tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post111800528806503155..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: GENE AUTRY'S SUMMER OF SERGIO LEONEDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1118298170289854032005-06-08T23:22:00.000-07:002005-06-08T23:22:00.000-07:00they have managed to show films I don't want to se...they have managed to show films I don't want to see in theaters I will see them in and movies I do want to see in theaters I won't go to =) But I might try to catch some of these. My boyfriend needs more Leone education than he has....Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033647056646946629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1118178127506103962005-06-07T14:02:00.000-07:002005-06-07T14:02:00.000-07:00Your wonderful article got me all excited about se...Your wonderful article got me all excited about seeing those movies, and I've never been that big a fan of them! I also want to go to this Leone event most of all(from the info on the Autry web site):<BR/><BR/>"Join us for a members’ exhibition preview featuring entertainment by colossal 8-foot puppets reenacting scenes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and demonstrations of Western-themed movie stunts."<BR/><BR/>Now exactly who came up with the idea of colossal 8-foot puppets reenacting scenes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?!! I like it. Really, though, any chance to see the Alex Theatre again is more than welcome, and I've always wanted to see the Autry. I'll start looking at calendars and plane fares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1118163938297359572005-06-07T10:05:00.000-07:002005-06-07T10:05:00.000-07:00Virgil: I'm thinking about how I can dump another ...Virgil: I'm thinking about how I can dump another 44 oz. of soda in my lap before the show at the Alex and make it look like an accident ('cause, you know, I kinda liked it...)<BR/><BR/>Loxjet: The <I>Dollars</I> films are like that for me too. I grew up seeing them panned and scanned on afternoon TV, and they always seemed too big for the small screen, even though I had only a smidgen of an inkling of an idea as to why back then. When I was in college, a drive-in in Eugene actually showed, for nearly a week, as I remember, the entire <I>Dollars</I> trilogy PLUS <I>Hang 'Em High</I>-- a rare quadruple feature! But somehow my devotion to my studies prevented my attending (or maybe it was because I didn't have my car up in Eugene yet-- that's a more likely reason). I dragged Patty to a screening of <I>A Fistful of Dollars</I> at a theater in Santa Monica about 15 years ago, and those bastards had the audacity to show a cropped 16mm print! So the first time I ever saw anything of them projected on a big screen was when Bruce and I went to see Joe Dante give a lecture at the AMPAS Theater in Beverly Hills way back in 1987. The lecture was about horror films and their influences on his style, and the lecture was loaded with as many clips as he could fit in, all shown on the big, beautiful screen. About midway through the lecture, Dante stops and says, "And just for a break, I've got a clip here that has absolutely nothing to do with horror films, but it's from maybe my favorite movie of all time, and since I had this screen at my disposal, I just have to take the opportunity." The lights went down, and up comes the graveyard finale from <I>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</I>! Spectacular! And the first time I ever saw them all the way through (projected in the proper aspect ratio..) was a double feature back in the days when the Nuart was a full-scale repertory theater. It was a double feature of <I>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</I> and <I>Once Upon a Time in the West</I>. I called in sick to work and saw nearly six hours of one of the best double features ever. I was planning to see <I>Duck, You Sucker</I> and <I>Once Upon a Time in America</I>, another six-hour double feature, the next night, but, ironically, I actually did come down with the flu and had to miss it. There's nothing like Leone on the big screen.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorites is Tuco, in the bathtub, after he's dispatched a monologuing bad guy: "If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk."Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1118016081652068992005-06-05T17:01:00.000-07:002005-06-05T17:01:00.000-07:00Another marvelous posting, and the folks at the Au...Another marvelous posting, and the folks at the Autry Museum ought to give you free passes for all of the good PR you have just done them. I believe I have just-- okay, I'm gonna say it-- roped my son into going to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST at that outdoor showing (shades of Cinema Paradiso) in September.<BR/><BR/>As for the event at the Alex, well, I'd like to attend, but I don't think it could match the experience of watching THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY with the guys at the Nuart, highlighted by your spilling your soda all over your chair just before the lights went down for the start of the picture, leaving you to sit in the wet mess for the entire movie. I know that is one of Conboy's favorite moviegoing memories, and it ranks high on my list as well.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the interesting and informative piece on the great Leone. By any chance, have any of his biographers unearthed anything that might indicate whether Sergio was a baseball fan and well-versed in the intricacies of the infield fly rule?<BR/><BR/>Virgil HiltsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com