The Spaghetti West Documentary

Just saw this documentary and it's definitely worth a watch. There is none of the ignorant mainstream perceptions of the genre that you often see( such as Leone being the only good Italian Western director etc). And the critics that are interviewed are Italian western geeks such as Christopher Frayling, Alex Cox and Howard Hughes. All the great movies are mentioned, The Big Gundown, A Bullet for the General, Django, Django Kill, The Great Silence etc and a few of the key actors are talked about, Eastwood, Milian, Nero, Hill etc.

Plus there are interviews with most of the key participants (those that are still alive anyway), Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Sergio Sollima, Ennio Morricone, Enzo Castarelli, Sergio Martino etc.

Not sure whether it would be worth buying as I've seen it's pretty expensive. Especially for something that is only 55 or so minutes long but absolutely worth a rental.

Colonel Mortimer wrote:

Just saw this documentary and it's definitely worth a watch. There is none of the ignorant mainstream perceptions of the genre that you often see( such as Leone being the only good Italian Western director etc). And the critics that are interviewed are Italian western geeks such as Christopher Frayling, Alex Cox and Howard Hughes. All the great movies are mentioned, The Big Gundown, A Bullet for the General, Django, Django Kill, The Great Silence etc and a few of the key actors are talked about, Eastwood, Milian, Nero, Hill etc.

Plus there are interviews with most of the key participants (those that are still alive anyway), Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Sergio Sollima, Ennio Morricone, Enzo Castarelli, Sergio Martino etc.

Not sure whether it would be worth buying as I've seen it's pretty expensive. Especially for something that is only 55 or so minutes long but absolutely worth a rental.

I've seen this a few times.

They show it on IFC every once in awhile and I'll usually record it.

I might be wrong, but I think it's an extra on one of Blue Underground's SW releases.

Are you sure you're not thinking of 'Westerns Italian Style' which is on the Run Man Run dvd?

Colonel Mortimer wrote:

Are you sure you're not thinking of 'Westerns Italian Style' which is on the Run Man Run dvd?

Maybe, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere that SW was made by BU though.

Maybe they just made it for IFC?

Oh yeah it's definitely made by Blue Underground. But I haven't seen it on any of my Spaghetti Western Dvds and I own all the western Blue Underground discs.

Channel Date & Time Episode Get More
IFC Sat, Sep 13
7:00 AM The Spaghetti West Record with TiVo

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PreRox wrote:

Channel Date & Time Episode Get More
IFC Sat, Sep 13
7:00 AM The Spaghetti West Record with TiVo

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i definatly want to see it, but so early on a saturday might be tough haha. i don't have tivo or dvr so if anyone records it and can get it onto a dvdr (if thats even possible) i'll glad pay for the cost of the disc and shipping