authentic like 'Dollars trilogy'?

LOL not sure what you mean by "authentic" -- the thing I like most about the Leone films and spaghetti westerns in general, is how surreal they are compared with classic era American made westerns. They are like brutal, stylish cartoons for grown-ups.

Does the film have the same kind of attention to detail and conviction about it's subject matter? Yes. I'd put this one on the same level of artistry as the Leone films, sort of between FAFDM and TGTB&TU as far as complexity and scope. It's somewhat lower budgeted than TGTB&TU, there aren't any sweeping crane shots filled with hundreds of extras or fully built bridges being dynamited for real, but it also doesn't meander as much and the focus is more on the story.

Please try to see it in widescreen if you can.

Its art/production/costume design - if that's what you mean by the Leone look - is quite similar to the Dollars Trilogy; Most of the men have sun-scorched, dirty, sweaty, unshaven faces and the heros and bad guys all have beat-up dusty clothing that looks as if they haven't changed clothes in, oh, about 15 years. The Mexican henchmen look great - all ugly and mean as hell, and wear the same type of costumes as Indio's gang - bell-bottomed trousers, enormous sombreros, long greasy hair, facial scars, etc.
The sets and buildings are all just as weather-beaten, delapidated and dusty as the main characters. There's lots of dust, except for the opening scene which takes place during a late-night downpour of biblical proportions, so everything is completely soaked and muddy.
The whole film looks like what you'd imagine a violent, anarchic wild west setting would look like. It does NOT look like your typical Hollywood western where all the men are clean-shaven and wear clean pressed shirts with cute little bolo ties, and live in bucolic, freshly painted little frontier towns.

DRAH is one of my favorite spaghettis, partially because of the dirty, worn look of the film. The only copy I have seen is the faded, grainy old 16mm print available on budget DVDs, and I LIKE they way it looks. It perfectly complements the dirty, worn appearance of everything on screen.

Plus, it's a very entertaining story full of black humor, and memorable one-liners. None of the characters are "good" people. They are all bandits and murderers of one sort or another, except John Phillip Law, but even he is driven only by murderous vengence. There are no female characters to speak of.

Morricone's score is great, especially during the opening massacre; a huge, recurring "GONNNGGG!" sound, and various low, rumbling, atonal instruments, more like a horror film than a western. Highly Recommended.

Do NOT expect a film on the level of the Leone westerns. In fact, don't expect a good movie on any level except whenever Lee Van Cleef is onscreen.

i really loved this movie. it's not as good as Leone's best, but it comes very close (and it's very similar in many ways). i would say Death Rides A Horse is the best non-Leone spaghetti western.

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