Duck You Sucker: Fabulous

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2006)

Just saw the movie - for the first time! - the other night on cable. It is fabulous - very rich, very dense. I'd recommend it to any Leone fan. I noticed many comments about the long shots in closeup and the acting through action rather than words, which adds to the richness. An interesting note about some of the long scenes. My business partner (we run a production and communications firm) interviewed Ennio Morricone a number of years ago when he was being honored in LA. Apparently, he basically cranks out many of his film scores and then puts them "in the drawer" until a movie comes up. In many of the Leone movies, scenes were shot to Morricone's score, not the other way around (which is more typical), so many scenes are stretched to match the music. Back to Duck You Sucker - I'll start searching for a DVD. It's definitely one for the collection.