r/moviereviews • u/peligro1_ • 2d ago

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: How Leone Redifined Modern Cinema Spoiler

Many people call The Good, the Bad and the Ugly the first modern film. Do you agree? Here’s why I think its climax still defines cinema...

Sergio Leone’s film is often called the first modern film for good reason. His morally grey characters live not for justice but for survival, his rugged close-ups and long silences create unbearable tension, and Morricone’s music fuses so perfectly with image that it feels like part of the film’s DNA.

The climax. Tuco’s frenzied sprint through the graveyard set to The Ecstasy of Gold followed by the three-way standoff underscored by The Trio is a pure synthesis of sound, image, and rhythm. Leone stretches time itself, cutting between eyes, hands, and faces until suspense becomes almost unbearable.

Nearly 60 years later, you can see the fingerprints of this sequence everywhere, from Tarantino’s tense standoffs to the Coen Brothers’ use of silence. Leone didn’t just tell a story; he showed how cinema can transcend narrative through rhythm, silence, and music.

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