Sentences with phrase «spaghetti western genre»

8:00 pm — TCM — The Good, the Bad, the Ugly The final film of the Leone - Eastwood Man With No Name series, and possibly the height of the spaghetti western genre.
Nero, a major contributor to the spaghetti western genre, also understands Morricone's value to the genre, and offers his own incisive comments between the composer's own analytical thoughts on the quality of his early Sergio Leone scores (with Morricone describing Fistful of Dollars as «the worst western music that I've ever done for Leone»).
12:00 N — TCM — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The final film of the Leone - Eastwood Man With No Name series, and possibly the height of the spaghetti western genre.
Hugely successful on their original release, Tessari's films spawned numerous unofficial sequels and proved influential on the emerging spaghetti Western genre.
The Ennio Morricone pieces made sense, since he was the musical godfather of the Spaghetti Western genre, but some of the other tunes were just too much.
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.

Not exact matches

(The notion of a German bounty hunter in the Old West only makes sense, I think, in relation to the several spaghetti western roles played by German actor Klaus Kinski; the surname of Django's wife pays homage to blaxploitation hero John Shaft, a rather brilliant means of bridging the gap between the far - reaching genre traditions that Tarantino loves).
Moviemaking geek Quentin Tarantino continues his mission to apparently make at least one movie in every major genre with an expansive Western which can't really pass itself off as a Spaghetti Western despite having the typically bloated running time of one of Leone's epics.
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.
For his version of a spaghetti western, though, he doesn't just explode the conventions of the genre — he does for slavery what he did for World War II in Inglourious Basterds.
If there's a genre of filmmaking that he loves, he will produce his take on it at some point — and he really, really loves spaghetti westerns.
2» pays homage to a variety of genresspaghetti 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.
Inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns and celebrating the Western genre with an interesting twist, Good for Nothing follows an odd romance and the resulting emotional confusion of an outlaw who reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped.
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.
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.
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.
Coming two years after Kim Jee - woon's 2008 Korean spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Daniel Lee's historical action epic 14 Blades offers another instance of mainstream Asian cinema attempting to give Western genre tropes a distinctly Eastern western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Daniel Lee's historical action epic 14 Blades offers another instance of mainstream Asian cinema attempting to give Western genre tropes a distinctly Eastern Western genre tropes a distinctly Eastern flavor.
The martial arts plus movie, like the Spaghetti Western, the neo-noir and the collected works of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers exists as not as a genre in itself but as a response to, subversion of or homage to a previously established genre.
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).
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...
Compañeros (Blue Underground, Blu - ray) is an ironic title, but then as a spaghetti western — a genre steeped in mercenaries and con men and double crosses — it would have to be.
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...
In Django Unchained (2012), Quentin Tarantino takes on one of his favorite genres: the spaghetti western, with all its extreme violence, operatic drama, eccentric characters, and brutal portrait of frontier existence.
While both Clooney and Eastwood stand out as flawed, yet powerful and resourceful enigmas (which I suspect is how many Europeans see America) Leone's spaghetti westerns not only imported Eastwood's badass - itude but a uniquely American genre to be emulated and turned on its ear.
At times the film has a Coen Brothers or Wes Anderson feel, while at various other moments it recalls the Keystone Cops, Chocolat, a spaghetti western and a spoof of... well it's difficult to say whether it's a spoof or homage to numerous genres.
«John Wick» takes an unconventional approach to the action genre by combining Neo-Noir narrative with both Spaghetti Western and Hong Kong action aesthetics, making it a refreshing departure from «Taken» rip - offs.
After dabbling in just about every genre at this point in his career, it was only natural that he would eventually try his hand at making a Western, even if «Django Unchained» is more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, complete with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flouWestern, even if «Django Unchained» is more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, complete with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flouwestern and a blaxploitation film, complete with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes.
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 side of the cowboy / frontier life, is given fresh eyes in Five Fingers for Marseilles.
That his next film is a spaghetti western titled Django Unchained and features Franco Nero suggests he is also a fan of the actor's work in the genre.
Neither of these films approaches the high quality of Leone's few spaghetti westerns, which are widely hailed as the genre's benchmarks.
His unique and original screenplays that often pay homage to by - gone genres (Blaxploitation, Grindhouse, Spaghetti Western) are clear influences throughout his work and have won him countless awards and accolades in the process from Oscars to The Palme d'Or.
Personally, I can't wait to hear a «Magnificent Seven» ride of dino - avengers, or a «Good, Bad and the Ugly» spaghetti western showdown for the genre - spanning musical world that's been so wonderfully set up on the ranch here.
Django like inglorious plays out as a giant homage to Spaghetti Westerns and is peppered with nods to the genre throughout.
The analysis of TV westerns is fascinating as is the making of the first spaghetti western in which an entire genre was invented in a collaboration / clash between Eastwood and Sergi
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