Sentences with phrase «spaghetti western films»

Drawing inspiration from spaghetti western films, the game is a fantastic example of creating a cinematic video game experience without relying on cutscenes.

Also, the game reproduces a «grainy film» effect and uses music from various Spaghetti Western films.

Also, the game reproduces a «grainy film» effect and uses music from various Spaghetti Western films, including those composed by Ennio Morricone.

Not exact matches

It's a bit as if they were in the middle of a Sergio Leone spaghetti western — only this film is called A Fistful of Formulas.

By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled «spaghetti westerns.»

After Robert Rodriguez made his $ 7,000 first film «El Mariachi» (1992) and his $ 3 million «Desperado» (1995), Quentin Tarantino told him they were the Mexican equivalent of Sergio Leone's first two spaghetti Westerns.

El Topo is a pleasant film, one that ranks among the finest in the genre, and if you've enjoyed many of the Spaghetti Westerns, you'll surely enjoy this one.

Applying the episodic format and visual template of classic and spaghetti Westerns to a revenge saga mostly set in the Deep South just prior to the Civil War, the film makes a point of pushing the savagery of slavery to the forefront but does so in a way that rather amazingly dovetails with the heightened historical, stylistic and comic sensibilities at play.

2» pays homage to a variety of genres — spaghetti Western, film noir, blaxploitation (after all, this is Tarantino we're talking about), kung fu — while actually managing to hammer home a pretty solid, heartfelt story.

Many of the most controversial and exciting films of the 20th century are westerns, such the Outlaw with Jane Russell in her memorable film debut - shelved for years before finally receiving approval - to many of our Spaghetti Westerns for their portrayal of explicit vwesterns, such the Outlaw with Jane Russell in her memorable film debut - shelved for years before finally receiving approval - to many of our Spaghetti Westerns for their portrayal of explicit vWesterns for their portrayal of explicit violence.

Quentin Tarantino made some noise this past week with the announcement that Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair would be playing at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, but even more interesting is a report that he's finishing up the script to his next film, and it will be a spaghetti western.

Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction honored crime / gangster films, the Kill Bill's honored martial arts films and now Django Unchained is a love song to the spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.

Francesco De Masi's score does nothing to hide his Italian background and occasionally gives the film a spaghetti western feel (some have noticed a striking similarity between De Masi's work here and Ennio Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West music).

Iranian director Ana Lily Amirpour «s debut feature, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, is an amalgam of stylistic influences, including — but certainly not limited to — spaghetti westerns,»50s teenage movies, atmospheric horror films, and»80s Jim Jarmusch.

Spaghetti Westerns often feature similarly descriptive themes — from the iconic (Luis Bacalov's Django theme) to the bizarre (Sybil & Guy's «Keoma»)-- and viewed through the lens of Italian exploitation films, Bone Tomahawk starts to make sense.

Filtering a piquantly feminist perspective on Iranian gender relations through a mesh of genre influences including low - rent horror, film noir and even spaghetti western, here's a fantasy underworld with entirely its own woozy, sinister flavour.

The two genres have a history of interchange, be it the influence of classic Westerns on the films of John Carpenter (who even penned two obscure Westerns, El Diablo and Blood River) and George A. Romero or the parallel development of the giallo and the spaghetti Western in Italy.

Director, co-writer and co-producer Kim Jee - woon is one of the country's best filmmakers (of the gangster picture A Bittersweet Life and the outstanding horror film A Tale of Two Sisters, sloppily remade here as The Uninvited) and brings his double - barreled love of Italian - made spaghetti Westerns to the fray.

Quentin Tarantino has dabbled in just about every genre at this point in his career, so it's only natural that he would try his hand at a Western, although «Django Unchained» is actually more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes that both genres are knoWestern, although «Django Unchained» is actually more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes that both genres are knowestern and a blaxploitation film, with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes that both genres are known for.

I thought the music in the trailer was just part of a quirky marketing campaign, but no, that Ennio Morricone-esque score is right over the opening credits, giving the film yet another layer of fun and interest, as it suggests that Gleeson pictures himself as a spaghetti western hero, cocky but with a deeper layer of dissatisfaction and restlessness.

As For a Few Dollars More is sandwiched between the film that set the trend for Spaghetti Westerns, A Fistful of Dollars, and the one that would prove to be a masterpiece of the genre, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, its quality is often forgotten.

When it all finally comes to a head it's a shootout, just like the spaghetti western movies that the film's score evokes.

For example, Spike Lee said of Django Unchained that slavery was «not a Spaghetti Western» and he wouldn't «disrespect his ancestors» by seeing the film; Denzel Washington had a long feud with Tarantino over what he also felt were the director's racists sensibilities.

Tarantino is a massive film buff and historian and uses the idea of the old spaghetti westerns as the backdrop of the story.

A Pistol for Ringo & The Return of Ringo: Two Films by Duccio Tessari (1965) The original Ringo films introduced another iconic hero to the spaghetti western; a clean - cut sharp shooter who was markedly different to Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name.

Tarantino once again shows his unparalleled love of cinema as he personifies the spaghetti western genre in the same regards and respect as he accomplished with Death Proof for grindhouse films.

Extras: Audio commentaries for both films by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke; «They Called Him Ringo,» an archival featurette with star Giuliano Gemma; «A Western Greek Tragedy,» an archival featurette with Lorella de Luca and camera operator Sergio D'Offizi; original trailers; gallery of original promotional images; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx.

During the yesterday's San Diego Comic - Con panel for The Hateful Eight, director Quentin Tarantino, a huge admirer of classic Spaghetti Westerns, revealed that legendary composer Ennio Morricone will be providing an original score for the film.

Let the Bullets Fly (Well Go), currently the highest - grossing Chinese film of all time, has a title that suggests shoot - outs and action galore, but in fact this slyly comic satire plays more like a spaghetti western in twenties - era China, full of bluffs and feints and false identities.

Self - described as «the first Iranian vampire spaghetti western» and starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Dominic Rains, Mozhan Marnò and Rome Shadanloo, the film built up significant buzz...

Antoine Fuqua (SOUTHPAW, THE EQUALIZER), who previously acknowledged the influence of spaghetti westerns on his approach to making violent, anti - heroes / gunmen films, is attached to direct.

Though U.S. audiences likely weren't able to appreciate the movie on the same level as native Chinese speakers because of the way that the film plays around with the language, it's still an amusing and wildly madcap spaghetti western that's anchored by a trio of fantastic performances by director / star Wen, Chow Yun - Fat and Ge You, who have such great comedic timing between them that the subtitles often move too quickly to read.

The fourth segment covers seven sub-genres of cult cinema: the Giallo, spaghetti westerns, canuxploitation, pornochanchada, Christmas horror films, Food horror, and empty sci - fi.

Today marks the birthday of legendary Italian director Mario Bava, who is undoubtedly best known for his major achievements in the «giallo» horror genre (although he created works ranging from spaghetti westerns to science fiction films as well).

Amirpour's attempt to create a psychedelic modern - day spaghetti western backslides, as it ironically embodies its title: this film turns out to be the utmost «Bad Batch» of horror thrillers that try to critique today's society.

This slow - moving Iranian art film makes way for a non-stop display of impeccably gorgeous celluloid, black - and - white images dancing against a grainy hi - fi score that's in part Sergio Leone spaghetti Western and equally a rave scene.

Tarantino's favorite record crates to pull from are 1960s - 70s Italian giallo (slasher) films, blaxploitation flicks, American b - movies and spaghetti Westerns.

Iranian director Ana Lily Amirpour «s debut feature, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, is an amalgam of stylistic influences, including — but certainly not limited to — spaghetti westerns,»50s teenage movies, atmospheric horror films, and»80s Jim...

As really one of the first cinematic game makers that we had, someone that really understood in a very «Sergio Leone» kind of spaghetti western way of making film, in a game.

In a film that's packed full of knowing references to movie classics, Ennio Morricone's soundtrack wisely steers clear of echoing his work in the Spaghetti Westerns that made him famous.

Baker also touched on series creator Hideo Kojima: «I don't know what's going on at Konami, but I love Kojima, and I love him as a dude, I respect him as a game maker, as really one of the first cinematic game makers that we had, someone that really understood in a very Sergio Leone spaghetti western way of making film in a game, and for giving us one of the greatest video game characters ever in the multiple iterations of Snake.»

And yet, if you take this film as a cross between a «Spaghetti Western» and a «Blaxpoitation» film, then the (mostly) cartoonish violence is not horrifying at all, but part of the revisionist approach of the story.

This spaghetti western, while paling in comparison to the classic Sergio Leone «Dollars» trilogy, still was a very influential film in its genre, spawning as many as fifty unofficial sequels.

The western genre, long associated either with American film and the lone cowboy holding fast to independence in a changing landscape, or the spaghetti western, in which European directors examined more forcefully the often insidious nature of the more corrupt...

Hugely successful on their original release, Tessari's films spawned numerous unofficial sequels and proved influential on the emerging spaghetti Western genre.

Bonus materials on the unrated Blu - ray release include audio commentaries for both films by spaghetti Western experts; They Called Him Ringo, an archival featurette with star Giuliano Gemma; A Western Greek Tragedy, an archival featurette with Lorella de Luca and camera operator Sergio D'Offizi; Revisiting Ringo, a new video interview with critic and Ringo fan Tony Rayns; gallery of original promotional images; and reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork.

-- Sean Kelly [LIKED] While the film stumbles a bit in the fourth act, I was all in for this feminist spaghetti western.

Not a great film, but still entertaining enough for fans of spaghetti westerns.

With his usual mastery of language, musical choices, and non-linear storytelling, Tarantino creates a heightened drive - in world that blends Shaw Brothers period pieces, Yakuza films, chanbara, spaghetti Westerns, and even a little anime.

However, once you get past the fact that Ted Post, who directed Eastwood in the spaghetti Western wanna - be Hang Em High, has chosen to mostly ignore the first film's visual appearance, it's easy to enjoy Magnum Force as a straight - forward action vehicle, with a tongue - in - cheek premise of the dirtiest cop on the force coming to terms with his own feelings as far as seeing known criminals get away with murder.