A List Full of Spaghetti Westerns
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Spaghetti Western is a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in USA and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
It was Sergio Leone who defined the look and attitude of the genre with his first western and the two that soon were to follow:For a Few Dollars more (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Together these films are called ‘The Dollars Trilogy’. Leone’s West was a dusty wasteland of whitewashed villages, howling winds, scraggy dogs and cynical heroes, as unshaven as the villains.
All three films were scored by Ennio Morricone, and his music was as unusual as Leone’s visuals: not only did he use instruments like the trumpet, the harp or the electric guitar, he also added whistle, cracking whips and gunshots to the concoction, described by a critic as a ‘rattlesnake in a drumkit’. Morricone went on to score over 30 Italian westerns and was a key factor in the genre's success.
In general spaghetti westerns are more action oriented than their American counterparts. Dialogue is sparse and some critics have pointed out that they are constructed as operas, using the music as an illustrative ingredient of the narrative. For the time of making many spaghetti westerns were quite violent, and several of them met with censorship problems, causing them to be cut or even banned in certain markets. Many spaghetti westerns have an American-Mexican border setting and feature loud and sadistic Mexican bandits. The Civil War and its aftermath is a recurrent background. Instead of regular names the heroes often have bizarre names like Ringo, Sartana, Sabata, Johnny Oro, Arizona Colt or Django. The genre is unmistakably a catholic genre (some other names in use are Hallelujah, Cemetery, Trinity or Holy Water Joe!), with a visual style strongly influenced by the catholic iconography of, for instance, the crucifixion, the last supper or the ecce homo. The surreal extravanganza Django Kill! (Se sei vivo, spara, 1967), by Giulio Questi, former assistant of Fellini (!) has a resurrected hero who witnesses a reflection of Judgment Day in a dusty western town.
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Faccia a faccia
1967 — a.k.a. Face to Face, in 2 top lists Check -
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Corri uomo corri
1968 — a.k.a. Run, Man, Run, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tepepa
1969, in 1 top list Check -
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¡Viva la muerte... tua!
1971 — a.k.a. Don't Turn the Other Cheek, in 0 top lists Check -
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Vado... l'ammazzo e torno
1967 — a.k.a. Any Gun Can Play, in 0 top lists Check -
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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I crudeli
1967 — a.k.a. Hellbenders, in 1 top list Check -
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Der Schatz im Silbersee
1962 — a.k.a. The Treasure of the Silver Lake, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou - 3. Teil
1965 — a.k.a. Winnetou: The Last Shot, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou - 2. Teil
1964 — a.k.a. Winnetou: The Red Gentleman, in 0 top lists Check -
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La bataille de San Sebastian
1968 — a.k.a. Guns for San Sebastian, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva Maria!
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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Professionisti per un massacro
1967 — a.k.a. Professionals for a Massacre, in 0 top lists Check -
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Old Shatterhand
1964 — a.k.a. Apaches Last Battle, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Texican
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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El Condor
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Unter Geiern
1964 — a.k.a. Frontier Hellcat, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il bianco il giallo il nero
1975 — a.k.a. Shoot First... Ask Questions Later, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou - 1. Teil
1963 — a.k.a. Winnetou, in 0 top lists Check -
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Old Surehand
1965 — a.k.a. Flaming Frontier, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi
1966 — a.k.a. Winnetou and the Crossbreed, in 0 top lists Check -
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Das Vermächtnis des Inka
1965 — a.k.a. Legacy of the Incas, in 0 top lists Check -
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Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera
1964 — a.k.a. Lemonade Joe, in 2 top lists Check -
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Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco
1968 — a.k.a. Gatling Gun, in 0 top lists Check -
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Der Ölprinz
1965 — a.k.a. The Oil Prince, in 0 top lists Check -
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Savage Pampas
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato
1963 — a.k.a. Invincible Masked Rider, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand
1966 — a.k.a. Winnetou and Old Firehand, in 0 top lists Check -
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Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten
1968 — a.k.a. The Valley of Death, in 0 top lists Check -
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Una pistola per cento croci!
1971 — a.k.a. Gunman of One Hundred Crosses, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?
1973 — a.k.a. Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?, in 0 top lists Check -
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Thompson 1880
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'oro dei bravados
1970 — a.k.a. Chapaqua's Gold, in 0 top lists Check -
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Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?
1972 — a.k.a. What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?, in 0 top lists Check -
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Giubbe rosse
1975 — a.k.a. Red Coat, in 0 top lists Check -
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Perché uccidi ancora
1965 — a.k.a. Blood at Sundown, in 0 top lists Check -
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Get Mean
1975, in 0 top lists Check -
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7 magnifiche pistole
1966 — a.k.a. Seven Magnificent Guns, in 0 top lists Check -
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El Zorro
1968 — a.k.a. Zorro the Fox, in 0 top lists Check -
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El coyote
1955 — a.k.a. Coyote, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva Zalata
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il segno del coyote
1963 — a.k.a. The Sign of the Coyote, in 0 top lists Check -
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La vuelta de El Coyote
1998 — a.k.a. The Return of El Coyote, in 0 top lists Check -
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I tre del Colorado
1965 — a.k.a. Canadian Wilderness, in 0 top lists Check -
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La carga de la policía montada
1964 — a.k.a. Cavalry Charge, in 0 top lists Check -
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Frontera al sur
1967 — a.k.a. Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il figlio di Zorro
1973 — a.k.a. Man with the Golden Winchester, in 0 top lists Check -
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Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes
1965 — a.k.a. Pyramid of the Sun God, in 0 top lists Check -
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La venganza del Zorro
1962 — a.k.a. Zorro the Avenger, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il segno di Zorro
1963 — a.k.a. Duel at the Rio Grande, in 0 top lists Check
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