Fernando DiLeo wrote and directed some of the best works in the poliziotteschi (Italian crime) genre. Films like Milano Calibro 9, La Mala Ordina, Mr. Scarface and Il Boss gave viewers a very clear look at mafia life in 1970s Italy. To me DiLeo did for poliziotteschi what Leone did […]
Woody Strode
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Sergio Leone‘s sprawling western epic Once Upon a Time in the West is not only a masterpiece of pure cinema storytelling but a post-modern tribute to all the westerns he loved. Infused with homages to classics such as High Noon, Johnny Guitar, Winchester 57, The Searchers and many others, Leone […]