The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

A shot-by-shot investigation of the three-way standoff at the climax of Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, revealing mathematical patterns, images of thought, and pure musical rhythm. Enjoy! A video essay by Max Tohline, 2013. For educational use only. The content of this video is protected by the Academic Fair Use clause (Section 107) of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. For further information, see: copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf If you would like to license this video for classroom use, please leave a comment or send me a private message. Warm thanks to the people over at Rope of Silicon, CinephileArchive [Cinephilia and Beyond], and No Film School for featuring this video on their sites. The writer at Rope of Silicon asserts that I teach at Ohio University. This used to be true, but now I teach at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).