In true spaghetti western style this production was actually filmed in Spain, with the hot weather to prove it. 4. How do we identify a film as part of the ‘Western’ genre? The Spaghetti Western is a very particular sub genre.

One key element also was the use of fading aged American Western stars (e.g. The film employs the typical spaghetti western characters, plot, and cinematic style. The Western: Narrative Conventions and Common Themes How do we identify a film as part of the ‘Western’ genre?

A new language for the western. Henry Fonda, Lee Van Cleef). Also, the film goes further out in challenging certain conventions of the genre and putting a modern, cynical spin on the western genre. Drenched in sun, Cardinale’s bronzed complexion and wide-brimmed cowboy hats heat the screen from the start, and by the finale even Bardot’s porcelain complexion gains a few freckles. Compared to the conventional American Western, Spaghetti Western was striking for exploiting its conventions with protagonists that had questionable moralities, more violence and new ideas editing-wise and musically.

Works Cited . Endnotes. Card Games Piano Attractive Women Horses In Western films they play card games because they have nothing else to do. The Harder They Come is not a “neo-western” just because it includes a few gunfights. Civilization symbols: train, stagecoach, civic institutions … These are very important because they play these in the bar when they Western movies that were produced in Europe become known as Spaghetti Western, a subgenre of what had been traditionally American, emerged in the mid-1960s and became popular in the wake of Italian director Sergio Leone’s film-making style and international box-office success. It shares many conventions with its traditional American cousin; geographical and historic setting, themes, a …

Onset of ‘new’ civilization. Catch the sun.

In most Western films there are attractive women who get involved with the hero of the film. 1 According to Christopher Frayling cited in Bertellini (2004, p.163), “between 1962 and 1976, over 450 westerns were produced in Italy or involved an Italian financial interest.”.