Have you ever seen any Spaghetti Westerns?
I have seen the Dollars Trilogy! But I am not sure what makes a Western spaghetti, exactly.
Did you know there were also Curry Westerns?
...No. Were there singing and dancing cowboys?
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Polter-Cow - Aug 24, 2009 9:38:24 am PDT #3923 of 30000
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2009 9:40:51 am PDT #3924 of 30000
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We have had movies with those, but I don't think they were Curry Westerns.
Laga - Aug 24, 2009 9:41:41 am PDT #3925 of 30000
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It's too much to sum up: Spaghetti Western
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 9:42:43 am PDT #3926 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have seen the Dollars Trilogy! But I am not sure what makes a Western spaghetti, exactly.
Originally, it indicated westerns made by Italy (though usually shot in Spain), but it's since developed more as a term for...not so much a style, though that's part of it too, as an attitude which was quite at odds with American westerns up to that time (soon to change, though). If you've seen the Dollars trilogy, you've seen some of the best the "genre" has to offer.
Genre being in quotes because I suspect, like film noir, it's not really a genre per se.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 9:43:36 am PDT #3927 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Or, you know, just go to wikipedia. Heh.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 9:44:34 am PDT #3928 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We have had movies with those, but I don't think they were Curry Westerns.
With Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin no less.
Laga - Aug 24, 2009 9:44:48 am PDT #3929 of 30000
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I started to write down what I thought a spaghetti western was, went to wikipedia for confirmation, discovered it was way more complicated than I thought, so just posted the link.
Sean K - Aug 24, 2009 9:44:59 am PDT #3930 of 30000
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But I am not sure what makes a Western spaghetti, exactly.
The spaghetti westerns were made in Italy (sort of), is the short version.
Polter-Cow - Aug 24, 2009 9:45:47 am PDT #3931 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's too much to sum up: Spaghetti Western
I did that already, and I still don't get it.
as an attitude which was quite at odds with American westerns up to that time (soon to change, though)
So more of the gritty antihero who's only looking out for himself as opposed to the wonderful awesome cowboy who saves everyone? But both in the frontier setting?
The spaghetti westerns were made in Italy (sort of), is the short version.
I know that. But that doesn't help me identify when something is like a spaghetti Western. Stylistically. Inglourious Basterds was not made in Italy. To my knowledge. Therefore, its commonality with spaghetti Westerns would be something I should see in the movie itself. Perhaps this discussion will be more fruitful after I've seen the movie. But what other movies I may have seen would you consider spaghetti Western-esque?
Laga - Aug 24, 2009 9:47:48 am PDT #3932 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Spaghetti westerns are like porn: I can't define it but I know it when I see it.