Sergio Leoni

It's hard to listen to one of these podcasts ( I think that's what this is called). You really have to pay attention! It was surprising when Frayling said that when Leoni went to the film industry most of the other directors said western movies were over and done with. Obviously Leoni didn't care. I thought it was funny when it mentions that Leoni didn't like the movies that had much talking. He preferred action and adventure instead. Frayling made an excellent point when he said he wanted to take the western back to its innocence because most westerns had become too sophisticated. I like this idea! Maybe I can use it in a future paper! Also, I'm not surprised that in the Italian film Once Upon a Time in the West, the main character shoots a whole family along with the child. Like Frayling said, that would not have been in an American film. I'm sure this western is much different then the ones we've been watching and studying about. I'd like to watch it one day. I thought it was strange when the interviewer said that in the U.S. the Yugoslavians (who typically played the roles of Indians) would be compared to the Jews?