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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I quattro dell'Ave Maria
1968 — a.k.a. Ace High, in 1 top list Check -
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Un genio, due compari, un pollo
1975 — a.k.a. A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, in 0 top lists Check -
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E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico
1972 — a.k.a. Man of the East, in 0 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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Viva Maria!
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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... continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità
1971 — a.k.a. Trinity Is Still My Name, in 1 top list Check -
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Il mio nome è Nessuno
1973 — a.k.a. My Name Is Nobody, in 1 top list Check -
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lo chiamavano Trinità...
1970 — a.k.a. They Call Me Trinity, in 1 top list Check -
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Vamos a matar, compañeros
1970 — a.k.a. Companeros, in 1 top list 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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Ric e Gian alla conquista del West
1967 — a.k.a. Rick and John, Conquerors of the West, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fah talai jone
2000 — a.k.a. Tears of the Black Tiger, in 3 top lists Check -
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Il mercenario
1968 — a.k.a. The Mercenary, in 1 top list Check -
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Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo
1972 — a.k.a. Amigo, Stay Away, in 0 top lists Check -
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Si può fare... amigo
1972 — a.k.a. It Can Be Done Amigo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Touche pas à la femme blanche
1974 — a.k.a. Don't Touch the White Woman!, in 0 top lists Check -
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Botte di Natale
1994 — a.k.a. Troublemakers, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rango
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Sugar Colt
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio
1968 — a.k.a. Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better, in 0 top lists Check -
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El kárate, el Colt y el impostor
1974 — a.k.a. Blood Money, in 0 top lists Check -
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I magnifici tre
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7 donne per i MacGregor
1967 — a.k.a. Up the MacGregors, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fantasma en el Oeste
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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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¡Viva la muerte... tua!
1971 — a.k.a. Don't Turn the Other Cheek, in 0 top lists Check -
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Vivi o preferibilmente morti
1969 — a.k.a. Alive or Preferably Dead, in 0 top lists Check -
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Trinità e Sartana figli di...
1972 — a.k.a. Trinity and Sartana Are Coming, in 0 top lists Check -
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Zorro marchese di Navarra
1969 — a.k.a. Zorro, the Navarra Marquis, in 0 top lists Check -
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...e per tetto un cielo di stelle
1968 — a.k.a. A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof, 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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Ciccio perdona... Io no!
1968 — a.k.a. Ciccio Forgives, I Don't, in 0 top lists Check -
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La collina degli stivali
1969 — a.k.a. Boot Hill, in 0 top lists Check -
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Due mafiosi nel Far West
1964 — a.k.a. Two Gangsters in the Wild West, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il West ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato...
1972 — a.k.a. Return of Halleluja, 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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Per un pugno nell'occhio
1965 — a.k.a. Fistful of Knuckles, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tedeum
1972 — a.k.a. Father Jackleg, in 0 top lists Check -
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Face Eater
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I magnifici brutos del West
1964 — a.k.a. Badmen of the West, in 0 top lists Check -
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Se vuoi vivere... spara!
1968 — a.k.a. If You Want to Live... Shoot!, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wild West Story
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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I due sergenti del generale Custer
1965 — a.k.a. Two Sergeants of General Custer, in 0 top lists Check -
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I nipoti di Zorro
1968 — a.k.a. The Nephews of Zorro, in 0 top lists Check -
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Los fabulosos de Trinidad
1972 — a.k.a. Fabulous Trinity, in 0 top lists Check -
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La pazienza ha un limite... noi no!
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...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West
1973 — a.k.a. Three Supermen of the West, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il bandolero stanco
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Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra
1969 — a.k.a. Paths of War, in 0 top lists Check
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