Once Upon A Time In America (DVD)

Blimey, Charlie -- I think I've just seen one of the best films ever! Once Upon A Time In America is a story of friendship and crime in Prohibition-era New York, and is, for want of a better word, a masterpiece. Rarely does a film leave me feeling both enriched and disembowelled at the same time (the Kubrick feeling, I've come to call it!) Laid back and meaningful, intelligent and well-crafted, the film plays out in front of us beautifully, rewarding the observant and interested. Once Upon A Time In America was released in 1984 and was directed by the late Sergio Leone. Not being interested in Westerns, this was the first of his films I saw. The ...

At last!! you here me cry i have been able to get a copy of Once Upon A Time In America!!!you have no idea how long ive been trying to get a copy of this and the Long Good Friday(which i have now also found)on DVD as my lovely girlfriend bought me it for my birthday last weekend and it went in the DVD player straight away, this is film is on of the most defintive gangster storys ever told and it has been digitally re-mastered now as apparently when id been looking for it before i had been told on more than one occassion that it had gone out of production. The film itself is on for around about four hours but its definately four hours well spent(although my girlfriend ...

Godfather is probably more entertaining. However, this movie makes you want to cry and think hard about life. I have watched this movie about 10 times. Everytime after I watched it, I felt exhausted and extremely sad. There is just so much stuff in this movie and it's basically impossible for me to compare this movie to any other single movie, maybe a string of Fellini's or Bergman's movies. Remember I am using the word string. A lot of people just do not like this movie. People I think (or used to think) had good taste think the movie is too long, too dry, and basically just a big waste of time. But some people who have seen it agree with my view ...