I love the films, and I know a lot of them were filmed in Spain, but why are they called Spaghetti?? Surely that's Italian, eh?
2006-06-18 02:47:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, being the director and musicist, are both Italian, and made numerous movies together. It goes without saying, that italian money was important, and off course they ate a lot of pasta on the set.
2006-06-18 02:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by StefD 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. Originally they had in common the Italian language, low budgets, and a recognizable highly fluid, violent, minimalist cinematography that eschewed (some said "demythologized") many of the conventions of earlier Westerns—partly intentionally, partly as a result of the work being done in a different cultural background and with limited funds. The term was originally used disparagingly, but by the 1980s many of these films came to be held in high regard, particularly because it was hard to ignore the influence they had in redefining the entire idea of a western up to that point.
2006-06-18 09:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Patricia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spaghetti westerns were all made in Italy. That's where the name came from. Actors weren't necessarily Italian either. Most of Clint Eastwood's early movies were Spaghetti westerns.
2006-06-18 13:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The directors are Italian, sergio leone for example... The musical direction is Italian, ennio morricone for example and a fair bit of the both the extra cast and production staff is italian... The reason that they have really badly dubbed sound is usually because they had to be totally re-dubbed because of the high-powered fans used to keep the sets as cool as possible for the actors, the sun was so hot during shooting...
2006-06-18 12:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Gritty Shaker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh well they already answered it. When I was younger I thought it was because the fake blood was spaghetti sauce (which is pretty close to blood in some of the films).
2006-06-18 10:46:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are remakes of Japanese ronin-films, filmed in Spain, acted by Americans and directed by Italians.
2006-06-18 14:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by Shining Star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of the actors were Italian. Plus it is possible to eat spagetti in Spain.
2006-06-18 09:51:15 · answer #7 · answered by kris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of them were directed by Italian directors such as Sergio Leoni.
2006-06-18 19:31:18 · answer #8 · answered by kenweird1982 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spaghetti westerns are made in Italy, BURRITO westerns are Spanish...
2006-06-18 09:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by MC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The director was italian ,serio leone..and they were funded by italin film companys.
2006-06-18 09:52:16 · answer #10 · answered by notwhathewrites 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋