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The Spaghetti Western

The Spaghetti Western . Background. 1960-1975 Europeans loved American Westerns! European directors, actors, etc. Filmed in southern Europe. Movie Posters. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly. Started with A Fistful of Dollars Director Sergio Leone American TV Actor Clint Eastwood

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The Spaghetti Western

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  1. The Spaghetti Western

  2. Background • 1960-1975 • Europeans loved American Westerns! • European directors, actors, etc. • Filmed in southern Europe

  3. Movie Posters

  4. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly • Started with A Fistful of Dollars • Director Sergio Leone • American TV Actor Clint Eastwood • $200,000 and some extra film stock

  5. A Fistful of Dollars • The Man with No Name (Eastwood) • Anti-heroic gunslinger • Money is the only motivation • Style: artistic camera angles, extension of time, raw violence • Critics: Brutal depiction of unromantic West—but audiences loved it

  6. For a Few Dollars More • Success of A Fistful of Dollars led to more films and a sequel For a Few Dollars More • Bounty hunters after a crazed killer

  7. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly • Quintessential Spaghetti Western • Music/ visual style mimicked many times in TV and other films • Hoofbeat rhythms, whistling themes, haunting sounds, accelerating a chase scene, the showdown etc.

  8. Spaghetti Westerns • Introduction of the revenge movie • Increased violence, humiliation, torture, etc. • Criticized for the lack of or stereotypical roles for women, Mexicans, and African Americans • Faded by mid-70s as people were more interested in martial arts along with other genres of action movies

  9. Legacy of the Spaghetti Western • Music • Resurgence of films on TV • Influenced directors like John Woo, Quentin Tarantino • “modern Spaghetti Westerns” El Mariachi, , Desperado & Once Upon a Time in Mexico directed by Robert Rodriquez

  10. Trivia—The Good, the Bad & the Ugly • Most actors spoke native language, dubbed into English later • $200,000 (1862) = $10.9 million today • Budget $1.6 million • Confederate camp • Almost killed Wallach & Eastwood on more than 1 occasion (beheading, poisoning, falling rocks) • Misfiring of the bridge—oops not on camera!

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