Talk:Spaghetti Western

message: Any reason why Duck, You Sucker isn't listed as a Zapata Western? Seems like it is a key example by the major spaghetti western filmmaker.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.55.52 (talk) 20:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Zapata Western and ''Duck, You Sucker''

message: I don't agree that citation is needed for that.  Almost anything can be party attributed to almost anything else (even if 1 part in 100 billion, yes 100 billion).  And, these two parts are certainly not that unlikely.  I vote to remove the 'citation needed' (but is this democracy?  can we do that?).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.22.58.46 (talk) 06:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Almería is in Spain. 800 Balas has an article. --jh51681 19:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed on assertion that cinematography is partially intentional and partially cultural

message: I'm not all into the literary criticism stuff, but doesn't this page deserve an analysis of themes common to the genre? Help me out here, folks, I'm not an avid fan, just a dilettante.
-altjira 07:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Themes

message: are these filmed in italian or english?
thanks, 71.127.147.156 08:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither. The actors and actresses often spoke their own languages (be it Italian, English, German, Spanish etc.) during filming, as no sound was recorded. Dubbed Italian and English audiotracks were created later. Prolog 20:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Language

message: There's a second season Backyardigans epsiode that is a takeoff of the genere
LadySatine 21:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think these are pretty common, so they don't really need to be mentioned in the article. Prolog 05:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Sure About This

message: I propose we delete the list of films on this page, as there is a link to the main page right above it? Goldencrisp87 02:16, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All the notable films should be mentioned in the text above the section, but until that happens, keeping a short list of films makes sense to me. Prolog 07:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Films

message: I was reading about the actor Gordon Scott, who recently died and the article mentioned that he had been in some spaghetti westerns. I looked it up on IMDB and there are at least two movies that appear to fit. One of them, Buffalo Bill, directed by Mario Costa (under a pseudonym), doesn't appear to be listed on the listed anywhere. Dfmclean 14:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Content

message: I'd really love to know where the whole genre of spaghetti westerns came from; why were Italian directors, and Italian directors in particular, making so many movies set in the Old West, why did they stop, and what replaced them? I hope somebody with more knowledge of the subject than I have can add such information to the article. Luvcraft 02:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There were laws banning the depiction of violence in Italian films set in Italy, due to the intense violence persistent in Italy from the end of WW2 to the 1980s (see: Years of Lead (Italy).  Some parts of Italy were compared to the wild west, which may have led to increased interest.  Many italo-westerns were seen as allegories of contemporary Italy. --NEMT 21:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, and one other reason was, that in Germay the so called Karl May movies, playing in the west and being co-produced by Jugoslavian companies, were an enormous success in Europe (and especially their music by Martin Böttcher beginning in 1962 with The Treasure of Silver Lake) and the Italian producers/directors just saw a new field of profit and invented something of their own. Italo-Western-star Terence Hill began his career in German Karl-May-movies. --Wittkowsky (talk) 10:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

text: According to a documentary I saw, in the 1960s the big productions of Cinecittà were not sustainable. As Wittkowsky says, the Germans had been doing European Westerns. By that time, Germans already had TVs, but Italians could not afford them, so there was a demand for movies. --Error (talk) 01:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "why"s

message: The article claims:
:"Spaghetti Western, in Europe more often called Italo-Western [...]"
In Sweden we use spagettivästern, i.e., Spaghetti Western. I have never heard of any "italiensk västern" (i.e., 'Italo-Western'). A search on Google reveals:
:"spag(h)ettivästern" - 2810 hits
:"italiensk västern" - 57 hits
Instead of västern one can also use western in Swedish, colloquially. That'd give about the same ratio. // Jens Persson (90.231.244.42 (talk) 23:32, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In German, it's most common – not "Italian Western", but "Italo Western". So, not the country, the style makes it. Greetings, Inspector.Godot (talk) 16:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Spagettivästern

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:DannyPose.jpg

message: You know that CINQUE FIGLI DI CANE is a crime film, not a Western at all? ....--Si! SWamP (talk) 13:07, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Poster shown

message: So I'm looking at the formatting of the notable films, actors, and directors and it looks like a mess.  For some reason, things are getting cut off and the list seems to go on every other column with the in-between columns filling in afterwards.  I don't really understand how to fix it, but it does leave me wondering why there's such a weird version of the list.  Can't it just work as a regular list like many other articles? Stever Augustus (talk) 03:37, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Formatting in List section?

message: to Spaghetti western (no caps) - Rothorpe (talk) 16:36, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Should be moved

message: I made a correction: the first spaghetti western ever made is not "Savage guns" (1961) but "Il terrore dell'Oklahoma" (1961), directed by Mario Amendola. I am aware this black and white film is almost completely unkown out of Italy, nonetheless it deserves the title of first Spaghetti western.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.171.246 (talk) 01:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Il terrore dell'Oklahoma, the first spaghetti western ever produced

message: Curry Western redirects to Spaghetti western. This is inappropriate. "Spaghetti Western" refers to movies about the American West made by Italian directors, whether they be in English or Italian. I was under the impression that Spaghetti Westerns do not have seperate genre conventions from traditional Hollywood Westerns - in fact, I'm pretty sure there's overlap between the two categories (The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is considered one of the best Hollywood Westerns of all time, and it has an Italian director). "Curry Western" refers specifically to the phenomenon of Bollywood movies, with all the Filmi baggage that goes with that (song and dance numbers, Indian settings, gratuitous violence, prudishness, etc.), being made in a style reminiscent of or paying homage to American Hollywood Westerns but much more syncratic. Sholay is the premier example. It is a distinct phenomenon and should have its own article. Does anyone object to the redirect being removed? Quodfui (talk) 08:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Curry Western Redirect

message: This should be written "Spaghetti Western." --Zbrnajsem (talk) 15:43, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Spaghetti Western

message: "Especially the mode of the pathetic received a big boost with Sergio Corbucci's very influential Django. However in the following years the mode of cunning and irony became more prominent" What does mode mean in this sentence?  Nitpyck (talk) 04:00, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems a bit obscure. I rm it. Wording could probably stand some more improvement. Thanks for pointing that out. Student7 (talk) 23:22, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: What does mode mean

message: This article looks like it was mostly lifted verbatim from some academic source.  If so, citations are needed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.147.246.117 (talk) 17:25, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: While it is weakly sourced, we cannot guess whether it was copied or not. If you have a citation from which it was copied, please let us know. Or if you would like to tag various comments, forcing a citation, that could be useful as well. Student7 (talk) 20:52, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

text: I agree that this article seems to be copied from another source. Much of the vernacular appears to be of an academic nature, and frankly a bit too formal at times. The content also seems to be poorly organized which is a potential sign of plagiarism from another source. I will attempt to clean up this article to the best of my abilities. Leiwang7 (talk) 18:58, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  All wikepedia is copied from another source. Any original thought is deemed original research Wikipedia:No original research. That's why the original is rehashed. Copypasting is frowned upon. REVUpminster (talk) 20:24, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Was this article mostly copied from another source?

message: I came here looking for an explanation of Spaghetti Western, the genre of music, which seems similar to other genres like surf rock. There should be a page on Wikipedia for that. Plz create one. Thanks.73.58.159.242 (talk) 12:53, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting that I wasn't banned for this request for information, or any of the other countless requests I've made on talk pages over the years. It's almost as if that censorships on the Sexual Frustration page was because sexual predators felt threatened. Enjoying your Streisand effect, rapists?107.77.234.68 (talk) 16:37, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spaghetti Western Music? 

message: The article refers to Clint Eastwood as "previously unknown" before starring role in "A Fistful of Dollars." Ten years before Fistful came out in 1964, Eastwood had his first credited role in a film. For the five years ending that year, he played Rowdy Yates on "Rawhide." I hardly think "previously unknown" is accurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.117.245.40 (talk) 18:26, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastwood unknown? 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:List of Western subgenres which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 05:34, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: Recent related discussions have pointed out the inconsistency of capitalizing "Spaghetti" when compared to both our own MOS:GENRECAPS as well as how we handle other Westerns subgenres.  Spaghetti is not a proper noun and per GENRECAPS should not be capitalized.  This is similar to "contemporary Western", "revisionist Western", "science fiction Western", and others.  The only time a subgenre would be capitalized would be if the name was a proper noun, such as Australian Western (but not "meat pie Western") or Florida Western (but not "cracker Western").  I have adjusted this article per the MOS.  There is also a move discussion in progress to move the related page List of Spaghetti Western films to List of spaghetti Westerns. ButlerBlog (talk) 16:08, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lowercase "spaghetti" per [[MOS:GENRECAPS]] and other subgenres