Sergio Leone's Shane!

This' beautiful book is a compilation of texts and interviews devoted to westerns (and only them) of Sergio Leone and at the initiative of the British Christopher Frayling. The book dates from 2005 and was published in France by Editions de la Martinière. He is best illustrated by a series of almost endless reproductions of posters of these westerns as they were developed in the world (including Japan).

The summary:

- Introduction of Estella Chung, an originally American conservative at the time of the book's release, an American exhibition devoted to Leone and its westerns
- Sergio Leone westerns: a short biography Leone doubled an essay on his work
- Westerns of Sergio Leone: a summary supplemented by various information about each movie
- Then, from page 75 to page 167, a long series of interviews with Leone and his main collaborators (Ennio Morricone, the actors Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach Cardinale, the designer Carlo Simi, director of photography Tonino delli Colli and Vincenzoni screenwriters, Donati and Bertolucci)
- An open letter to John Ford Leone
- An article on the legacy of Leone and especially its influence on the American western post his trilogy of the dollar and cinema in general
- An interview with Martin Scorsese (who knew Leone afterwards)
- Some photo pages

The whole is rich in fun little information (including 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' has he been inspired by a new screenwriter of ... Guy de Maupassant) and offers a comprehensive overview of the work Leone and all those with him, have helped change a genre that was then completely moribund.

If you want to know everything, almost, on westerns Leone and the spaghetti western in general (as it is also about the films of Sergio Corbucci or Sergio Sollima and many others in these pages), n not hesitate: you will find a lot of information in this book well done and well presented!

Note: Reading this book gave me some information which I quote in my comments westerns of Sergio Leone