@@CrazeeAdam Van Cleef died in 1989 and Eli Wallach died in 2014. Only Eastwood is alive out of the trio. Its understandable because he is the youngest out of the three
The things you disliked were, in my view, some of the things that make this film great. The wide landscape shots, the grimness, and the slow building tension which gets to stratospheric levels in the finale. The atmosphere this film generates is immense. The greatest western, easily.
Merc - Yes. She is so young and unclear about some things. "He's not really a blond." said the super-blondie from Canada. In that part of the world, there were not a lot of super-blonds. And when the guy gets shot and falls to the dirt street, she says, "scheese!" But that's her charm.
maybe but for me the best thing about these movies is the music/soundtrack and the fact I saw all 3 of Clint's movies & Once Upon A Time In The West with my dad as a little kid/boy in the theater when they first came out.
The final standoff in the end with Clint, Eli and Lee is to me the best Western Moment in Cinema. The editing, the music, the tension, the camera angles, the moment itself is just worth the almost 3 hour wait.
It is the best payoff. The slow, slow, slow build makes that fight so great. I love that Lee was such a nice guy in real life but really plays these bad guys well.
Spaghetti westerns are westerns made in Italy and by Italian directors. As you saw in this, the characters tend to be more amoral than in typical westerns of the time, with a lot more adult themes. This has helped them age better than most 60s westerns and they arguably have more influence on the genre today than the films that inspired them. Very similar in tone to film noir.
while spaghetti tends to refer to Italian directed and funded films, many of them were actually filmed in Spain (Including this film) because big parts of Spain's interior are mountainous and dry like the American west and at least in Franco's time it may have been even cheaper to shoot there then Italy.
They were also scored by Ennio Morricone who was an Italian composer. He didn’t have the budget of huge Hollywood orchestras like many of the other westerns. So he established the sound of the Spaghetti Western and they have become iconic scores on par of those of John Williams and Hans Zimmer. He changed the way people think of western scores.
Tuco could be a mean character but at times felt bad for him to including when he is beaten by Lee Van Cleef’s Angel Eyes and Wallace after he is captured with Blondie.
Tuco is my favorite movie character of all time. He's a bandit and probably the most straightforward character in this movie. It's always been my head canon that he didn't really commit ALL of those crimes because he doesn't really do much BAD in this movie other than robbery and want of money. He probably confessed to the crimes to artificially inflate his bounty. We see he doesn't kill innocent people and he even leaves the gunshop owner his whiskey. He only retaliates whenever pushed. He only comes after Blondie because he was ABANDONED IN THE DESERT. Anyone would want revenge. When his brother becomes a priest, Tuco is forced to become a bandit because a priest doesn't make any money. So in a way, Tuco helped with the family after his brother left.
The sheriff reading the second list of crimes says " For all these crimes the accused has made a full and spontaneous confession. " So it is probable that he made up many of them.
Tuco is who makes"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" stand out and above from the other two in the "trilogy", although they're great too. Eli Wallach is awesome!
Fun fact is that Eli Wallach was friends with Henry Fonda and was the reason Fonda took the role of the villain Frank in 'Once upon a time in the west' because Eli told him that Sergio is such a masterful director and he would appreciate being part of his movie.
All three of the lead actors honestly could've been up for it. They all did an amazing job of playing their roles. They seemed like actual real life people that could have existed. And that to me, is the sign of a great performance, not just a good one, but a great one.
I think you may be underestimating how important that pace is for setting the scene and building suspense. The movie takes its time, for sure, but it does so with purpose. You end up noticing details about how characters move, what looks they give, their subtle tics. I love this movie--it's a classic for a reason.
It *can* be; it all depends on how many things the writers/directors can multi-task with. I admittedly generally do not enjoy westerns (or suspense) movies - I tend to fall asleep, ironically. An excellent director, like Hitchcock can have multiple tings happening simultaneously, so even during "slow" sections, there are things to absorb as a viewer. Most directors, however, tend to focus on one or two things at a time (character, setting, backstory, action, etc.). Suspense/drawing things out is the most delicate art, and for me, most fail at it. There's an extremely thin line between letting a scene breathe, and plodding along. Even watching this at 1.5x, this was the first review of hers I had to check the amount of time remaining multiple times.
@@JamesBond-ib9tq That isn't the problem or at least the entire problem. The kind of acting and writing that makes use of a slower pace for emphasis on details like facial expressions and suspense can be more difficult to do and is often lost to the cutting room floor.
Eli Wallach deserved an Oscar for this performance, Wallach actually was almost killed several times during the filming, best Western of all time IMO and the music as well.
The explosive scenes in the movie are absolutely unreal. I know they did it more back in the day but when they blow up the bridge they're using real high explosives probably real dynamite, its a massive explosion, you just will never see that in a movie ever again, its way too dangerous to actors in the scene. You could see the massive cloud of dust kicked up by the shoclwave
@@TheGoodChap A little movie trivia they actually had to build and blow up the bridge twice because the first time they blew it up cameras were not running! Also if you look a big rock just missed Eastwood's head after the explosion which may have killed him.
@Stewart Scott - true that, especially in the scene when he is jumping off the train, and if you look closely he almost decapitated himself during it. Also there were a lot of unscripted moments in the movie. Example being when Tuco is running through the graveyard - at the beginning of the scene, there is a dog running on the right hand side. Eli Wallach looks a bit surprised at that moment (his movement in that particular scene), and all of it is quite genuine and was unscripted too. The dog was not part of the scene in any way. Wallach suprise is genuine.
@@oldtimer7635 NO, I am not saying that Italians are masters of Western movies 'I am saying' that Sergio Leone was a genius, every frame of that film looked like a classic oil painting of the old West, don't believe me? Look up what Quentin Tarantino had to say in many online interviews out there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0w5SvqjUqN0.html
Lee Van Cleef's features are natural, let me assure you. Back in 1950s during the production of High Noon, (where he played a silent background baddie), he was almost cast in a proper speaking supporting role, but on the condition he get a nose job to make him look less threatening. LVC (Lee Van Cleef) actually turned that down, and it's for the better, as his hawk-like features are what made him so memorable.
She is always so sweet and so naive. "He (Tuco) is not wearing socks ?!?!" Also no underwear, no deodorant, no hair conditioner, no SPF 40 sunscreen. No lip gloss ... It was the worst of times.
When I first saw this movie on VHS, I looked up Eli Wallach in a movie encyclopia. No internet in those times. I didn't recognize him, he looked much better as himself. Then I noticed that for him to be seen as ugly, Wallach had to contort his face and make extreme grimaces to look more like the Ugly.
¨I just thought it was about an hour too long, i feel like they could have done that story just much quicker paced¨ Miss, you just watched the greatest movie of all time
Sergio Leone, growing up in Italy during World War II, was very anti-war. This is his anti-war movie. Almost every scene is about the futility of war. And yet, it's also a fantastic movie at the same time. The man was a genius.
War futile ? Always ? Was WW2 futile ? You wouldn't mind then people used for lamp shades and bars of soap to use ? Or to have slavery in the southern states still going, yes ?
@@louispaulter8733 My father was in North Africa with Patton. As a know-it-all teenager, I argued with him that war is inherently totally wrong. Of course I was right in the huge sense. But from HIS view, he almost died for an excellent cause and the war was justified and even holy.
Craig - He picked great actors and a sorta OK music guy ? Just kidding. The music was integral and memorable. Watch Danish National Orchestra perform it !!
The first time I watched this movie I remember being impatient at first and it felt slow, then I set my phone down and really paid close attention and realized how beautifully done this movie was. Im 28, so this was well before my time, but it’s so fascinating how this wasn’t “slow paced” or stretched out too long at all for people in 1966. Life was slower. They had less distractions and were in no hurry. Im sure it was such a rare occasion for them to even be in town and at the movies. I can picture them on the edge of their seat, hanging on every word and the suspense of it all. When I think of it that way and just appreciate the characters and story telling of this movie, it’s easily in my top 10 of all time.
BTW, if you look at the title of this movie in Italian, the term "ugly" isn't meant to mean physically unattractive. The word used "Brutto" actually translates to Ugly as in "nasty," so it refers more to his demeanor rather than his looks.
Not for nothing, but the Italian title, "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo" really translates to "The Good One, The Ugly One, The Bad One." Doesn't sound so great in English, though.
As a native New Mexican, I can say: outside of the cities, this isn't that far removed from today. Cars instead of horses, but the Sun is still the Sun, the desert is still the desert, the pace is its own, the guns are still plentiful, and if you don't have a source of water...well, you'd best find one. And you have to watch out for the coyotes and roadrunners because sometimes they'll paint a tunnel on the side of a boulder just to mess with you.
What I love about the movie is how the score/music is essentially another character. You simply can’t talk about the movie with discussing the music. The Ecstasy of the Gold at the climax is just a great use of music to convey the feeling of that moment with Tuco.
Spaghetti westerns are so called because Italian studios made them. Many of them were made in Spain. In fact, the cemetery of the final scene was created on purpose for this movie, and you still can visit It, near a Spanish village
Whenever telling who made this movie great, it´s usually about the director Sergio Leone, composer Ennio Morricone and the leading actors Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef and Eli Wallach. But there is one woman who left a grand impression in both this movie as well in Once Upon A Time In The West who should always be listed as well: Edda dell´Orso, the magnifcient soprano who made some of the tunes unforgettable. And just like Eastwood she ist still alive up to this day.
@NiersFloater - she is actually well known, if anybody is interested in music of Morricone. The number of movies that she was involved with (where music was composed by Morricone) is quite long. Nowdays, probably the best would be to listen/watch something like "The Danish National Symphony Orchestra" version of the music from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", to see/hear how some those vordless vocals/sounds that we can hear in the movie, were actually performed.
44:01 This is one of my all-time favorite movie moments. Tuco stands up and the camera goes along with him, revealing one final, maddening obstacle: A seemingly endless field of graves. The music starts off quiet, but with that repetitive tune that underscores Tuco's desperation. And the longer it goes on, the louder it gets, and the more desperate he becomes. He's reduced to running around in a frenzy (hence The Ecstasy of Gold, the name of the song) because his greed is all he has left.
I feel like good the bad and the ugly is maybe one of my all time favorite anti war films, its pretty unexpected but does such an amazing job of just showing how many people were permanently affected by the war as young guys
C'mon man! Tuco is the most iconic Western character of all time! Lee Van Cleef and him are the best things in this movie. You were worried about Tuco at the end. He grows on you because despite being an outlaw, he wasn't a sadistic killer like the Bad.
Oh yeah. Tuco was clearly a criminal, self centered and quite spiteful. The way he tortured Blondie was quite a lot but he wasn't evil for the sake of it, he had some perverted version of a moral compass and thought blondie deserved that as a revenge because he DID indeed betray him. Tuco was ugly as said. Angel Eyes on the other hand was just cold calculating evil.
"Spaghetti Western" refers to a group of low-budget westerns, many starring Clint Eastwood, that were filmed in Italy with many Italian actors in the cast. This one, despite low expectations, became a huge hit. Eastwood revealed in a later interview that the budget was so low that he kept that same Sarape coat in his closet and wore it in several movies
For the first two. This one got 1.2 Millions of United Artists' money, in 1965. It's how they managed trains, stations, a whole town set and that insane river battle scene. Even the cemetery is a constructed set - it's still there, as a tourist attraction.
Most of them were filmed in Spain. Some in Yugoslavia. Mostly cheap produced B-Movies with some Pearls like the Movies of Sergio Leone or Corbucci or Castellari Many were pretty sucessful in Europe especially the Terence Hill/Bud Spencer Ones.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a true classic film in the western/civil war genre. I certainly depicts good and evil yet the characters are changing sides from time to time to get the most out of the situation. Of course Clint Eastwood is absolutely awesome but Eli Wallach, one of my favorites is right up there along with Lee Van Cleef
It’s so much fun watching a youngster respond to this movie. It’s in the top 5 all time favorites of mine. I first saw this when I was like 10-11 years old in the early 1970’s (I’m 60 now) and was totally blown away by it. I have since seen it dozens of times, and almost know every line of the film. Your responses during the whole film were so priceless, such a good job. There’s a lot of backstory to this movie, it’s the 3rd and final piece in the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western trilogy, but it pushed him over the top as far as becoming a big star. The trilogy also changed the Western movie as we know it. Prior to these movies, most westerns lacked the realism that the Clint Eastwood trilogy had. The set designs were always vanilla in the old westerns. These were more realistic. The 3 movies were directed by the legendary Sergio Leone, with brilliant music by Ennio Morricone. Add in a lot of Italian actors, and there goes your spaghetti western. There are literally DOZENS of spaghetti westerns that came after the Eastwood trilogy. Some good, most bad.
@@bobblowhard8823 I’d put that one right up there with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Charles Bronson was one of my all time favorite actors, as was Henry Fonda. But my 3 favorites actors from the 1960s and 1970s were Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson. All 3 the epitome of cool.
"Once Upon A Time In The West" starring Charles Bronson (also directed by Sergio Leone') is an excellent movie too. The term "Spaghetti Western" refers to Westerns produced in Europe. It was coined because Leone's films were so popular back in the 1960s.
Yep, I never understood why it is relatively overlooked compared to the Eastwood films. I actually much prefer Once Upon a Time in the West- I think the story is better, and Fonda's turn as a villain is one of his best ever performances. Bronson and Robards are top-notch too. It gets even less respect, but I also think that A Fistful of Dynamite has some tremendously strong themes in it too. It is the only one of Leone's westerns that really goes beyond just being a western. As a film it is too long and poorly edited, but its character development and commentary on society I think are stronger than anything else Leone did.
Great movie. The trilogy of "spaghetti westerns" s classic. Another of this genre that you should watch is "Once upon a time in the west". Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale and Henry Fonda make up the cast along with the same director and composer. They are well worth the time to watch.
Plenty more , It can be done Amigo , Jack Palance , Bud Spencer , 2nd unit director Sergio Leone , used party same sets what was left from , once upon time in west , man with Harmonica , railroad station with tracks nowhere ... amazing that it was Italians filming in Spain whom kept western movies alive and made best westerns . Duck you sucker , or Fistful of dynamite , is also great , James Coburn , Rod Steiger , Sergio Leone put lot of what happened in Italy in 1930s and 1940s to that movie .
@@tzeege If it's the original Italian version , with several added scenes to what was shown everywhere else , just adds run time , are not actually needed at all .
Sad Hill is now a tourist attraction in Spain after some locals who were fans of the movie had researched and found the original location of the cemetery (which was not a real one). They and many volunteers, along with funds from thousands of donors, have put a lot of effort into restoring the place, the numerous graves carrying the names of the vast number of internet donors to the cause. There is a documentary about it that is worth watching to see the story and efforts involved.
@@920WASHBURN He was. You know that scene where Setenza/Angel Eyes slaps the whore? Lee Van Cleef refused to do it. Even after the actress said it was okay, he refused to do it. That's a double actually making physical contact with her face.
In many ways the “style” is the most important thing about these movies - the plot is not really the point ( although this one is stronger than most in terms of plot). The tight close-ups, the music,the laid back manner of the protagonist, the Spanish locations, the Italian actors..it’s all a recipe that is repeated over and over in 60s Euro Westerns, and you either love it or not. The same with the Italian Giallo films that came later - the style is everything.
One of the groundbreaking hallmarks of the Spaghetti Western, was that they was ambiguous about who were the bad guys & who were the good guys. Up until Spaghetti Westerns, usually, it was made clear who were supposed to be bad, & who were supposed to be good.
The Dollars Trilogy movies are in some ways pretty bad, almost self-parodies of westerns. And yet somehow they have become some of the classics of the genre, probably because they embody so many of the tropes in a fun, stylistic way.
@@michaelw8262 At the time, they were meant to be cheap entertainment, but I wouldn't say, that they were parodies. They were innovative. They had a style of their own. They weren't like the Westerns which came before them. They stand out, because of Sergio Leone's & Ennio Morricone's genius. ..."Blazing Saddles" is a parody of a Western.
I love that this whole movie is a “back and forth” of Blondie and Tuco backstabbing each other. This movie starred Clint Eastwood’s character from the first two films, but the main guy is Eli Wallach’s character Tuco. Sergio Leone established himself with his westerns as huge landmarks in the dying genre of cinema. The western genre had been around since the beginning of film and Leone came and introduced a different aesthetic to the game.
Clint Eastwood played three different characters; the whole Man with No Name thing was a marketing thing for the US market after the studio bought the rights to the first two movies as part of the deal to make this one. kerk
So in order the films are The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). But you can 100% jump into each movie in whatever order you want as each film is like a stand alone tale. Lee Van Cleef the actor who plays Angel Eyes in this film also plays a different character Colonel Douglas Mortimer in A Few Dollars More so the films are all loosely connected.
You're right, it's a long movie, but the fact that they didn't rush the pacing is part of the charm. They spend extra time on character development - especially Wallach's character. The music is also to some degree what makes this movie a classic. You noticed many things on your first watch that I didn't notice until I watched several more times. Thank you for this video.
JUST remember "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." What a line for the ages. All movie villians should take that with them to the grave. TRULY TRULY EPIC LINE. Words to live by. Ahh "The Good, The Bad and the Gruesome", what fond memories.
There is a scene in the first Die Hard movie where a bad guy chastised McClane talking and not shooting. I always assumed it was a reference to Tuco's line.
There are two kinds of people in the world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. Blondie- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. ***edit*** Tuco was my favorite character in this movie. 🤠
I love how old movies don't need to force dialogue on you every three seconds. Like how Clint Eastwood regularly keeps his speech down to five words for a ten minute scene in this trilogy.
Clint Eastwood is known in many of films especially his westerns to be more stoic and not always talk same with Lee Van Cleef who is more menacing as Angel Eyes especially with his stare down of other characters and his sinister laugh.
I would highly recommend watching The Danish National Symphony Orchestra's rendition of the film's theme song. It truly is quite extraordinary. Composer Ennio Morricone would be proud.
Spaghetti Westerns were so named because they were produced and directed by Italians. Many were filmed in Italy as well. You can see that several side characters are dubbed over, as they're speaking Italian.
Originally in America they were called this in a dismissive way looking all cheap and dirty unlike the classic and almost sterile 50s to early 70s western produced in the US. It was very similiar to the "Made in Germany" tag which originally was introduced in Britain to disnounce foreign products in the 19th century. And like then it backfired when people found out the goods and the movies had a quality of their own. 😉
Indoor scenes mostly. All the amazing vistas were done in Spain, the bridge built by their army combat engineers and, of course, there is no sweeping desert of endless dunes in Italy (see Accona in Sienna province) . . .
*Everyone* was dubbed in this film. They saved money by not recording sound at all while filming. The three leads dubbed themselves and the rest, being European and non-native English speakers, were dubbed by others.
Wah-wah-wah. I didn't think Cassie would like this one very much. I'm glad that she stuck it out and could appreciate it for the classic that it is. Personally I love those long slowly drawn-out scenes.
Her swooning over Clint Eastwood helped keep her going, no doubt. haha But yeah, I can understand if it's not really her cup of tea. Personally, I love the film.
I agree re: pacing of Once Upon…West, but I find Henry Fonda to be SOOOOO mesmerizing in his evilness. It’s such a change of pace for him and I’m there for it! In fact it’s coming up at my local theatre and I can’t wait to see it on the big screen.
One of the movies that made me fall in love with movies as a kid. I've probably seen this one at least 50 times, and watched at least a dozen reaction vids. THIS is what movies are supposed to be like, for me. And MORRICONE... (swoon). Genius. Pure and simple.
It's even slower paced too, with even longer takes, even wider vistas and even closer close-ups of peoples' faces. ;) It's like the Dollar Trilogy on steroids. :D (Or well, the opposite of steroids, really...) It's a quarter of an hour before the first person even speaks, and like 45 minutes into the movie before you even have an inkling of what the story is supposed to be about... Personally I find it a bit too extreme to be honest, and consider "The Good..." the better movie.
I just love how the Ugly is the clown in this story but he is still effectively portrayed as a capable and dangerous criminal. And he is the only one who gets a backstory, allowing us to get some understanding and even some sympathy for this character, reprehensible as he is. Even Blondy likes him in his own way. Yes, please watch Once Upon A Time In The West, it's a masterpiece with the late great Henry Fonda in one of the starring roles. And it also has a woman in a starring role, Claudia Cardinale.
I don't think Blondie likes Tuco, but after overhearing his conversation with his brother, he recognizes that he was put in a tough position at a young age, and that set him down a path of crime and violence. He also recognizes that what Tuco wants to escape the life he feels he was forced into, and he'll do anything, even partner with somebody he hates. On the other hand, Angel Eyes, as a military official, always had the choice to live a comfortable, honest life, but chose to be evil.
If she thought this was slow, she's really going to see slow pacing if she watches Once Upon a Time in The West. I love it, but it moves a snail's pace.
@@katana2k 'like' might not have been the right word, but he certainly treats him with at least some level of respect. Yeah, Angel Eyes is very different. At one point Cassie wondered if he enjoys torturing other people. I would say no. Angel Eyes doesn't enjoy torturing other people because he doesn't care about other people. They are just a means to an end for him.
"It's moving slow, everything is slow. I feel they could have told that story in an hour less time." Ya but to be fair, you did watch the extended cut, with deleted scenes re-added. The main reason scenes get deleted is because the story can still be told without them, just like you're asking them to do. I say extended cuts should be mainly for a movie's enthusiasts: the people happy to watch the standard cut several times knowing they'll enjoy it every time. Another thing is, you do want to make some effort to understand the current events which a movie is filmed during, because the intended audience is people living in those times, so you will often find veiled commentary on those events in movies which on the surface will seem unrelated. For example, this movie was filmed during the Viet Nam war, so you find general expressions of "horrors of war" which, in times of patriotic fervor, can really only be gotten away with to the greatest extent in a movie about a long-ago war, seen thru the eyes of characters who have no interest in it's outcome. And what better war to do that with than a war wherein all participants are Americans? So they'd obviously want to take this exceptional opportunity to feature that theme as much as they can without becoming gratuitous. Plus you want to know what technologies are new, since the first movies to use those technologies will tend to explore their capabilities. Recent advances in microphones and recording techs - combined with corresponding updates in acting training - were making truly realistic character portrayals possible for the first time: acting could feature subtle changes in facial expressions and gentle whispers, for closeup cameras and microphones, instead of the OG style where all actors were taught to always project their voices all the way to the back row of IRL audiences, or to the bulky, less sensitive microphones hanging way up in the rafters. Of course they still did some of the nuance stuff, but they weren't trained for it when they were coming up and the equipment wasn't the best for it, so it always comes across more clunky. So what you're seeing is one of the early attempts to explore those new techniques and capabilities - several of which are brought front and center right in the very opening scenes, using the latest advances to dazzle audiences by painting a wideangle panorama using nothing but daring facial closeups and and faint ambient noises.
You didn't pay attention to the opening credits, but that's when the music is introduced. It's by Ennio Morricone, and it's one of the most incredible soundtracks and themes ever composed for any film. You should pay more attention to those things. A long opening with credits is not irrelevant, it may be one of the most iconic things you'll see in a film.
44:01 FUN FACT: This scene and musical track entitled "The Ecstasy Of Gold" is used at the beginning of every Metallica live show. Metallica even recorded their own instrumental cover of this track for a tribute album honoring the film's composer, Ennio Morricone.
Seen them live on five different occasions, and the one time they skipped the intro (during their Cunning Stunts-tour) I almost felt cheated out of it!
I have been aware for decades that Metallica, the members of, have a very wide and deep appreciation of music, from many genres, but I've never been to a concert - that info' is VERY cool and not unexpected for that band. In contrast, many of their 'fans' seem to have very narrow ideas on what they will listen to... at least from those I've known personally.
I was conceived in a drive thru at a showing of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly which my parents saw 27 times when it first came out. By far my father's favorite movie. I've watched it a lot.
Eli Wallach, who plays Tuco (the one swinging from the rope) was almost seriously injured during the first hanging scene, when the horse he was sitting on got spooked when the gunshot sounded, and ran off the set for almost a mile, with Eli managing to stay on the horse, even with his hands tied behind his back. Not only was he a tremendous actor, an outstanding horseman.
He also almost had the dome of his skull taken off by a low-flying metal stair-step on one of the train cars in the scene where he lies along the train tracks together with the corpse of the large-bodied "prison guard". And he was also very nearly gravely wounded by acid used to etch the gold coin bag he strikes with a shovel, so that it would split open nicely. Someone in the film crew had helpfully put the bottle of acid next to Wallach's drinking bottle and he mistook one for the other. He had to drink lots of milk to counter the acid and had to be rushed to hospital for treatment of his acid-burned mouth and insides. Safety on Italian movie productions really wasn't the best, at that time at least. Clint Eastwood has also spoken about suffering injuries and near-injuries during shooting of the Dollar Trilogy movies.
That is Sergio Leone's style. When he made Once Upon a Time in the West the Studio execs were wondering why it was taken so long. And he took weeks to get the perfect shot. That ending fight circle he had built one stone at a time to make sure it was perfect.
We had a class in 7th grade called 'Westerns' which involved watching a movie (over multiple class sessions) and then spending one class talking about it (theme, direction, writing, influences, impact on future movies). The first movie we watched was this one...took 4 classes just to watch the movie but was so worth it...some of the comments on the score and sound are stuck in my brain over 35 years later.
We didnt get anything close to that at 13 years old. We were only given one elective and that was either shop, home ec, or accounting. Which is kinda funny now that I think about. They really were trying to make us little shiny members of society. I finally took film studies in 11th grade, which made more sense film-wise because our classes were 90m instead of 45m.
This is what's known as, from back in the day, an epic. The problem, as far as theater owners were concerned, was that if you had a movie that was too long, you would have to have fewer shows during the day. Because of that push back, epic movies were fewer and farther between. Hence, modern movie audiences have become accustomed to faster-paced shorter films. But the advantage of an epic is that you can fill it with color and spectacular film shots and tension and so on. We've moved more towards faster paced action movies, so younger people have less of an appreciation for a lot of the older movies. They expect fast paced and almost non-stop action, with less character building and less atmosphere and so on. But I still think there's room for the epic, especially since movie length has become less of an issue with streaming and miniseries and so on.
When Eastwood was on "Inside The Actor's Studio", he mentioned that Leone gave him a personal, uncut print of the film, and in its entirety, is some 5-6 hours long!!! I would LOVE to see that copy!
@@zacharybryant9881 Remember that longer movies also often had musical overtures and intermissions, kinda like plays. And you are, of course, right that we do have 2 and 3 hour blockbusters. But Blockbusters are the exception because they get people into the theaters to buy popcorn. And they do tend to be action-packed, as opposed to epics like Lawrence of Arabia, and 2001 and so on, that take a lot more time to stun the audience with slow, magnificent visuals and character building, rather than just explosions and chases and fights. I'm really talking more about audience expectations, and how younger audiences tend to get bored by a lot of that.
@@zacharybryant9881 Yeah, but those older epic films are so long they required an intermission to give the moviegoer a scheduled "get up and stretch your legs, go to the bathroom and buy more concessions" break. Those films got to 4 hours as an average.
I struggle with Slow paced Movies But love Slow Paced Games Like RDR2, Witcher 3 or Kingdom Come. I love westerns but some feel really slow. in Game I can get Immersed in the world and really explore the world but a movie is more passive and are not that long do getting to point is important for me.
“For a Few Dollars More” is my personal favorite of the Man with no Name trilogy, but this is certainly the most epic. Still, I would have recommended beginning with “Fist Full of Dollars”. It’s much tighter and less indulgent. Especially for a new comer to Spaghetti Westerns. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly may be peak for the genre but it’s not entirely indicative of the typically more brisk runtimes.
Agreed, I also like FAFDM just a tiny bit more. Love the way Eastwood and Van Cleef work off of each other and that final duel is my favorite scene out of all 3 movies.
The time period of this movie is set in 1862 during the Civil War. It is set against the backdrop of Confederate Gen. H. H. Sibley's invasion of the New Mexico territory. The Canby who is mentioned in this film is Union Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, who commanded all U.S. troops in the far West. A good reference work is "The Civil War in the West" by Alvin Josephy. Glorieta Pass is the name of one of the battles that was fought in that campaign.
He did "The Mission," too, which I say in in the running for best movie soundtrack of all time. That's not as well known a movie as it should be, what with having Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, and even a young Liam Neeson. I think it won at Cannes, too.
My favorite western. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach all give superb performances. Eli’s performance is my favorite of the three. Ennio Morricone’s score is a masterpiece. And the final duel is one of those scenes that I could watch an endless number of times and never get tired of it.
Eli Walliach was also in another classic western movie called The Magnificent Seven. I recommend watching this as well, it's faster paced and has a all star cast. The Magnificent Seven is a story rework from the great Japanese movie The 7 Samurai.
Maybe Cassie is too pure of heart to embrace the anti-heroes in this movie. I do think Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone's masterpiece IMO) would give her more to latch on to in terms of characters even though the pace would still be glacial.
It's an anti-war film from the 60s. It was filmed during the Vietnam war. The main character is the Ugly, Eli Wallach, who put on an outstanding performance. Ugly is the "everyman" of literature. He must choose his destiny between good and evil. Everything is for the gold. The gold has spiritual connotations in Leone's vision of the western genre.
Hi Cassie! The term 'spaghetti westerns' refers to low-budget westerns from 1964-1973, made by Italian directors, writers and producers, usually with an American star, and shot in various European locations including Italy and Spain which had the look of the Old West (the US southwest and northern Mexico in the late 19th century). The first spaghetti western was _A Fistful of Dollars (1964),_ starring Clint Eastwood, the first of the 'Dollars Trilogy' of which this film is the 3rd, all 3 directed by Italian director Sergio Leone. _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)_ was Eastwood's last actual spaghetti western, having become a major star, and who went on to star in other American westerns drawing on spaghetti western themes such as brutal violence that he helped craft under Leone.
Gotta hand it to you…I’ve never heard anyone hope for a love story from a movie called “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” 😂Who exactly gets to be in love in that title?
You watched the extended cut, which is partly why the pacing at the beginning of the movie feels a bit slow. That's also why the actors sound a bit different in some scenes. Those scenes were added in decades after the film was originally released and the dubbing was recorded when the actors were older, which can be heard in their voices. The actor who played Angel Eyes was actually dead when those scenes were added back into the movie, so they had to hire someone else entirely to record his dialogue.
I can't imagine you liking this one, so I'm really interested in seeing your reaction. It is really long and doesn't have a love story. edit: Haha! My Puerto Rican friends used to call me 'Blondie' back in the day, even though my hair is brown.
you know whats funny is Blondie never gave Tuko the full amount of money every because Tuko could not count. For the reward money Blondie said the split was 500 for you 500 for me when the reward was 2000 total lmaooo
This movie was not too long. If anything, it was too short. The problem with the younger generation, including yourself, is that you have such short attention spans. You want everything now and immediately. You don't have patience for plot development and character development. "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" is regarded as one of the best westerns ever made. I hope one day you will see that in a different light.
It is not Cassie's fault that she was raised in an era of instant gratification. It is also not her fault that a great movie from decades ago does not cater to the CGI generation. Appreciate that Cassie has opened her horizon to appreciate what we appreciated in our youth. Don't be harsh, Cassie is just a kind heart that has embraced a unique form of entertainment. Watching her is like watching my daughter appreciate what her dad values.
One of the things important to remember about the Spaghetti Western, and especially Sergio Leone's works, is that they took the 'clean' out of the Old West. Looking at the older American films, the heroes were almost always clean with bright clothes, even the villains were clean. It was a sanitized idea of the west. Good and bad were clearly defined. With Leone's works the hero is more real, walking a tough line of both good and bad actions. The world is dirty as well. Heroes wore normal clothes and the villains were not all that different except maybe in deeds and motivations. Dirt was everywhere. It was a much more believable scene than the serials and Roy Rogers-type films ever were. Another thing to keep in mind is the music. Morricone's score in this film IS a leading 'man'. It's up front and drives the scene rather than laying in the background to lend to it. It's powerful, real power, in almost every scene whereas modern movies have one or two really meaningful and noticeable pieces at key parts.
As someone who likes the audie murphy and randolph scott westerns, as well as the clint eastwood ones, i agree. Two different styles of westerns, both good.
Chris - YES !! I grew up in the 50s, watching sanitized westerns. Clean, well-lit, moralistic. But glass couldn't travel across the country well, so few windows. Beer needed to be cold and it's before refrigeration, no washers/dryers, horse poop in mud streets, no duels at high noon, simply ambush from behind, like Wild Bill. Thankfully true history has emerged somewhat.
This one is literally #10 on my “top ten best movies ever” list…and I’m very happy it is. Thank you so much for reacting to this! Since you asked for a Western with a love story/romantic subplot I’d recommend Tombstone. Based on a true story, very accurate, great action sequences, brilliant cast! Enjoy!
When you said Tuco was going to give up on him, my first thought was..."A man that double crosses Tuco and leaves Tuco alive.......knows nothing about Tuco." The slow pace of the movie is because it is from 1966. People enjoyed the build up of characters and the slow development of a story back in those days. Less special effects. The movie is really known for its camera angles and close ups of the real gritty faces.
People at the time considered Star Wars an extremely fast-paced action movie... lol By modern standards it is pedestrian at best. :) Shows how much things have changed - and not necessarily for the better either. As a comparison, look at 1968 action movie "Bullitt". Basically only the famous car chase scene moves at anything even approaching a fast pace. ;)
@@lennyvalentin6485 Yeah, but that car chase scene is Bulitt is epic. That car chase scene put modern day chase scenes to shame. For one thing, all the stunts were done by stuntmen or stunt drivers and were real.
Ahh Cassie, as a kid I would walk around my neighborhood playing with the other boys, using my toy gun and taking out bad guys at every turn. All the while Ennio Morricone's soundtracks would be playing in my head and be whistling through my lips. How the hell could this music be this DAMN good. Wahhhh, Wahhhh, Waaaaaa....
I think you will really like Tombstone (1993). It is considered the one of best westerns ever made. It has a much faster pace to it. I also think you would like Silverado (1985), it has Kevin Costner (from Field of Dreams) in one of his first movies.
This movie is a Spaghetti Western because it's an Italian made movie, the great Sergio Leone directed it and Ennio Morricone created the haunting unique soundtrack. It was filmed in Spain with American actors. These Spaghetti Westerns were very different from your typical John Wayne starring Hollywood Westerns. BTW Tucco (Eli Walach) is my favorite character in this movie, he has the greatest character arc and the most interesting back story.
One of my all time favorites. I've seen this more than any other film. The acting, direction and brilliant musical score. I would have recommended to watch them in order but you should definitely check out Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.
Well..chronologically The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the first in line. This is where The Man With No Name got his poncho he wears in all the other movies. It is one of the first "prequels" kind of. Like you can watch them in any order really, but yeah, chronologically this was the first one technically. Even if it was made last.
@@AlexG1020 I think the story of For A Few Dollars More really resonates with people. Seeing Lee Van Cleef as a secondary hero or even main hero you could argue is cool. His story of revenge and seeking justice for his lost lover against a complicated and somewhat charming villain is pretty rare for a Western I feel like. A few are like that, but not a ton. And the relationship The Man With No Name and Douglas form is pretty awesome.
Hollywood Westerns featured clean, immaculately coiffed, "just from makeup" actors. Sergio Leone's Westerns dared to have dirty and ragged "ugly/grotesque/dwarf" players. This matches Daquerreotype and Tintype images of The Old West. Along with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef became an international movie star via these European Westerns. Before getting cast as "Col. Douglas Mortimer" In "For A Few Dollars More" (1965), Lee Van Cleef was about to give up acting. I've also heard that Eli Wallach was skeptical of doing a Spaghettit Western, but, a fellow actor told him: "You'll have a lot of fun, even as a villain." And now, as Tuco slips his bonds: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enuOArEfqGo.html
American Westerns produced under the Hays Code (1934-68) are very family friendly Good Guy vs Bad Guy. Good Guy has to win. For Leone, the American West was almost an imaginary fantasy setting (a gritty one). Over the top realism - pretty interesting. imo
The scene with Tuco visiting the Gunsmith and assembling a pistol is fantastic! Supposedly, the actor Eli Walloch didn't know a thing about guns. The gun assembly scene was totally adlibbed!
He said he didn't know what he was doing and Sergio told him just play arround and make a gun from the parts. definitely improvised. But in truth you can't make a gun out of parts from those different brands.
Also, when he lets the train run over his cuffs, was an actual train. He was really worried one of the steps would hit him in the head, which it almost did. That's why hes so low to the ground and crawls away without lifting his head a millimeter
"I am hoping that a love story develops." She said in the middle - the middle mind you - of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. What? How? Between who? and that is why I love and support this channel. You're the best Cassie! God Bless You.
The best movie (like in Theater Movie) EVER, is "Once Upon A Time in the West"... Cinematography, story telling, music, it has it all. Sergio Leone was a genius. I strongly recommend this one... It's long but for MANY reason. It's a matter of ambiance, of suspense, of contemplation, and observing details. Actors are fantastic, and the music is the "top level" of Morricone directed by Leone.
@@t0dd000 Yeah, I thought that too. All in all Once Upon A Time in the West is kinda forgettable. It doesn't have the rewatchability factor. It just doesn't. The Dollars Trilogy on the other hand, a legend to this day, always fun, always worth it, always impressive.
