Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Westerns were a name given to low-budget Western movies, which were made by Italian movie companies in the late 1960s. They were different from the American western movies, usually filmed in Italian, had limited budgets, filmed on location in Spain and Italy with minimal sets, and many close-ups and artistic shots. Perhaps the most well-known of these movies is "The Man with No Name" trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). All three of these movies were directed by Sergio Leone, featured music by Ennio Morricone, and starred American actor Clint Eastwood as the main character.
Spaghetti Western Media
Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in a publicity image for A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone
Scenery from the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Sergio Leone in Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Sergio Leone, one of the most representative directors of the genre
Foto di Pier Paolo Pasolini durante le riprese de "Il vangelo secondo Matteo"
Ennio Morricone's (pictured) composition "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone is used by American metal band Metallica to open several of their concerts.
The Venice Film Festival, the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" international film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States
