?I wanted to express my passion for American cinema with this film,? said Sergio Leone, creator of the spaghetti western, who roams the gangster scene here. Pomp, pathos, gun smoke. America between 1922 and 1968. The story of a big country through the eyes of a small gangster. 46 years in life, almost four hours on screen. Conclusion: Despite Robert De Niro, James Woods, Joe Pesci and Tuesday Weld, it is not a person but time that becomes the protagonist of a murderous melodrama. Sergio Leone’s trip to America is no ordinary crime classic, but a tangled film that is nervous despite its elegance, full of wild plot jumps, wide flashbacks, intermediate cuts and nuances.