The films of Sergio Leone / Robert C. Cumbow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cumbow, Robert C., 1946-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leone, Sergio, 1929-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

Leone, Sergio.

Leone, Sergio, 1929-1989.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2008.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Films of Sergio Leone examines the work of this Italian filmmaker who made his mark re-envisioning the American Western. The book examines each of Leone's major films as director, as well as My Name Is Nobody, which Leone co-wrote and guided as producer. The book also includes an exhaustive bibliography, discography, and filmography, completely updated for this new edition.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Introduction; 1: ""The Key to Your Clock""; Part 2: The Films; 2: ""A Sergio Leone Film"": From Sandals to Six-Shooters; 3: ""Me Right in the Middle"": A Fistful of Dollars; 4: ""I Can See That It Means a Lot to You"": For a Few Dollars More; 5: ""Two Kinds of People in the World"": The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; 6: ""A Nice, Quiet Country Life"": Once Upon a Time in the West; 7: ""All I Want Is the Money"": Duck, You Sucker!; 8: ""There Was Never Any Good Old Days"": My Name is Nobody

9: ""Go Look at Yourself': Once Upon a Time in AmericaPart 3: The Company; 10: ""They Earned It"": The Crew; 11: ""I Have to Know Who You Are"": The Faces; Part 4: The Vision; 12: ""A Man Who Knows What He Wants"": The Moral Geometry of Sergio Leone; 13: ""Shoot-Don't Talk!"": Themes and Images; 14: ""He Not Only Plays-He Can Shoot, Too"": Morricone Encomium; 15: ""You Know Music-and You Can Count"": Bob Robertson and Joe Green; 16: ""There's a Hole in the Roof': Sergio Leone-Catholic Filmmaker; Appendices; Chronology; Filmography; Recommended Discography; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Notes:

Revised from Once Upon a Time: the Films of Sergio Leone.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251), dscography (p. 247) , filmography (p. 223-245) , and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-8184-022-8

979-82-16-23204-9

1-4617-3171-2

1-299-13352-5

OCLC:

850197685