Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America.
Drawn back to New York City from a decades-long exile, retired gangster David “Noodles” Aaronson discovers that the past is not buried nearly as well as he might like. Navigating a complex web of secrets and betrayals, “Noodles” is forced to confront sins past; both his own and those dearest to him.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 70th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Notes:
- Recorded 14th July 2018.
- Once Upon a Time in America at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Top 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- The Hoods by Harry Grey, 1952.
- Sergio Leone talks to American Film about making Once Upon a Time in America, June 1984.
- Daniel Edwards offers a profile of Sergio Leone on Senses of Cinema, September 2002.
- The AFI offers a brief history of the development, production and release of Once Upon a Time in America.
- Davide Pozzi and Gian Luca Farinelli on Once Upon a Time in America for Il Cinema Ritrovato, June 2012.
- Alex Abramavich at The New York Times on how eight-five minutes disappeared from the original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, June 2003.
- Adam Smith at Empire on the troubled postproduction of Once Upon a Time in America, May 2016.
- Dom Nero at Esquire discusses the botched distribution of Once Upon a Time in America, July 2018.
- Kenneth Turan at The Los Angeles Times offers a retrospective on Once Upon a Time in America, July 1999.
- Martin Scorsese discusses restoring Sergio Leone’s original vision of Once Upon a Time in America at Vanity Fair, July 2012.
- Pauline Kael reviews Once Upon a Time in America for The New Yorker, July 1984.
- Mary Corliss at Film Comment discusses Once Upon a Time in America, July-August 1984.
- Roger Ebert discusses his experience of watching Once Upon a Time in America at The Chicago-Sun Times, 1984.
- Donald Clarke at The Irish Times on the misogyny of Once Upon a Time in America, June 2015.
- Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times on the rising trend of sexualised violence in American cinema, September 1973.
- Sandra Glahn at Aspire2 on the portrayal of sexual violence in film and television, December 2013.
- Nicole Silverberg on Game of Thrones‘ controversial approach to sexuality, July 2017.
- Alyssa Rosenberg at The Washington Post on the necessity of sexualised violence in Game of Thrones, May 2015.
- Elizabeth McGovern talks to The Independent about shooting Once Upon a Time in America, June 2003.
- Treat Williams and William Forsythe talk to RogerEbert.com about making Once Upon at Time in America, October 2014.
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