Post by Eddie Love on Jul 14, 2011 19:50:17 GMT -5
I love this name used to characterize this slate of films as there are so many of these after the mid-60s, I've always felt, as they suited the Vietnam era of Americans getting into trouble in war-torn lands.
My one issue with Leone, never him -- but, rather his reputation, is that there's a baby-with-the-bathwater attitude that says all American Westerns of the 60s somehow pale in comparison to his films and I no longer buy into that. I think there are some very fine stateside Westerns of the time that hold up perfectly well, but the twin titans of Leone and Peckinpah critically overshadow everything else.
My one issue with Leone, never him -- but, rather his reputation, is that there's a baby-with-the-bathwater attitude that says all American Westerns of the 60s somehow pale in comparison to his films and I no longer buy into that. I think there are some very fine stateside Westerns of the time that hold up perfectly well, but the twin titans of Leone and Peckinpah critically overshadow everything else.