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Originally Posted by sfear
Leone certainly had some backward habits. This might explain why the Man With No Name Trilogy appears to have been filmed in reverse chronological order. The most obvious clue is Eastwood finding his poncho on a Civil War battlefield at the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The next would be For A Few Dollars More where a now ponchoed "Monk" watches Colonel Mortimer open a safe filled with cash with The Confederate States Of America printed on it. Finally, A Fistful Of Dollars, the first filmed would be the last chronologically as a headstone during the cemetery shootout is clearly marked 1874.
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So as not to further turn the Fulcio thread into a Leone thread, I've transferred this convo over here, sfear.
There are other things in the trilogy that disrupt even that timeline. Models of guns, newspapers, etc. There is even good reason to believe that the MWNN isn't even the same person, as he really did have a name in each film- Joe, Manco(Mock) and Blondie.
Even more bizarre was Leone's approach towards the female parts(what few there were) in his films. Usually portrayed as whores, shrews or rape victims- or a combination of all 3 as in Once Upon a Time in America. Claudia Cardinale had the biggest female role of all his films- Jill in OUATITWest, fulfilling the Mother/Whore fantasy(see my Hitch thread) as the unattainable Madonna.
It has even been suggested that Duck, You Sucker(Leone's only foray into Zapata westerns) may be the first western with homosexual undertones. Homo-erotic imagery abounds(most notably, the egg sucking German general Ruiz). The characters of Juan(Rod Steiger) and Sean(James Coburn) gradually merge into a single personality, which then diverges, with each becoming the other. The restored flashback finale reveals a scene which leaves the ambiguity to the viewers discretion.
By all accounts, Leone was a normal, happily married man. Secret fantasies, perhaps?
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Originally Posted by The Mothman
nice Im gonna grab that.
@ Festered
nice clip, thanks for showing me that.
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Funny story about that scene. Leone had just purchased a yellow sweater(food and warm clothing were luxury items in post-war Europe) and was wearing it under the priest's frock. The water soaked the dye in the costume thru to it, and ruined it. He was, understandably, pissed.