Spaghetti Westerns

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Are Italians proud of these or not? The dubbing was awful but it has become somewhat of a niche genre and loved for this, not despite it. I certainly loved them.
 
Italians are always proud of their film industry.
I, however, find Italian movies to be boring, but that's just my opinion, I'm sure many don't agree with me :D

Italian westerns became popular in the 60's, with the help of Sergio Leone and Italians still appreciate them a lot. However, I noticed that they don't really show many Italian films on TV, they show the same American movies over and over again. They only show Italian films on TV once in a blue moon, which is odd. You would expect them to show more Italian movies on TV since they are really proud of their film directors, actors and movies in general.
 
It's true that I haven't seen any of the old Sergio Leone films on TV for ages now. I wonder why? There was a Clint Eastwood season on TV not long ago, when they could have shown them but, instead, we got Dirty Harry!
 
I don't know about Italians, but I find spaghetti westerns to be awesome :D I'll never understand why this genre became so popular in Italy... They didn't even have colonies, did they?
Still, I love those movies so much. They show them on Polish TV every once in a while.
 
This type of film as become a cult classic! It might not have oscar winning acting or special effects to amaze you but these films certainly have a special quality about them that can't be reproduced by any big money blockbusters...
 
I can't seem to find spaghetti westerns movie discussions anywhere. That is probably why I didn't watch too many of them. It's either that or the genre has a cult following. Well, maybe there are some movie discussions like the Great Movie Discussions on spaghetti western, but they are not public and the archives are rather rare to find. The current Django Unchained (2012) film generated some article discussions over whether or not the film was a spaghetti westerns. Just shows how audience lack the resources and outlet to get to know and appreciate the genre.
 
I'm sure there is a lot of spaghetti western's on places like netflix and amazon?
I know i've seen loads of them somewhere, definatley worth having a look anyway. It does seem to be more of a cult genre but it has stood the test of time and hopefully, the success of Django might open up this type of film to a new audience?
 
Maybe there are spaghetti westerns categories in places like Netflix and Amazon. I was really finding it hard to locate where to look for information on the genre. The first place I would look for was the wiki pages, and then the other information just sort of took up from there. There are articles, too, I discovered about the films. Not sure if a lot of new audience is finding them out on their own without any clues or details from film festivals.
 
Theyre probably harder than most film to get into at first because I think you have to know what to expect before you start watching. That might put a lot of people off giving them a try but i'm sure once they know what the films are about and the style of films they'll be hooked.

I've watched many and even now put one on every now and again just to remind myself what theyre like...
 
Don't forget about Tarantino's Django Unchained which is spaghetti western itself, he watched a lot of B category films in his youth such as italian spaghetti westerns ad Django was one them. This is how he figured out his movie.
 
Django was awesome. My friend asked me to join him for the cinema night and I didn't regret it. One of the best in the genre to me. It can also attract younger audience to the whole genre, as the film is pretty modern.
 
When I clicked on this thread I thought: "What exactly is a Spaghetti Western?". I went to Google and, after looking for a definition, found a picture of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. Then I remembered!

I am not a cinema expert, and that makes me classify movies into only two categories: Movies that I like and movies that I don't like. Bud Spencer's films belong to the second group. They are modern classics.
 
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Spaghetti westerns certainly fall into that so bad, they're good type of film for a lot of people. Whenyiu watch them you get the feeling that there isn't a great deal of a storyline, but then after a few minutes you're making sure you watch to the end.
 
Italians are proud in general terms but cool guys as well. As for the movies I didn't know or watch any such movie in Italian. I am aware that they were directed by Italians and produced but as far as know all the movies were American movies. I guess I am stuck with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly trilogy and Sergio Leone and there are probably some Italian movies since you mentioned dubbing.
 
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I never really liked them growing up, and even now. I guess I'm not a fan of the genre, but I can always appreciate quality in writing and cinematography. Westerns are great overall, but they usually run through the same plot, and it gets boring after a while. Not to mention, I'm more of a fantasy role playing sort of fan, and anything outside that area, especially western or space related, is a big turn off for me as a movie goer and as a fan in general.
 
lou93 said:
Don't forget about Tarantino's Django Unchained which is spaghetti western itself
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Not to mention how he directly uses some Ennio Morricone themes and musical pieces directly lifted from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in both Kill Bill movies, you can clearly recognize the style. That movie is a continuous homage to kung fu movies and spaghetti westerns at the same time. I love that movie because I really like those old movies.
 
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