Make the time for "Once Upon a Time in America"

If you have the four hours to invest, there are few better films than the SERGIO LEONE opus, "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA."
ROBERT DENIRO and JAMES WOODS star as Jewish gangsters who find their friendship crumbling amid differing ambitions at Prohibition's end.
Released in a clumsily condensed version in 1984, the film has grown in stature once it was released in its restored version.
Director Michael Polish is an unabashed fan of the film.
He describes Leone's approach to mood and time in "The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark:"
"Leone wants to create mood with style, and that's because he allows time and picture to be one, as opposed to you seeing just the style and cutting and filmmaking. He allowed the scene to play out in the fullest extent. He was probably the best director to evoke time."
Again, if you have the time yourself, you should watch this spectacular film.