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X-Ray Pecs posted:You should check out The Naked Spur and The Tall T. If you love noir, you'll love those. Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart are a wonderful combination. Jimmy Stewart always brings that degree of madness to every role. But Anthony Mann brings him to some very dark places. They did three movies together and it gives a very different kind of role for Stewart in all of them.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:It never really clicked before that the Mann/Stewart combo also made Winchester ‘73, which is an excellent movie. What was their third movie together? The Man from Laramie. And I was wrong about it being three films. It's five westerns, three other films. The Westerns are Winchester '73, Bend of the River, The Far Country, The Naked Spur, and The Man from Laramie. Winchester '73 and the The Naked Spur are the two stand outs to me, but all five are pretty solid.
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PeterCat posted:Have you seen Leone's other works? I would say that Fistful is the weakest of the Dollars trilogy, and Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's best work. As far as versions of the story, there were westerns with a high body count before that, and westerns were the hero had to be stealthy, but Leone turned it into something new, a western that doesn't take place in any specific place, just a perfect "western" land. One of the things I love about Once Upon A Time in the West is that it's Leone doing a Fordian Western. There are tons of his touches, but it's very much a nod to the period that came before. Stuff like having Woody Strode's gun have the same modification that John Wayne had to twirl it. Hell just having Woody Strode who was part of Ford's troupe of actors.
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Heavy Metal posted:For sure, so much is cool about it. The mythology, the wry sardonic vibe, how things go right when he rolls into town. Plus the way it kind of peaks emotionally 2/3rds in and has an atypical feeling last act. Definitely packs a lot in there. Duck you Sucker isn't awful but it's not in the same league as the Dollars Trilogy or Once Upon a Time In The West. It's him doing a Zapata Western but not well. And Bud Spencer and Terrance Hill did some wonderful comedic westerns. Lots of slapstick but done pretty well. Not great cinema but entertaining. Terrance Hill did a great End of the West Western called My Name is Nobody. Here is one of the fight scenes. It should give you an idea if you'll like more of what they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=homFt2FaYyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP11jDHwX98
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Sand Monster posted:And my favorite in that category, The Ox-Bow Incident. The Ox-Bow incident is a wonderful film. Anthony Mann did a couple of Westerns with Jimmy Stewart that are great. Jimmy Stewart always brings that element of madness to a role and Mann takes him to some dark places. If you are used to thinking of Jimmy Stewart in terms of Harvey or It's a Wonderful Life then you are going to get something very different.
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FreudianSlippers posted:You know what would make a good plot for a western? There is part of me that wants this to be one of the Django knockoff films.
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Heavy Metal posted:That sounds like wild times. Hombre is a solid Western. Paul Newman acts the hell out of it but I felt the rest of the cast wasn't at his level. The 50's 3:10 to Yuma is fantastic. Glen Ford is an absolutely seductive villain and Van Heflin does a great job of being his foil. If you like 3:10 to Yuma, you might like Broken Arrow.
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