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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Il ritorno di Ringo
1965 — a.k.a. The Return of Ringo, in 1 top list Check -
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Minnesota Clay
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Django spara per primo
1966 — a.k.a. Django Shoots First, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bill il taciturno
1967 — a.k.a. Django Kills Softly, in 0 top lists Check -
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Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo
1971 — a.k.a. Django's Cut Price Corpses, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva Maria!
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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El Condor
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Duello nel Texas
1963 — a.k.a. Gunfight at Red Sands, in 0 top lists Check -
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Joe... cercati un posto per morire!
1968 — a.k.a. Find a Place to Die, in 0 top lists Check -
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Inside Straight
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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Killer Kid
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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Killer calibro 32
1967 — a.k.a. Killer Caliber .32, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un dollaro bucato
1965 — a.k.a. Blood for a Silver Dollar, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe
1970 — a.k.a. Apocalypse Joe, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sugar Colt
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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Thompson 1880
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wanted
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta
1967 — a.k.a. Man, Pride & Vengeance, 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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Il mio nome è Mallory... M come morte
1971 — a.k.a. My Name Is Mallory... M Means Death, in 0 top lists Check -
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Su le mani, cadavere! Sei in arresto
1971 — a.k.a. Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tierra brutal
1962 — a.k.a. The Savage Guns, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dai nemici mi guardo io!
1968 — a.k.a. I Protect Myself Against My Enemies, in 0 top lists Check -
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30 Winchester per El Diablo
1965 — a.k.a. Gold Train, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva Zalata
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il suo nome era Pot
1971 — a.k.a. His Name Was Pot... But They Called Him Allegria, in 0 top lists Check -
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I vendicatori dell'Ave Maria
1970 — a.k.a. Fighters from Ave Maria, in 0 top lists Check -
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Killer, adios
1968 — a.k.a. Killer Goodbye, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dust
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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El Zorro justiciero
1969 — a.k.a. The Avenger, Zorro, 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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