The term «Spaghetti Western» has been known to me for a long time. I didn’t really think about its origin and meaning, I just thought that it was called cheap westerns, where there are a lot of gunfights and little realism.And so, last week, my world shook. I learned that The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is also a spaghetti western.This discovery is from the category of «captain-obvious». Only he could not notice that such combinations of letters as «Sergio Leone», «Ennio Morricone» seem to hint at a certain country — the homeland of spaghetti.Yes, yes, my favorite western filmed by the Italians in the Spanish desert. And only the plot and a few actors connect him with America. And the fact that a truly epic movie about America is made by foreigners, in my opinion, is damn symbolic. More visible from the side, however.
I will not retell other people’s articles, if you want more information — read for yourself about spaghetti westerns and their «dad» < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80 %D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE">Sergio Leone.After reading all this, I easily reached the next «discovery» — humorous adventures Trinity — also the work of Italians . And Terence Hill and Bud Spencer are actually Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli.
«The Good, the Bad, the Ugly» struck me back in 1993. I watched it only once (on central television) and since then I have never really reviewed it. But even this modest experience was enough to «sick» with a kind of romance of endless loneliness among the scorched prairies. And the music…