A Fistful of Dollars (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Monte Hellman, Sergio Leone
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Actor: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Sieghardt Rupp, Wolfgang LukschyDirector: Monte Hellman, Sergio Leone
Brand: Sony
Writer: A. Bonzzoni
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Duccio Tessari
Writer: Fernando Di Leo
Writer: Jaime Comas Gil
Writer: Mark Lowell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of A Fistful of Dollars (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Sergio Leone's masterful version of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo", was the first important Spaghetti Western
Summary: 4 Stars
This epic cinema classic in western, filmed in Italy, West Germany and Spain, was the first major film by Italian master filmaker Sergio Leone, introducing one of the most recognizable characters in film history: The stone cold killer cowboy, always cool, silent mercenary and head-hunter, bulls-eye expert shooter, the man with "no name". Ice cold look, no emotions, and incredible "poncho" wearing cynical gun fighter, our man Clint Eastwood. Of course 20 spaghetti westerns were produced before this one, but why is this film so important?
The plot, as we all know, was taken almost intact from Akira Kurosawa's Samurai film masterpiece "Yojimbo", when the first cool killer was portayed by Toshiro Mifune, and the influence shows along with the script in every aspect. If Mifune slices 4 guys in 3 seconds, Eastwood shoots down 4 guys in 2 seconds, and that's a fact not totally based on weapons choice, but on the lethal impact of the character for the situation. The honor and violent sense of justice are just other factors to mention. Despite those "re-make" factors, this is a major film by it's own terms, mostly because of the style and aesthetics in such a different filmaker, because Sergio Leone is detailed and precise in his work, with extreme close-ups, extreme characters, artistic pictures of the landscapes and of course the haunting music by Ennio Morricone. The low budget shows in the production, but this factor made Leone make more character emphasis in my opinion, and this newborn legend that is Clint Eastwood, who flew away from a declining acting carrer in Hollywood, was a major succes and a final influence in the cowboy stereotype.
This new "amorality" in the lines of what's good or bad of this anti-hero epic was the most remembered piece of history in here. Maybe John ford's "the searchers" was acclaimed as the end of traditional westerns in the early 50's , but it's nothing like this. This cult masterpiece is the "Reservoir dogs" of westerns, it broke conventional standards and turned the western industry, spaghetti or not, upside down, like Tarantino's classic did to ganster films in the early 90's. It's all about the entertaining sofysticated style, artistic quality, deepness of characters, storytelling and music scores. All mixed in a masterful fashion, in a way only an Art director knows how to balance.
This raw and violent portrayal of Honor and cynisism was more stylised and solid than the previos S.W, and spawned the two well known sequels of the famous Leone's western trilogy, ended by one of the most Epic masterpieces in the history of filmaking "the good, the bad, and the ugly". Old story, but it's impossible to understand the western movie industry without this important reference, simple as that. The prolific careers of Leone, morricone and Eastwood "started" here.
I will not refer to this new 2 disc DVD edition, cause the extended-edited remastered editions VS original releases is too much of a controversial issue. I don't blame anyone for being a die-hard collector or a passionate fan of the genre or Leone's trilogy. I just want to express my admiration for this important classic western.
Good luck, and enjoy this first, but in my opinion less strong of the trilogy, classic action western.
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