The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

Director:

David Gregory

Writer:

David Gregory (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s. |

Cast

Ferdinando Baldi	...	Himself
Enzo G. Castellari	...	Himself
Alex Cox	...	Himself
Sergio Donati	...	Himself
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
Sergio Leone	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tomas Milian	...	Himself
Ennio Morricone	...	Himself
Franco Nero	...	Himself
Sergio Sollima	...	Himself

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Blue Underground

Trivia:

Originally contained sequences of Alessandro 'The Whistler' Alessandroni performing the music of Ennio Morricone over the end credits but music clearance was not obtainable.

Movie Connections:

References Revolver (1973)

Very Good

Spaghetti West, The (2005)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

IFC/Blue Underground produced documentary directed by David Gregory and produced by William Lustig takes a look at the Spaghetti Westerns of Italy. This features interviews with Leone, Eastwood, Franco Nero and various others but I'll get back to them in a second. The documentary, like all of Gregory's work, is wonderfully entertaining and helps newbies such as myself understand these types of films and want to check them out. Having seen hundreds of Italian horror films, the one thing that they struck me as were ripoff of American films yet the directors of these ripoffs would never admit that yet they'd insult the filmmakers they were ripping off. The same here because their attitudes towards Leone, the man these films were ripping, is pretty damn stupid. I haven't seen many of the Italian westerns but the ones I have seen are no where near Leone's talent.