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Kinda surprised you just ran into this, but only because I’m so damn old that I grew up watching this kind of thing on broadcast TV lol
Also, if you haven’t, check out Eastwood in rawhide, back when he was a practical infant
If I remember correctly it was supposed to be a little bit of an insult.
Hardly. Sergio Leone reinvigorated the Western genre. Compare A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone to The Quick Gun or Bullet for a Bad Man both by R.G. Springsteen and released the same year. There is simply no comparison in terms of style or pacing. Wife wants to go to dinner so I might add some later.
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You’re not wrong but you fail to understand the insulting nature of reducing a nationality to its favourite dish, burger boy.
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Eastman Color for the win! I hadn’t heard that before. I thought the term was strictly descriptive because the creative teams were mostly Italian/Spanish. Filming locations were in Italy and Spain as well.
I like spaghetti westerns I like the way the boots are all reverbed out walking across the hardwood floor In fact, everything’s got that big reverb sound
Spaghetti westerns are the best!
It’s really interesting how early films like A Fistful of Dollars took inspiration from Japanese cinema but in return they had a great influence on Japanese culture and media going forward.
“Inspiration” is generous for Fistful given that Kurosawa sued Leone, albeit with admiration for the film anyway. And of course Magnificent Seven was just a western remake as well. Fantastic films all around, but “inspiration” went a little harder back in those days.
How about that.
Check out the original Django movie, which kicked off the genre. For a while it was free on YouTube
I’m pretty sure Krystof Walters only spoke Italian during that film.
Edit: Sorry, I just remembered…he only spoke in Italian during the film Akira: Kurosawa Angel.
Spaghetti westerns are the best westerns
Yay wholesome racism
What do you mean?
The proper name is Italian Westerns
Edit: ok y’all take it from the directors themselves in this interview documentary I watched some time ago https://youtu.be/IrPBB6jAZIU
There are many names for them, I think any is fine tbh. Even in Italy sometimes the expression is used (spaghetti western).
Lemmy’s usually hyperactive “but that’s racist!!!” crowd is remarkably silent when the target is Italians.
Are any Italians bothered by the term? I mean real Italians, not random voices on twitter clambering over each other for a little bit of attention.
You have-a to ask-a them! 🤌
