Something To Do with Death: Sergio Leone

September 2-23

A rare chance to see Leone's groundbreaking "spaghetti" Westerns on the big screen.

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  • Once upon a Time in the West

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • For a Few Dollars More

  • A Fistful of Dollars

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  • A Fistful of Dollars

    • Sunday, September 4 7:15 PM
    • Friday, September 23 8:15 PM
    Sergio Leone
    Italy, 1964

    Leone invented a new kind of Western with his sagebrush version of Kurosawa's Yojimbo, and a new kind of hero in Clint Eastwood as The Man with No Name.

  • Once upon a Time in the West

    • Friday, September 16 6:30 PM
    • Sunday, September 18 6:45 PM
    Sergio Leone
    Italy, United States, 1968

    Leone goes to the heartland of the Western—Monument Valley—for this monumental revision of American myth, starring Henry Fonda as a ruthless killer up against Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, and Claudia Cardinale.

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    • Friday, September 2 7 PM
    • Sunday, September 11 3:30 PM
    Sergio Leone
    Italy, 1967

    BAMPFA Student Committee Pick

    One of the most influential Westerns of all time, and a striking example of how cinema can create a living myth out of pure visual spectacle. Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef.

  • For a Few Dollars More

    • Saturday, September 10 8 PM
    Sergio Leone
    Italy, 1965

    Leone's follow-up to Fistful of Dollars pairs Eastwood with Van Cleef against Gian Maria Volontè, making for mounting mayhem.