“The affectations and allusions are entirely deliberate. Leone, his film critic pal Dario Argento and a hotshot young director named Bernardo Bertolucci spent months binging every ancient Hollywood oater they could find while coming up with the story, stealing scenes and scenarios willy-nilly. Once Upon A Time In The West isn’t just any old Western, it’s all of them.” – Crooked Marquee, 05/26/2023