{"product_id":"sergio-leone-by-himself-hardcover","title":"Sergio Leone by Himself - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Frayling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompiled writings and interviews from the director who pioneered the \"spaghetti Western\" film genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the worldwide box-office success of his \u003ci\u003eDollars\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy and his untimely death in April 1989 at the age of 60, Sergio Leone gave several interviews to selected film journalists. He also wrote a series of thoughtful essays about his cinematic influences such as Charlie Chaplin, Federico Fellini, Henry Fonda, Robert Aldrich and John Ford. To accompany his final film, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time in America\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), he published several articles about his obsessive quest to make the film and how it eventually happened. Most of these writings have never before appeared in English; as a collection they have never before appeared anywhere. \u003ci\u003eSergio Leone by Himself\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by Leone's acclaimed biographer Christopher Frayling, gathers all his significant interviews, essays and articles to create a director's-eye view of a body of work that over the past half century has had a decisive influence on world cinema. The book is illustrated with previously unseen photographs, posters and related ephemera from the Leone family collection and the Angelo Novi archive, both now housed in the Cineteca in Bologna.\u003cbr\u003eThe architect of cinema's American West, \u003cb\u003eSergio Leone\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-89) did not speak English. His \"spaghetti Westerns\" were filmed in Italy and Spain and received both critique and acclaim for their violence, grittiness and camera work. Leone is best remembered for his two \"trilogies'' of films: the \u003ci\u003eDollars\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy starring Clint Eastwood and his \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time\u003c\/i\u003e films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Frayling\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading scholar on the life and legacy of Sergio Leone and is the author of his bestselling biography, \u003ci\u003eSomething to Do with Death\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as rector of the Royal College of Art from 1996 to 2009 and as chairman of Arts Council England from 2005 to 2009. As Sergio Leone once said to him, \"it took an Englishman to take my films seriously.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 11.02 x 9.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755254415648,"sku":"9781909526969","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/183c8a7c56d2228fc5ae62b834e02c72.webp?v=1780054298","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sergio-leone-by-himself-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}