A Fistful of Dynamite

Directed by SERGIO LEONE

Starring ROD STEIGER JAMES COBURN ROMOLO VALLI

1971

Released 25 NOV

Blu-ray

n some ways the inverse of John Ford’s longevity and abundance, the and , but it’s not for a lack of his strengths: an eccentric, iconic Ennio Morricone score that breathes life even into the bankrupt term, “iconic”, a great, pungent sense of humor that will transition (with miraculous seamlessness) to operatic gravity, and an extraordinary control of complicated human movements against a large landscape, all the while remaining mindful of the twisting narrative machinery that binds his musical cornucopia of hoodlums, bastards, and killers.