Bernardo Bertolucci COLLECTION DVD Boxset English Version

"This movie is without a doubt the best Western ever. If you like the Eastwood/Leone classics like 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' and the 'Dollars' films, this will blow you away. What truly makes this Leone's best film is the cinematography and music. The scenes of the Arizona/New Mexico badlands is unbelievable. There are multiple scenes of over five minutes in length where Leone has no dialogue or character action whatsoever, but you remain spellbound by his filmmaking. Characterization, by far the most important criteria in any film, is excellent (let's see...why were the original Star Wars so good and the new ones so poor). Henry Fonda actually plays a very convincing villain, if you can believe that. Jason Robards makes one of his best character performances, and even Charles Bronson is good (well before his 70's dirty harry type trash roles). And the plot is the most intricate of all of Leone's westerns by far, focusing on the events of the railroads westward expansion. The only thing that disappoints is the rumor that Clint Eastwood was offered the lead Charles Bronson role, but turned it down as he didn't want to be typecast in this role after having done GBU, Fistfull of Dollars, etc. (happened anyway:), and if he had chosen to take the role, its enough to make ones head spin as to how legendary this film would now be. In terms of cinematography, I think this film may be the single most under-rated major motion picture off all time. The fact that such a stunning visual and musical film is not yet out on DVD, nor with a release schedule, merely reinforces that fact. A must see."