Once Upon a Time in America / Year of the Dragon

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I know most people equate Sergio Leone with classic westerns like Once Upon a Time in the West & The Man with No Name trilogy. But I am really hoping Warner Bros could do more to honor Leone with Once Upon a Time in America which, I think, is the filmmaker's best work.

An incredible dvd set of the full version was released previously and I've been hanging on to it until the Blu-ray version is released.

On the other side of the spectrum (with less subtlety) is Michael Cimino's Year of the Dragon. Though it was panned at the time of its release due to the film being accused as racist and misogynistic, I thought it was a great movie about a bigoted cop who goes beyond to go against the Chinese triad. Mickey Rourke as at his best in this film with John Lone playing the young, but ambitious snakehead.

Hope to see these two great NY modern-crime epics be realized in Bluray one day.