Josh breaks down the character of Max Cherry, as re-imagined from the novel by Elmore Leonard for the screen by director/writer Quentin Tarantino.

Just a quick wrap-up in which Josh discusses the impact Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia has had on filmmaking over the last three decades.

This video analysis focuses on the violent picnic scene from Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. This is our first video using a swank new microphone from Samson that should vastly improve the quality and quantity of these analysis videos. Look for many more in the future!

Today we’d like to share not one, but two videos. The first is a deconstruction of the action as shot and directed by Sam Peckinpah in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. The second is a music video of sorts, featuring the final shootout of The Wild Bunch set to a song by Beck. The second video really serves no function other than to highlight the rhythmic, musical quality to Peckinpah’s shooting and editing.

Given the sound approval of Leone’s film, it’s easy to forget that on its release in 1968, Once Upon a Time in the West was both a critical and financial flop.

This deconstruction focuses heavily on the use of visual storytelling in Tonino Delli Colli’s cinematography for the film. I’ve superimposed a grid representing the photographic principal known as ‘the rule of thirds’ to demonstrate how the cinematography was designed to follow the age old aesthetic.

By Joshua Cornelius

Hope you’ll enjoy my commentary for the 13-minute opening scene for Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West.  This scene introduces Charles Bronson’s character of ‘Harmonica’ and features actors Woody Strode, Jack Elam and Al …