Spaghetti westerns
Subtitle: cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone
By: Christopher Frayling.
Series: Cinema and society
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Published: 1981
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Western films -- Europe -- History and criticism.
Description: Spaghetti Westerns is the major critical exploration of the European Western. Christopher Frayling approaches the Westerns produced at Cinecitta Studios in Rome from a variety of perspectives, placing them in the Italian, social, political, industrial and cinematic contexts from which they evolved. Over 400 Spaghetti Westerns were produced during their 1960s peak period; Frayling deals with the most interesting examples, giving special attention to the films of Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 289-294.
Includes indexes.