<P> The film features long, slow scenes in which there is very little dialogue and little happens, broken by brief and sudden violence . Leone was far more interested in the rituals preceding violence than in the violence itself . The tone of the film is consistent with the arid semi-desert in which the story unfolds, and imbues it with a feeling of realism that contrasts with the elaborately choreographed gunplay . </P> <P> Sergio Leone liked to tell the story of a cinema in Paris where the film ran uninterrupted for two years . When he visited this theatre, he was surrounded by fans who wanted his autograph, as well as the projectionist, who was less than enthusiastic . Leone claimed the projectionist told him "I kill you! The same movie over and over again for two years! And it's so SLOW!" </P> <P> Most of the film was shot in Cinecittà studios, Rome . The brick arch where Bronson's character flashbacks to his youth and the original lynching incident was built near a small airport fifteen miles north of Monument Valley, in Utah and two miles from U.S. Route 163 (which links Gouldings Lodge and Mexican Hat). The opening sequence with the three gunmen meeting the train was one of the sequences filmed in Spain . Shooting for scenes at Cattle Corner Station, as the location was called in the story, was scheduled for four days and was filmed at the' ghost' train station in the municipality of La Calahorra, county of Gaudix, near Guadix, in the Province of Granada, Spain, as were the scenes of Flagstone, and shooting for the scenes in the middle of the railway were filmed along the Guadix - Hernan Valle railway line . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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