A Fistful Of Dollars - 1964, directed by Sergio Leone.

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A Fistful Of Dollars - 1964, directed by Sergio Leone.

In the film "A Fistful of Dollars", the lone hero is corrupt. This is similar to the status of the lone hero in many of the so-called "Spaghetti Westerns". The Spaghetti Westerns were filmed in Italy, using Italian actors in all but the leading role, and dubbed with American voices. The Spaghetti Westerns totally changed the face of the Western, as they became more and more violent - and the lone hero became a much more vicious character.

When watching "A Fistful of Dollars", the first focused image is the rocky, desert soil. After this, the camera pans and zooms in onto the lone hero and his horse. Heavy symbolism is being used here - that the lone hero is a product of the desert. The mise-en-scene here is great. All that the viewer needs to know in these early stages of the film is contained within that single shot. Early on in the film the long shots of the desert and the lone hero make the lone hero appear small and insignificant.
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The only good thing that the lone hero does throughout the course of the film is to save Marisol. Everything else that the man with no name does is either kill people, or making money. One thing that becomes apparent is that this man's only interest is in making money.

Constantly throughout the film, we are drawn to Clint Eastwood's steely gaze. He has an impenetrable and impregnable stare, which seems to suggest that his soul is his own, and that nobody else can intrude upon it. He remains constantly expressionless throughout the film. This uniform expression ...

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