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Spaghettiwestern:asub-genreof
westernfilms.
The western films:
a truly american genre
portray how hard life was for american
frontier families
it tels storys about the conquest of
wilderness
depicts a society organized around codes of
honor and private justice
Spaghettiwestern:asub-genreof
westernfilms.
The western films:
fist western film was The great train robbery
(1903), silent film with 12 minutes long.
most known actor was John Wayne (19071979), known by True grit (1969), Stagecoach
(1939), The searchers (1956).
Spaghettiwestern:theitalianwayof
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Origins:
mid-1960s
director Serigio Leone (1929-1989)
produced and directed by italians
derogatory name created by american critics
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Sergio Leone filmmaking style:
juxtaposing extreme closeupshots
lengthy long shots
overuse of sound effects
long partnership with Ennio
Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyvzfyqYm_s
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Other features:
filmed at locations such, Tabernas desert
in southeastern Spain; central and southern
Italy such as, parks of Valle del Treja and
hills around Castelluccio.
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Other features:
established Clint
Eastwood as a star
changed the depict
of the western cowboy
in a more realistic
character
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Famous spaghetti western films:
A fistfull of dollars (1964)
For a few dollars more (1965)
The good, the bad and the ugly (1966)
Django (1966)
http://www.spaghettiwestern.net/index.php/Essential_Top_20_Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Ge2hmSTbo