Spaghetti Westerns by Howard Hughes
They are tough. They are mean. They are the fastest, coolest gunslingers of the sixties and they don't talk much. They are the heroes of the Italian Spaghetti West and they changed the Western forever. Clint Eastwood's poncho-clad, cigar smoking Man With No Name is the enduring symbol of the genre and his Dollars trilogy with Sergio Leone reinvented action cinema, adding a European freshness to the time-worn Western myths. But Leone and Eastwood weren't the only hombres to saddle-up and head West, and this Pocket Essential Guide rounds-up and reviews the best of a very wild bunch, including perennial cult classics Django, The Big Gundown, Django Kill and They Call Me Trinity. Howard Hughes analyses the entire genre (from the mainstream offerings to more offbeat oddities) and assesses its impact on modern cinema. He also charts the Spaghetti Western careers of actors like Lee Van Cleef, Terence Hill and Klaus Kinski as they rode the trail to international success, and includes notes on Ennio Morricone's fabulous groundbreaking Western scores. As well as an introduction to the genre, 31 of the best Spaghetti Westerns are analysed in detail and there is a comprehensive multi-media reference section.
Howard Hughes is the author of The Pocket Essential American Indian Wars, Once Upon a Time in the Italian West, Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Films, Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Westerns and Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood, and is a contributing writer to Cinema Retro.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903047422 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903047420 |
| Title | Spaghetti Westerns |
| Author | Howard Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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