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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Da uomo a uomo
1967 — a.k.a. Death Rides a Horse, in 1 top list Check -
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Faccia a faccia
1967 — a.k.a. Face to Face, in 2 top lists Check -
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I giorni dell'ira
1967 — a.k.a. Day of Anger, in 1 top list Check -
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Se sei vivo spara
1967 — a.k.a. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dio perdona... Io no!
1967 — a.k.a. God Forgives... I Don't!, in 1 top list Check -
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Un dollaro tra i denti
1967 — a.k.a. A Stranger in Town, 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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I crudeli
1967 — a.k.a. Hellbenders, in 1 top list Check -
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La più grande rapina del west
1967 — a.k.a. Halleluja for Django, 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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Dio non paga il sabato
1967 — a.k.a. Kill the Wicked!, in 0 top lists Check -
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Los cuatro salvajes
1967 — a.k.a. Ringo; Face of Revenge, in 0 top lists Check -
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I giorni della violenza
1967 — a.k.a. Days of Violence, in 0 top lists Check -
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El precio de un hombre: The Bounty Killer
1966 — a.k.a. The Ugly Ones, in 1 top list Check -
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Gentleman Jo... uccidi
1967 — a.k.a. Gentleman Killer, in 0 top lists 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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7 winchester per un massacro
1967 — a.k.a. Renegade Riders, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un hombre vino a matar
1967 — a.k.a. Rattler Kid, in 0 top lists Check -
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Little Rita nel West
1967 — a.k.a. Crazy Westerners, in 0 top lists Check -
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John il bastardo
1967 — a.k.a. John the Bastard, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dove si spara di più
1967 — a.k.a. Fury of Johnny Kid, in 0 top lists Check -
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I lunghi giorni della vendetta (Faccia d'angelo)
1967 — a.k.a. Long Days of Vengeance, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il tempo degli avvoltoi
1967 — a.k.a. Last of the Badmen, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bandidos
1967, in 1 top list Check -
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Requiescant
1967, in 2 top lists Check -
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Killer Kid
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il figlio di Django
1967 — a.k.a. Return of Django, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le due facce del dollaro
1967 — a.k.a. Two Faces of the Dollar, 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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Nato per uccidere
1967 — a.k.a. Born to Kill, in 0 top lists Check -
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Clint el solitario
1967 — a.k.a. Clint the Stranger, in 0 top lists Check -
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El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño
1967 — a.k.a. I'll Kill Him and Return Alone, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola
1967 — a.k.a. The Stranger Returns, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sugar Colt
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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La morte non conta i dollari
1967 — a.k.a. Death at Owell Rock, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wanted
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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2 once di piombo
1966 — a.k.a. My Name Is Pecos, 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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15 forche per un assassino
1967 — a.k.a. Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer, 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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Il piombo e la carne
1964 — a.k.a. Bullets and the Flesh, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cjamango
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Joe l'implacabile
1967 — a.k.a. Dynamite Joe, in 0 top lists Check -
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Non aspettare Django, spara
1967 — a.k.a. Don't Wait, Django... Shoot!, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lola Colt
1967 — a.k.a. Black Tigress, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ballata per un pistolero
1967 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Gunman, in 0 top lists Check -
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El desperado
1967 — a.k.a. The Dirty Outlaws, 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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Due croci a Danger Pass
1967 — a.k.a. Two Crosses at Danger Pass, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un hombre y un colt
1967 — a.k.a. Dakota Joe, in 0 top lists Check
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