Review of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) by Kenneth Turan for Los Angeles Times — 17 Jun 2002
This epic is a compendium of kitsch, but it’s kitsch aestheticized by someone who loves it and sees it as the poetry of the masses. It isn’t just the echoing moments that keep you absorbed—it’s the reverberant dreamland settings and Leone’s majestic, billowing sense of film movement.
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This review of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) was written by Kenneth Turan and published by Los Angeles Times on 17 June 2002.
Once Upon a Time in America has generally received very positive reviews.
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