Spaghetti Westerns

[kollektorking]

Anybody in to the classic spaghetti westerns? I saw a documentary last night on IFC which talked about the whole history of the genre and also interviewed alot of the directors, actors, and musicans for the scores. They also talked about how this genre influenced Martial arts flix, and directors like John Woo and others.

kollektorking

[Jackie Boy]

Sergio Leone is a master!!!

[Skellington]

Yeah I love'm!!!! Espescially the ones with eastwood,Bronson and Lee Van Cleef

[ch-chef]

^^^i liked that one with eastwood and van cleef, For a Few More Dollars, still need to see Fistful of Dollars...the first one

....i always wondered this....why are they called spaghetti westerns?

[kollektorking]

In watching that documentary Sergio Leone never liked the term "spaghetti western" but thats how it was seperated from the hollywood style westerns. The raw westerns such as the Eastwoods etc. were shot in Italy. They had a whole slew of dope westerns, really raw, bloody, and violent. Alot of similarities to the kung fu flix that followed later on. Weird how they were shot with out audio and then dubbed in later so that it could be distributed to other countries. But the vocals arent nearly as obvious as the kung fu flix.

kollektorking

[Luther Large]

yeah i luv'em.....they the only type of there kind

[Skellington]

They don't make'm like that no more....

[Roman Deini]

nope shame tho