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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

2022 · 107 min

A warm, reverent parade of talking heads and archival clips that celebrates a filmmaker's legacy with affection rather than deep analysis.

Directed by
Francesco Zippel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, Giuseppe Tornatore
Overview
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.

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Directed by
Francesco Zippel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, Giuseppe Tornatore
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    documentary
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    Starring
    Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, Giuseppe Tornatore, Damien Chazelle, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Connelly
    Cinematography
    Marco Tomaselli, Carlo Alberto Orecchia
    Runtime
    107 min
    Country
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    Languages
    English, French, Italian

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