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Discuss Leone’s Dollars trilogy with regard to the ‘true spirit’ of the Western.  

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Discuss Leone's Dollars trilogy with regard to the 'true spirit' of the Western. "In that film the true spirit of the Western is lacking." Anthony Mann referring to a For a Few Dollars More "The Cowboy picture has got lost in psychology. The West was made by violent uncomplicated men, and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to capture in my pictures." Quotation from Leone in Cinemania CD Rom, 1996 Sergio Leone's films are undoubtedly some of the most important ever made within the Western genre. They are exceptionally stylish and original, and the characterisation is integral to the new direction in which it takes the genre. It is perhaps this that sets Leone's films apart from the Westerns produced within the Hollywood system prior to their release. Leone's films were among the first of the 'Spaghetti Westerns', Italian productions that were shot in...

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