An Opera of Violence
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)
- Year: 2003
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Lipsync Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Keyword: cinema on cinema, movie business, behind the scenes, spaghetti western, western filmmaking, celebrity interview, short film
- Director: Lancelot Narayan
- Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claudia Cardinale, John Carpenter, Alex Cox, Tonino Delli Colli, Gabriele Ferzetti