Sergio Leone

Biography

Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include The Colossus of Rhodes, the Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), Once Upon a Time in the West; Duck, You Sucker!; and Once Upon a Time in America.

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Sergio Leone

The Stranger’s Shadow: How Leone’s Gritty Vision Redefined the Western

on A Fistful of Dollars | Jul 25, 2025

Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars (1964) is a cinematic crucible, forging a new archetype in the Western genre with a smoldering intensity that still resonates. This Italian-made Spaghetti Western, ... Read more

The Labyrinth of Memory and the American Gangster Ethos in Leone’s "Once Upon a Time in America."

on Once Upon a Time in America | May 31, 2025

Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America transcends conventional genre classifications, functioning as a sprawling cinematic meditation on the fallibility of memory and the evolution of the American... Read more

"For a few dollars more... multiplied by chaos." This tagline hints at the epic scale and moral ambiguity of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | May 31, 2025

Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly isn’t merely a Western; it’s a sprawling, operatic masterpiece that redefined the genre with its iconic style, morally complex characters, and breathtakin... Read more