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John Fante

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2. Leone was a great visual director, but a fucking creep.

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 05:40 PM

Nov 2018

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Noodles (Robert DeNiro) violently rapes not one, but two women in this film, and I'm supposed to feel sympathy for him at the end? That's just bad storytelling.

"Deborah's Theme" is arguably Ennio Morricine's finest hour. It's so beautiful, it hurts.

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HEY! Ever seen Once Upon a Time in America? (Spoiler Alert) [View all] PCIntern Nov 2018 OP

Have not seen that but... jcgoldie Nov 2018 #1

Leone was a great visual director, but a fucking creep. John Fante Nov 2018 #2

Yeah, I didn't like the treatment of women TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #6

It's like Bond and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger... PCIntern Nov 2018 #7

Let's hire some trash trucks to loop the Whitehouse lame54 Nov 2018 #3

That was a good movie. Didn't he have a weird inferiority thing against De Niro's character? nt Snotcicles Nov 2018 #4

Yes very disturbing profiles of each of these characters PCIntern Nov 2018 #5