#088: Once Upon a Time in the West with Tom Lorenzo
From One Track Mind with Ryan Luis Rodriguez by Ryan Luis Rodriguez
December 30, 2025 · 1h 25m · Season 1 · Episode 88
About this episode
Ryan and guest Tom Lorenzo discuss the audio commentary of Sergio Leone's film 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.
For our eighty-eighth episode, we’re joined by friend of the show and newly-minted Three Timers Club member Tom Lorenzo (“You’re Missing Out” podcast) for a discussion of the star-studded audio commentary for Sergio Leone’s magnum opus, the 1968 spaghetti western “Once Upon a Time in the West”. Among the things discussed: grungy close-ups and epic wide shots, homages in “Back to the Future”, giving Dario Argento his training wheels, Leone’s place in the cinematic canon, the plusses and minuses of Kino Lorber’s film noir box-sets, Harmonica: the real man with no name, sound as music, and so much more. Ryan’s Recommendations: “21 Jump Street” (2012), “22 Jump Street” (2014), and “The Lego Batman Movie” (2017) For exclusive bonus content and early releases of every episode, join our Patreon and become an Official Minder: http://www.patreon.com/onetrackmindpodcast Our network: https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.
People in this episode
Host: Ryan Luis Rodriguez
Guest: Tom Lorenzo
Topics covered
- film analysis
- spaghetti westerns
- cinematic techniques
- audio commentary
- film recommendations
- homages in film
Keywords
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Sergio Leone
- film commentary
- spaghetti western
- film analysis
- Dario Argento
- Kino Lorber
- 21 Jump Street
- 22 Jump Street
- The Lego Batman Movie
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kino Lorber, You’re Missing Out, Someones Favorite Productions, Bildschirm
Books & works: Once Upon a Time in the West, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, The Lego Batman Movie
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