OT but a heads up

I'm posting this on all Sergio Leone film boards. This is a heads up to those that love Leone's style & pacing. Recently within the last year I came across a 1993 film that, in the same way Leone re-imagined the American Western, a director, cinematographer, and composer "Leone-ized" or shot in a "Leonesque" style a Film Noir, watching it you will see some direct references to some of our favorite Leone films. Check this out if you've never seen it, or watch it again to see what I'm talking about.

Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)



Lena Olin is like a deadly female version (using her female weapons) of Angel Eyes, a lithe, sexy, Russian Femme Fatale and she is a smart, devious, scary-sexy one at that. She flashes her sex like a neon sign at the bottom of a dead end road. Gary Oldham looks like a deer caught in her headlights. She probably scared the hell out of a lot of conservative prepubescent boy scouts out there with her animal like sexuality in 1994. That may be the reason the film did poorly upon release, the Zeitgeist was't ready for the likes of Mona.

Full review with screen caps is here: http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/35193-recently-watched-noir/?p= 1029117