setting, and steely, take-no-prisoners characters that you just love to hate! Spaghetti Westerns, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Italians, usually in coproduction with a Spanish partner. The typical team was made up of an Italian director, Italo-Spanish technical staff and a cast of Italian and Spanish actors, sometimes a falling Hollywood star and sometimes a rising one like the young Clint Eastwood in three of Sergio Leone's films. The best-known and perhaps archetypal Spaghetti Westerns were the Man With No Name Trilogy (or the Dollars Trilogy) directed by Sergio Leone and starring then-TV actor Clint Eastwood and with musical scores composed by Ennio Morricone (all of whom are now synonymous with the genre): A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). One of the most amazing things about spaghetti westerns is the impact they had on the whole western genre. I recently watched the DVD, 3:10 to Yuma and was struck by how much the movie reminded of the spaghetti westerns I love. The movie stars Dan Evans (Christian Bale), the down-on-his-luck rancher who decides to help the U.S. Marshals transport a notorious criminal Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to the "3:10 to Yuma" train in exchange for a sum of money that he needs to make his ranch solvent. The coolest part of this movie is the gentlemanly way that Ben Wade acts towards people he values--the sountrack and the scenery is wonderful and the acting is superb. I highly recommend this movie to any fan of westerns.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
3:10 to Yuma
I am a big fan of "Spaghetti Westerns," you know the type of movie I mean--a classic soundtrack, Spanish setting, and steely, take-no-prisoners characters that you just love to hate! Spaghetti Westerns, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Italians, usually in coproduction with a Spanish partner. The typical team was made up of an Italian director, Italo-Spanish technical staff and a cast of Italian and Spanish actors, sometimes a falling Hollywood star and sometimes a rising one like the young Clint Eastwood in three of Sergio Leone's films. The best-known and perhaps archetypal Spaghetti Westerns were the Man With No Name Trilogy (or the Dollars Trilogy) directed by Sergio Leone and starring then-TV actor Clint Eastwood and with musical scores composed by Ennio Morricone (all of whom are now synonymous with the genre): A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). One of the most amazing things about spaghetti westerns is the impact they had on the whole western genre. I recently watched the DVD, 3:10 to Yuma and was struck by how much the movie reminded of the spaghetti westerns I love. The movie stars Dan Evans (Christian Bale), the down-on-his-luck rancher who decides to help the U.S. Marshals transport a notorious criminal Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to the "3:10 to Yuma" train in exchange for a sum of money that he needs to make his ranch solvent. The coolest part of this movie is the gentlemanly way that Ben Wade acts towards people he values--the sountrack and the scenery is wonderful and the acting is superb. I highly recommend this movie to any fan of westerns.
setting, and steely, take-no-prisoners characters that you just love to hate! Spaghetti Westerns, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Italians, usually in coproduction with a Spanish partner. The typical team was made up of an Italian director, Italo-Spanish technical staff and a cast of Italian and Spanish actors, sometimes a falling Hollywood star and sometimes a rising one like the young Clint Eastwood in three of Sergio Leone's films. The best-known and perhaps archetypal Spaghetti Westerns were the Man With No Name Trilogy (or the Dollars Trilogy) directed by Sergio Leone and starring then-TV actor Clint Eastwood and with musical scores composed by Ennio Morricone (all of whom are now synonymous with the genre): A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). One of the most amazing things about spaghetti westerns is the impact they had on the whole western genre. I recently watched the DVD, 3:10 to Yuma and was struck by how much the movie reminded of the spaghetti westerns I love. The movie stars Dan Evans (Christian Bale), the down-on-his-luck rancher who decides to help the U.S. Marshals transport a notorious criminal Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to the "3:10 to Yuma" train in exchange for a sum of money that he needs to make his ranch solvent. The coolest part of this movie is the gentlemanly way that Ben Wade acts towards people he values--the sountrack and the scenery is wonderful and the acting is superb. I highly recommend this movie to any fan of westerns.
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