Spaghetti Westerns
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1842433032 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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SPAGHETTI WESTERN OVERVIEW. This new edition is an improvement over the old one in that it is expanded in size (though still not really a big book) by over 60 pages, giving us larger, easier to read print and by adding a color mid-section of posters and stills from some of the movies covered. The updating of websites, reference books and dvd sources is useful as is the overall format. I like the little intros (ROGUES GALLERY, MUSIC MAESTRO, SEESAWS AND QUICKDRAWS, EPIC LANDSCAPES, etc.) that preceed the movie reviews which themselves are broken down into the sections: story, background and verdict.3SPAGHETTI WESTERN OVERVIEW. Richard J. Oravitz This new edition is an improvement over the old one in that it is expanded in size (though still not really a big book) by over 60 pages, giving us larger, easier to read print and by adding a color mid-section of posters and stills from some of the movies covered. The updating of websites, reference books and dvd sources is useful as is the overall format. I like the little intros (ROGUES GALLERY, MUSIC MAESTRO, SEESAWS AND QUICKDRAWS, EPIC LANDSCAPES, etc.) that preceed the movie reviews which themselves are broken down into the sections: story, background and verdict.34 of the most. of the most. "Not a feast, but a good spaghetti diner anyhow." according to Shawn Gordon. Not really a lot of new stuff here, the movies that are covered are pretty well known and the trivia pretty skimpy, but a fun read and a handy little guide. I read it over two days in waiting rooms. It doesn't give a lot of knowledge except to the novice, but it is a more than adequate read for the seasoned pasta eating gun slinging saddletramp.. A compendium of the most famous of the Spaghetti-Westens from A compendium of the most famous of the Spaghetti-Westens from their advent in the 1960's -- until their decline and fall some ten-years later.
Spaghetti Westerns' cynical morality tales of revenge, betrayal and mercenary avarice were filmed in the desert badlands of Almeria, Southern Spain. There is also a multi-media reference section, listing essential books, websites, DVD releases and soundtracks.Films covered include: The Big Silence, Face to Face, Death Rides a Horse, My Name is Nobody, Blindman, Companeros, Duck You Sucker, Today it's MeTomorrow You!, Seven Guns for the MacGregors, A Pistol for Ringo, Keoma and many more. . Once upon a time in the west, Clint Eastwood earned himself a fistful of dollars - and instant stardom - when his 'Man With No Name' rode into town. Spaghetti Westerns analyses the genre, from the most famous offerings - Once Upon a Time in the West and the Dollars trilogy - to offbeat fare, such as Cemetery Without Crosses and Django Kill. It charts the Spaghetti Western careers of Lee Van Cleef, Terence Hill and Klaus Kinski as they rode to international stardom. In the mid-sixties Eastwood's Dollars trilogy with director Sergio Leone - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - gunned down all opposition at the world box office and created a visceral new brand of anti-Western, dubbed 'Spaghetti Westerns' by criti