Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part 1. Introduction Chapter 3 1. "The Key to Your Clock" Part 4 Part 2. The Films Chapter 5 2. "A Sergio Leone Film" – From Sandals to Six-Shooters Chapter 6 3. "Me Right in the Middle" – A Fistful of Dollars Chapter 7 4. "I Can See That It Means a Lot to You" – For a Few Dollars More Chapter 8 5. "Two Kinds of People in the World" – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chapter 9 6. "A Nice, Quiet Country Life" – Once Upon a Time in the West Chapter 10 7. "All I Want Is the Money" – Duck, You Sucker! Chapter 11 8. "There Was Never Any Good Old Days" – My Name is Nobody Chapter 12 9. "Go Look at Yourself" – Once Upona Time in America Part 13 Part 3. The Company Chapter 14 10. "They Earned It" – The Crew Chapter 15 11. "I Have to Know Who You Are" – The Faces Part 16 Part 4. The Vision Chapter 17 12. "A Man Who Knows What He Wants" – The Moral Geometry of Sergio Leone Chapter 18 13. "Shoot—Don't Talk!" – Themes and Images Chapter 19 14. "He Not Only Plays—He Can Shoot, Too" – Morricone Encomium Chapter 20 15. "You Know Music—and You Can Count" – Bob Robertson and Joe Green Chapter 21 16. "There's a Hole in the Roof" – Sergio Leone—Catholic Filmmaker Part 22 Appendixes Chapter 23 Chronology Chapter 24 Filmography Chapter 25 Recommended Discography Part 26 Bibliography Part 27 Index Part 28 About the Author

About the Author

Robert C. Cumbow has published articles and reviews on film, drama, art, and music. He is the author of Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter (Scarecrow, 2000).

Reviews

Cumbow provides in-depth analysis of Leone's films....This book should find an appreciative audience among film buffs and scholars. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.
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