Spaghetti Westerns

by Howard Hughes

Book Overview

They are tough. They are mean. They are the fastest, coolest gunslingers of the 1960s, and they don't talk much. They are the heroes of the Italian Spaghetti West and they changed the Western forever. Clint Eastwood's poncho-clad, cigar smoking Man With No Name is the enduring symbol of the genre and his Dollars trilogy with Sergio Leone reinvented action cinema, adding a European freshness to the time-worn Western myths. But Leone and Eastwood weren't the only hombres to saddle-up and head west, and this guide rounds-up and reviews the best of a very wild bunch, including perennial cult classics Django , The Big Gundown , Django Kill , and They Call Me Trinity . He also charts the Spaghetti Western careers of actors like Lee Van Cleef, Terence Hill, and Klaus Kinski as they rode the trail to international success. As well as an introduction to the genre, 31 of the best Spaghetti Westerns are analyzed in detail and there is a comprehensive multi-media reference section.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842433032
• ISBN13: 9781842433034
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oldcastle Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

A Good Source for Spaghettis

Spaghetti Westerns is a good source for fans of the Italian western genre. It doesn't contain any pictures and is all text but it is still interesting and very affordable. The book deals with 31 of the most famous Spaghetti westerns including the Leone Dollars trilogy, Django, The Great Silence, and many others. With each movie there is a description of the plot and a brief overview of backgroung information on each. Not the best book about spaghetti westerns but still worthwile.