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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The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il lungo giorno della violenza
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte
1969 — a.k.a. Meet the Sign of the Cross, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dos mil dólares por Coyote
1966 — a.k.a. Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote, in 0 top lists Check -
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Giù le mani... carogna! (Django Story)
1971 — a.k.a. Down with Your Hands... You Scum!, in 0 top lists Check -
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Alias Django
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Tu fosa será la exacta... amigo
1972 — a.k.a. My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow, in 0 top lists Check -
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Buckaroo, il winchester che non perdona
1967 — a.k.a. Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive, in 0 top lists Check -
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El más fabuloso golpe del Far-West
1972 — a.k.a. The Boldest Job in the West, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il piombo e la carne
1964 — a.k.a. Bullets and the Flesh, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tre croci per non morire
1968 — a.k.a. Three Crosses Not to Die, in 0 top lists Check -
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In nome del padre, del figlio e della Colt
1971 — a.k.a. The Masked Thief, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pecos è qui: prega e muori!
1967 — a.k.a. Pecos Cleans Up, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sei iellato, amico hai incontrato Sacramento
1972 — a.k.a. You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento, in 0 top lists Check -
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Uno straniero a Sacramento
1965 — a.k.a. Stranger in Sacramento, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pagó cara su muerte
1969 — a.k.a. Death Knows No Time, in 0 top lists Check -
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Judas... ¡toma tus monedas!
1972 — a.k.a. Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return, in 0 top lists Check -
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El Cisco
1966 — a.k.a. Cisco, in 0 top lists Check -
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Monta in sella!! Figlio di...
1972 — a.k.a. The Great Treasure Hunt, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mestizo
1966 — a.k.a. Django Does Not Forgive, in 0 top lists Check -
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La lunga cavalcata della vendetta
1972 — a.k.a. Deadly Trackers, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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20,000 dólares por un cadáver
1970 — a.k.a. Twenty Thousand Dollars for Every Corpse, 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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Fuera de la ley
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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...e lo chiamarono Spirito Santo
1971 — a.k.a. And His Name Was Holy Ghost, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un dólar de fuego
1966 — a.k.a. Dollar of Fire, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ein langer Ritt nach Eden
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva Zalata
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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100.000 dollari per Lassiter
1966 — a.k.a. Dollars for a Fast Gun, in 0 top lists Check -
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7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Spirito Santo e le 5 magnifiche canaglie
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas
1964 — a.k.a. Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas, in 0 top lists Check -
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La ciudad maldita
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7 Colt per 7 carogne
1967 — a.k.a. A Colt, Five Dollars and Carrion, in 0 top lists Check -
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Aventuras del Oeste
1965 — a.k.a. Seven Hours of Gunfire, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un animale chiamato uomo
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Gli eroi di Fort Worth
1965 — a.k.a. Assault on Fort Texan, in 0 top lists Check -
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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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Al di là dell'odio
1972 — a.k.a. Beyond the Frontiers of Hate, 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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Fuerte perdido
1964 — a.k.a. Doomed Fort, 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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5 dollari per Ringo
1966 — a.k.a. Five Dollars for Ringo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Più forte sorelle
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cuatro balazos
1964 — a.k.a. Four Bullets for Joe, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un colt por cuatro cirios
1971 — a.k.a. Four Candles for Garringo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez
1973 — a.k.a. Fuzzy the Hero, in 0 top lists Check -
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Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado
1972 — a.k.a. Stay Away from Trinity... When He Comes to Eldorado, in 0 top lists Check
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