All most Sergio Leone’s films from his Spaghetti Westerns like Once Upon a Time in the West, to the modern day films like Once Upon a Time in the West to Once Upon a Time in America have a sense of extremism. One could say Once Upon a Time in the West helped launch the trend of extremism, but films like A Clockwork Orange, Deep Throat pushed the beyond of how far a director can go (Which these films are super extreme!). I feel that the film violence adds to the film's commentary of the latent element in the genre. The West was not a peaceful place, cruel people did cruel things back then, and there was no modern police force out in the west. Illegal crimes that are seen still seen today such as prostitution, blackmailing, intimidation, killing