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Originally Posted by LeCercleRouge
Once Upon a Time in The West should have been in B & W (and don’t give me crap about Fonda’s blue eyes)
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Leone would have.
He thought the image of Fonda's blue eyes were key to the dramatic impact of the role.
Once Upon A Time In The West is too rooted in the rich, dusty, sweaty visual splendor of the west for me to want to see it in black and white. That glossy sheen of sweltering hot people, the haze of dust and ruin, the majestic landscapes, and the use of contrasting colors (rich red hues in the train man's train car, drab, dust reds on the homestead). That would be lost in black and white.