Once Upon a Time in the West
Sergio Leone · 1968
Leone and cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli cut between eyes and horizons. A man's eye in extreme close-up is as large on screen as a mountain range. The cutting suggests that in a Leone Western, what goes on inside a man and the land outside him are the same kind of thing. Both are terrain to be studied and crossed.
Where to see it: The opening standoff intercutting. Eyes, gun barrels and the desert alternate, all at the same size on screen.