If Sergio Leone saw this interview of Eastwood's, he'd definitely say, "Such ingratitude after all the times I've saved your career"

The only director that could film a 10 minute scene with no dialogue that would still keep you on the edge of your seat (the opening scene of Once Upon a Time in The West) is one of the best pieces of cinema I have ever seen. He was the best tension builder. Him an Ennio were the best Director/Composer team of all time! I think Ennio had a lot to do with his success. They created something revolutionary on a tiny budget. The story also plays a big part in Leone's success, he took inspiration from Kurosawa's Yojimbo and flipped the western genre on its head and went against the grain, and it paid off massively. I see alot of Orson Welles and Fritz Lang in his camera work but he used that inspiration and made it into his own style completely. There has been no one like him since. Every frame is perfect, every film still stands up today. Its poetry in motion, its art!

15 minute opening scene in “Once Upon a Time in the West” before you got to the title . Best ever. That was a whole movie right there.

Lee van cleef deserves to be recognised and a billionaire

He didn't direct movies, he brought them to life, like the Italian artists of the Renaissance

My favourite director of all time, and a huge influence. I think Clint Eastwood is wrong in his first comment, though God knows Eastwood is a fine director, but Leone's work is pure art as well as entertainment. I love the way he constructed every scene. Every film student and young director should watch his films and learn, and throw away the handheld cameras. Each shot, each angle, each frame is like a filmed sentence in a book. By the time of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly he was using Ennio Morricone's music to complete each paragraph. Pure genius. Morricone too.

Leone is a master of landscapes and human characters both. He gets across atmosphere, temperature and struggle better than any director I iknow. His stories feel as real as if you are standing right there every time.

Leone is a genius and without him Eastwood never exist

Serjio Leone the greatest

Most people who love his films, realize you don't need unnecessary dialog. That's what sucks about most new films. They think the viewer is an idiot and has to be spoon feed. Less is more. For me at least.

Is a crime that Leone and The Good the Bad and the Ugly don't were awarded by an Oscar's

Every time I watch this movie, I see something I missed.. just an amazing movie, great characters, music, camera angles...

I dont get all the hate being directed at Clint in these comments. He wasnt shitting on Leone, he was just giving his own personal opinion. I swear, friggin fanboys are the worst. I love Leone and prefer his style as well but that doesnt mean he is infallible. Clint has a right to his own opinion. Im sure he has a great deal of respect for Sergio and what Sergio did for his career. But i do not agree with the assessment that i keep seeing that Clint would be nothing without Sergio. No, Clint has a tremendous amount of screen prescence and natural charisma that elevated him. I think he would have succeeded in Hollywood regardless. But i am happy that Clint and Sergio found each other and made those movies together.

I am really speechless I think movies are like paintings they are forever

Thank you for uploading the video. Leone was truly a genius filmmaker and now we know where he took inspiration from.

Leone was a genius.....every shot is like a Michelangelo....when they said he saw it in a painting now i understand why.....thats what movies lack nowadays.....the artistic element both visual and storywise....his movies are like an italian painting while Kubrick for example is more like a french Picasso....more cubic futuristic imaginative.....i dont know the terms in English but whoever knows paintings understands....

what a Genius he was!

will never forget Eli Wallach in Don Siegel's master noir, The Lineup. All time great psychopath.

I understand what Clint is saying at the beginning here about films that have overly long sequences for no reason, but I disagree massively that Leone did this too often. Most of the time Leone's long shots and sequences are absolutely doing a powerful job. They are brilliantly shot and paced to build tension, emotion and drama like no other director does, and they also, as with Lawrence of Arabia, give a real sense of space and size to the vast desert landscapes. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly perhaps drags on a little too much in places, especially with the extended cut, but overall it's still a masterpiece. For a Few Dollars More is oddly my favourite of the dollars trilogy (by a hair), just because I actually find it to be not only big is scope but also very tight. I also slightly prefer Lee Van Cleef as Col. Mortimer, the tenuous relationship he develops with Manco and the very powerful and emotional character development towards the end. I also find Gian Maria Volante's "El Indio" to be the best villain of all Leone's films, and the showdown at the end with Mortimer the most powerful. Good Bad Ugly is also a masterpiece and has a lot more crammed into it, but overall it's a little more saggy in the narrative and the finale not quite as emotionally powerful, but more gimmicky (I'm talking fine degrees here, not knocking it at all).

Holy shit, that flying rock almost hit Clint Eastwood 😳