I tried to do a reversal of what Leone had accomplished. Mainly because of his influence on me and of course, the Western genre. He is the cowboy I grew up watching. John Wayne was a little before my time. I grew up being told that he couldn't act.
People still say that today.
Actually, now they say he is too old. Fantastic films with great subjects. Subjects close to his heart that he was able to do on the studio's ticket. In fact he is the only one. That ain't bad.