Once Upon a Time in America: Sergio Leone's Silent Epic

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2019)

The script is non-linear and it is these "breaks" in history, now in the past, now in the present, that do not make the film so tiring. Even because there was an interesting work and inspired by the cuts from one time to another, which are not dry - it is as if, in a magic pass, an event of the past reflected in the future, and vice versa. In a moment we see the old bitter Noodles pulling a plaque from a wall into a pantry so that, in the next instant, we see the little Noodles spying on a beautiful girl through the hole of the same room.
The outcome of the film is a case in itself. Some people find the final twist somewhat improbable, worthy of Mexican novels. I was already startled in a good way, even by the attitude taken by Noodles, able to redeem it, in part. Anyway, all the way to this end is worth being appreciated as the final legacy of Leone's memorable career. In times of explosions and shootings that pop up every ten minutes in the cinema, nothing better than stop to contemplate a movie that is not in any hurry.