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McFarland, 2006. Trade Paperback. A fine paperback copy. The 1960s and 1970s were the heyday of spaghetti westerns--low-budget films about the early American West mostly filmed in Italy. Though sometimes derided as excessively violent imitations of American-made westerns, they attracted a substantial following that has endured. With its classic elements of gunfights, gambling, heroes, sidekicks, love, and death, the genre is now perceived by critics as an intriguing object of study. This book analyzes the construction of the stories presented in spaghetti westerns. It examines the content of the Italian western using concepts and constructs borrowed from scholars studying "pre-industrial" narratives. Plot, the constellation of characters, their relationship to each other, and their motives are studied. Films examined in detail include the seminal A Fistful of Dollars as well as Django, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. There is also a discussion of the early spaghetti…
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The Spaghetti Western: A Thematic Analysis Paperback - 2006
by Bert Fridlund
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- Title The Spaghetti Western: A Thematic Analysis
- Author Bert Fridlund
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Date 2006-10-27
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780786425075 / 0786425075
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.08 x 0.69 in (22.86 x 15.44 x 1.75 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Spaghetti Westerns - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006022309
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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