Quentin Tarantino reveals his choice for the best movie trilogy of all time, saying it “Does what no other trilogy has ever been able to do.” Tarantino is the director of movies such as Pulp fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious bastards, Django UnchainedAnd Once upon a time… in Hollywood With an undecided tenth and final film on the way. In addition to being an acclaimed author, Tarantino is also a certified cinephile who often shares his unfettered opinions, recently writing an entire book on film criticism called Cinema speculation.
Now, during a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random Podcast, Tarantino revealed his choice for the best movie trilogy of all time – A fistful of dollars, For a few dollars moreAnd The good, the bad and the ugly. Watch the portion of the video below, starting at the 12:36 minute mark:
Tarantino says these Dollars Trilogy, also known as the Man with no name trilogy,”Does what no other trilogy has ever been able to do“Since it is the vision of one director, Sergio Leone, and with each installment surpasses the previous in quality and scale. Read his full comments below:
I think there’s only one trilogy that works completely and utterly to the core and that’s Fistful of Dollars, for a few dollars more, and the good, the bad and the ugly. There is one directorial vision, Sergio Leone, through all the movies, but the thing is that it does what no other trilogy has ever been able to do. The first movie is great, but the second movie is so big and takes the whole idea, for a few dollars more, is so big and takes the whole idea to such a bigger canvas that it obliterates the first. And then the third, the good, the bad and the ugly, does the same with the second, and this is something that never happens. You will see the big jump from the first to the second, and they don’t really land the third one. You know, Mad Max, Road Warrior, and well, Beyond Thunderdome doesn’t dwarf Road Warrior.
As the Man with No Name trilogy improves with each installment
It increases its quality and weight
Tarantino acknowledges that Leone’s Dollars Trilogy accomplishes what no other trilogy has done – improving with each installment. The trilogy accomplishes this by having each installment expand its narrative scope, scale, and depth While still maintaining the director’s distinctive style. A fistful of dollars is a relatively contained tale that introduces audiences to Clint Eastwood’s iconic Man of No Name and sets the stage with a gritty, minimalist approach, its strength lying in its straightforward story of a lone gunman navigating a conflict between rival families .
While A fistful of dollars laid the foundation, For a few dollars more is where Leone’s trilogy began to raise its ambition, expanding the narrative through the introduction of Lee Van Cleef as a bounty hunter who teams up with Eastwood’s Man of No Name to take down a notorious gangster. The film’s plot is a bit more intricate, including a multi-layered revenge story and a deeper exploration of moral ambiguity. Until then The good, the bad and the ugly arrived, Leone’s vision has reached its zenith With a sprawling narrative set against the backdrop of the American Civil War.
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Leone’s trilogy is a unique achievement since each installment surpasses the previous one in quality and scale. Although many trilogies often see a significant improvement from the first to the second film, as Tarantino argues, they often fail to maintain or exceed the improvement with the third film, using the original film. Mad Max trilogy as a prime example of where the third film, Beyond Thunderdomedon’t go over the second one, Road Warrior. Leone’s trilogy achieved what no other trilogy has, which is why it has earned such a historic place in cinema history and become a favorite of Tarantinos.
Source: Club Random Podcast