A Fistful of Dollars

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Kevin P 6d A great action-packed western that holds up very well with its gritty tone, stylistic visuals, and fast pace. The film feels ahead of its time with its sharp editing, wide shot landscapes, and brutal gunshots. Arguably the birth of the Spaghetti Western. The movie is very groundbreaking and ahead of its time for modern gritty action movies. It's the start of the western disillusionment subgenre that defined the 1960's and 1970's with an overwhelming sense of violence and lawlessness in the pursuit of profit. Clint Eastwood is awesome as the Man With No Name, aka "The Stranger". A cool and mysterious caped mercenary hired gun who silently observes before quickly making his move. The film has great editing, fast pacing, great cinematography, beautiful landscape shots, and an awesome soundtrack. The Man with No Name is ruthlessly efficient with his gunslinging, but also very clever and a man of few words. The climax is very exciting with great cinematography that's insanely influential, See more Matthew H @Hendy2013 Jan 31 An absolute Clint Eastwood classic See more Michael J. @MilesJoesph069 Jan 27 Clint Eastwood in this movie, might have the most aura in cinema history. See more Tan Z @TanZoi Jan 7 As a Western, its genre language is unmistakably clear: cold, hard, swift, and stylized distanced. The emotions and atmosphere are established quickly and maintained steadily.Still, although the film successfully pulled me along emotionally, I was never able to fully immerse myself. Its plot abandons complexity in favor of simplicity, resulting in a story with a clear overall structure and largely self-consistent logic. However, I feel that the film relies heavily on repetition and rhythmic construction to push the narrative forward. The protagonist has a strong symbolic qualities. The characters function more as carriers of "narrative purpose" than as emotional guides. The storytelling does not really delve deeper into the characters—but since the film prioritizes rhythm and atmosphere, more simple the characters and story more better. Additionally, the film’s score is extremely recognizable—especially the whistled theme, which I even taught myself to play. See more Freddy C @Freddy1910 Jan 3 Uma trama cuidadosa e meticulosa onde o motivo é um punhado de dólares e aquela aberração da violência que deveria ser o Oeste e o México com homens cruéis e gananciosos fazem com que você sempre torça para o herói sem nome e calado! Um espetáculo See more Per S Jan 1 Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo remade into a groundbreaking film that basically reinvented the western genre. Literally made for a fistful of dollars, but making $20 million at the box office, paving way for three other strokes of genius from Sergio Leone, but also for actor Clint Eastwood, who fortunately got the part because Henry Fonda and James Coburn were too costly, while Charles Bronson and Richard Harrison turned it down. See more Read all reviews

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