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While derided at the time ("spaghetti western" was a pejorative term used to mark the "inferior" Italian-produced westerns from the US-produced westerns), they have been significantly influential in [[retellings|re-takes]] on the Western genre, as for instance in [[Firefly]], and on other [[SF western]]s and, generally, darker SF. | While derided at the time ("spaghetti western" was a pejorative term used to mark the "inferior" Italian-produced westerns from the US-produced westerns), they have been significantly influential in [[retellings|re-takes]] on the Western genre, as for instance in [[Firefly]], and on other [[SF western]]s and, generally, darker SF. | ||
==Further reading== | |||
* [[Western]] | |||
* [[SF western]] | |||
[[Category:Genres]] | [[Category:Genres]] | ||
[[Category:Non-SF fiction]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:16, 11 October 2011
The spaghetti western is a subgenre of Western films produced from the mid-1960s to 1970s; they were produced in Italy typically with low budgets, and were characterized by use of anti-heroes, an almost noir-ish sensibility, extreme violence, and a stark minimalist cinematography. The classic trilogy is the Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood: A Fistful of Dollars (1964); For a Few Dollars More (1965); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
While derided at the time ("spaghetti western" was a pejorative term used to mark the "inferior" Italian-produced westerns from the US-produced westerns), they have been significantly influential in re-takes on the Western genre, as for instance in Firefly, and on other SF westerns and, generally, darker SF.