I'm not a huge fan of NPR, but maybe I will be when I turn 50 like my parents. NPR is a pretty informative station though. I found this segment pretty interesting. I liked learning alot about Leone and him growing up watching movies like "Stagecoach," and others if they weren't banned by Mussolini. I found it really cool how when people quit making westerns in Hollywood Leone decided to start making his own westerns, but made them with more action and less talk. And he did all this without even learning how to speak full english.
Leone also got rid of the ideal "good" guy who was clean shaven, but added the grungy, "not washed in three weeks" looking guy. Also how he got rid of the perfect western town, and added the dusty and grungy ghost town really adds to his movies. Leone definitely put the balls in western movies.
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