Sunday, 10 March 2013

10 of the Best: #10

I've decided to start a series where I share my 10 favourite films of all time. Keep in mind: this list is subjective, so try not to quiver with rage if I don't mention E.T or 2001, or whatever floats your boat. To put this list in context, I have seen a lot of films, maybe even too many. So for a film to be in my top 10 is the biggest of deals.

Number Ten:
A Fistful of Dollars: 
Directed by Sergio Leone, Starring Clint Eastwood
Made in 1964 as a fresh take on what had then become a tired genre, this spaghetti-western spurred (see what I did there?) two equally as good sequels, the most famous of which being The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. 

Clint Eastwood plays an unnamed bounty killer, who uses the feud between two rival families who both seek control of the small mexican town to his advantage. He is a taciturn, watchful anti-hero, and an incredibly cool one. All does not go according to plan of course, when the Man-With-No-Name runs into some trouble with one of the families and, for lack of a better phrase, shit goes down. 


Favourite Quote:
MWNN: [Before a gunfight, to the undertaker.] Get three coffins ready.
MWNN: [After same gunfight, to the undertaker] My mistake: four coffins.

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