Why Sergio Leone was a great director. (Prison escape scene)

Опубликовано: 17 Июль 2026
на канале: Paul Riet
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That accent you're hearing is Dutch. I compare two very, very similar western scenes about a prison escape. Note the similarities: It's night, the prisoner is asleep, escape by destroying the window, riding away in the dark and not a single word is spoken. The scenes even have almost exactly the same length.

Still, Leone's scene is better, because of his use of the music of Ennio Morricone. Thus, it's only Leone's very own style that makes this scene so great, and it says a great deal about why he made great films.

It's interesting that both directors, Sergio Leone and Giulio Petroni, used the same composer, had Lee Van Cleef in one of the leading roles and even shot the film in the exact same western-styled towns, built in Spain.