I recommend "My Name is Leone" (by chaos-rampant from Greece, 4 June 2009). Also, "Stylish To A Fault" (Bill Slocum from Greenwich, CT United States, 4 February 2013).
'My Name is Nobody' tells a really interesting story, but fails to reach the heights that it should have. This is one of the few movies I've seen where the cinematography (Giuseppe Ruzzolini) is really endearing, while the direction (Tonino Valerii) is paces behind. Assuming that Leone directed the bar-shooting-scene and the mens' bathroom scene, visual improvement seems needed with the rest.
The story spoofs Spaghetti Westerns (particularly Leone's own recent catalog) in a manner that kills off the tension the inevitable cinematic duels usually invite. One could say that by having a gunslinger who can move faster than humanly possible, so we see sped-up motion that is slapstick in nature, that Leone is mocking his own repeated use of a cinematic gunslinger (e.g., Bronson, Eastwood) who can move quick enough that he is comfortable in duels with at least three opponents. Leone is poking fun at himself, at the expense of serious tension here.
The writing is a bit choppy, and the dialogue is drawn out. The pacing is slow. Henry Fonda particularly seems in no hurry to say his lines. He's good, though. Same as Terrence Hill.
The relationship between Terrence Hill's "Nobody" and Henry Fonda's "Jack Bauregard" is the strongest part of it. 'Nobody' seems to be an alter-ego of Bauregard, sent from the future. He's so easy-going that he seems retired (as Bauregard wants to be). He's also the cartoonishly skilled and quick gunsligner, which again is Bauregard (on a good day). And, by insisting that his name is "Nobody" he's being as inscrutable as Bauregard might get to be in retirement.
As an alter-ego (posing as Doppleganger--he becomes an alter-ego with the film's final scene), 'Nobody' is Bauregard's own sense of adventure encouraging himself to retire in style. (By fighting the "Wild Bunch", an improbable, 150-strong army of outlaws on horseback.) With such an interesting relationship between two characters in a Western, too bad it didn't reach its fullest potential.
Also, note that the film explicitly mentions Sam Peckinpah (i.e., a name on a grave) and features an army of terrorists called "The Wild Bunch." Should we think that Leone is "Nobody" who admires (and constantly trails, the legendary) Peckinpah?
"My Name is Nobody" is a must-see for spaghetti western completists, art-house types and/or cult-film goers. It doesn't compare with Leone's best for dramatic tension, but has appealing qualities.
'My Name is Nobody' tells a really interesting story, but fails to reach the heights that it should have. This is one of the few movies I've seen where the cinematography (Giuseppe Ruzzolini) is really endearing, while the direction (Tonino Valerii) is paces behind. Assuming that Leone directed the bar-shooting-scene and the mens' bathroom scene, visual improvement seems needed with the rest.
The story spoofs Spaghetti Westerns (particularly Leone's own recent catalog) in a manner that kills off the tension the inevitable cinematic duels usually invite. One could say that by having a gunslinger who can move faster than humanly possible, so we see sped-up motion that is slapstick in nature, that Leone is mocking his own repeated use of a cinematic gunslinger (e.g., Bronson, Eastwood) who can move quick enough that he is comfortable in duels with at least three opponents. Leone is poking fun at himself, at the expense of serious tension here.
The writing is a bit choppy, and the dialogue is drawn out. The pacing is slow. Henry Fonda particularly seems in no hurry to say his lines. He's good, though. Same as Terrence Hill.
The relationship between Terrence Hill's "Nobody" and Henry Fonda's "Jack Bauregard" is the strongest part of it. 'Nobody' seems to be an alter-ego of Bauregard, sent from the future. He's so easy-going that he seems retired (as Bauregard wants to be). He's also the cartoonishly skilled and quick gunsligner, which again is Bauregard (on a good day). And, by insisting that his name is "Nobody" he's being as inscrutable as Bauregard might get to be in retirement.
As an alter-ego (posing as Doppleganger--he becomes an alter-ego with the film's final scene), 'Nobody' is Bauregard's own sense of adventure encouraging himself to retire in style. (By fighting the "Wild Bunch", an improbable, 150-strong army of outlaws on horseback.) With such an interesting relationship between two characters in a Western, too bad it didn't reach its fullest potential.
Also, note that the film explicitly mentions Sam Peckinpah (i.e., a name on a grave) and features an army of terrorists called "The Wild Bunch." Should we think that Leone is "Nobody" who admires (and constantly trails, the legendary) Peckinpah?
"My Name is Nobody" is a must-see for spaghetti western completists, art-house types and/or cult-film goers. It doesn't compare with Leone's best for dramatic tension, but has appealing qualities.