The Good The Bad And The Ugly is one of my all-time favourite movies. Sergio Leone’s masterpiece (the culmination of the ‘Dollars’ trilogy starring Clint Eastwood) has it all – great performances, iconic lines, beautifully choreographed set pieces and, of course, Ennio Morricone’s famous score. I first saw it in a small art cinema in…
For A Few Dollars More
I have collected or nearly collected various posters over the years for Sergio Leone’s follow up to A Fistful Of Dollars. Once upon a time I owned the UK quad, but sold it (which I now regret), although I don’t think its the greatest design. I have been tempted to buy the French grande, which…
Once Upon A Time In The West
Sergio Leone’s 1968 epic Once Upon A Time In The West is one of the all-time classic Westerns. By this point, Leone was confident enough in his own style and talent to carefully and slowly build lengthy sequences without dialogue or music and only natural sounds – stretching the tension out to the point of…
Spaghetti Western soundtracks
These are my original vinyl copies of some of the most memorable and distinctive soundtracks ever, created by Italian maestro Ennio Morricone, who sadly passed away at the age of 91 recently. Morricone composed all the music for this Sergio Leone ‘spaghetti western’ trilogy and many more classic movies. Even if you have never…