The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

“During the three-way bullring showdown at the end, the music builds to the giant orchestra crescendo, and when it gets to the first big explosion of the theme, there's a wide shot of the bullring. It's my favourite shot in the movie, but I'll even say it's my favourite cut in the history of movies.”

Quentin Tarantino

Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer

“"With this film, Leone makes opera. There's that great scene later on, when the ugly is searching for the tombstone, and the camera's spinning, chasing him. It's no longer just cinema, it's become operatic."”

Darren Aronofsky

Director, Producer, Writer

“It's appropriate that an Italian version of an American genre would give us filmmaking at its most operatic. Sergio Leone's marriage of visual storytelling with composer Ennio Morricone's score becomes utterly divine in this film's climax, elevating a scene of three men standing in a cemetery to transcendent art.”

Edgar Wright

Director, Producer, Writer

“I'm a Western fan. I think everything is really a Western.”

Giancarlo Esposito

Actor