenes between Cheyenne and Jill is coffee. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:24
The defining motif of the scenes between Cheyenne and Jill i...
We return to Dr. Sheldon Hall. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:31
We return to Dr. Sheldon Hall.
Here again we see the checked gingham motif - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:10
Here again we see the checked gingham motif
And in this sequence, - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:19
And in this sequence,
Jill hears once again... - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:17
Jill hears once again...
The tearing of the lace from Jill's dress suggests an overture to rape, - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:12
The tearing of the lace from Jill's dress suggests an o...
One of the remarkable things about Jill's character, - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:27
One of the remarkable things about Jill's character,
Which is quite unusual for women in Westerns. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:22
Which is quite unusual for women in Westerns.
And here again, of course, we have the water motif. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:09
And here again, of course, we have the water motif.
This sequence, of course, is a parallel - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:09
This sequence, of course, is a parallel
A very different outcome with the presence of Harmonica. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:07
A very different outcome with the presence of Harmonica.
Leone is very fond - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:08
Leone is very fond
Look at that shot of Fonda, it's ridiculous. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:10
Look at that shot of Fonda, it's ridiculous.
And so Fonda leaves and we get the sense - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:29
And so Fonda leaves and we get the sense
A whole lot of big close-ups of actors looking at each other. - Once Upon a Time in the West 00:07
A whole lot of big close-ups of actors looking at each other...