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
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.
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 kno
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 kno
western 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 flou
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 flou
western 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