Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

A true epic. Without a doubt. The original uncut version had about 9 hours of footage. The almost four hour movie will be excused when you sit through this beautifully crafted movie. Even though it took me two sittings to get done with it, I could notice so many different levels and aspects touched and etched in this classic: romance, love, friendship, betrayal, crime, us history, cinematography and the many levels in which you can understand this in. The break-and-flashback approach and with its ending scene leads you to wonder whether the movie is a dream or if its just three different eras intermingled beautifully. But good movies have such multiple interpretation. Excuse the wild match, but somewhere in the end of the second cd, a want to read again Marquez's Hundred Years of Solitude kept creeping in my stomach.

This weekend was back to back Sergio Leone movie, and you cant not love his style of movie making. The music is ofcourse the haunting one of unmistakable Ennio Morricone. De Niro and Jack Woods do a great job, and you'll love the young Jennifer Connelly.

I'm thrilled with this weekends movie watches !