Let me introduce you to Mussolini.

When Alessandro whistles, 90 percent is sound and 10 percent wind. It's an incredibly pure whistle. It sounds like a special effect, but he was born with it.

Leone had a great sense of style, a love for and an understanding of Hollywood Westerns and a unique vision of the Wild West.

I didn't realize I would be maybe researching quotes from Voltaire and Mussolini before this was over,

If someone's challenging you, you let it roll off.

He steps to the lectern and does his Mussolini routine, which he’s perfected over the past months. It’s a nodding wave, a grin, a half-sneer, and a little U.S. Open–style applause back in the direction of the audience, his face the whole time a mask of pure self-satisfaction. “This is unbelievable, unbelievable!” he says, staring out at a crowd of about 4,000 whooping New Englanders with snow hats, fleece and beer guts. There’s a snowstorm outside and cars are flying off the road, but it’s a packed house.