Where does the term "spaghetti western" originate from?

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Why is this name used to describe the western?

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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.

The best-known and perhaps archetypal spaghetti Westerns were the so-called Man With No Name trilogy (or Dollars Trilogy) directed by Sergio Leone, starring the American TV actor Clint Eastwood and with musical scores composed by Ennio Morricone (all of whom are now synonymous with the genre): A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). The last is one of the most famed Westerns of all time (although, atypically for the genre, it had a relatively high budget in excess of one million USD).

Many of the films were shot in the Spanish desert region of Almería, which greatly resembles the landscape of the American Southwest. (A few were shot in Sardinia.) Because of the desert setting and the readily available southern Spanish extras, a usual theme in Spaghetti Westerns is the Mexican Revolution, Mexican bandits and the border zone between Mexico and the USA.

Spaghetti westerns are known as "macaroni westerns" in Japan

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Origin Of The Word Spaghetti

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If the "open range" scenes are filmed in Italy, then the movie is called a "spaghetti western". I assume the word spaghetti is used because it is an Italian food, and the word is associated with Italy.

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The Term "spagetti western" comes from the fact that the Clint Eastwood movies, the good the bad and the ugly ,and a fistfull of dollars, and for a few dollars more, were all filmed in Italy! Thus "spagetti western.

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Where does the term "spaghetti western" originate from?
Why is this name used to describe the western?

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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.

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When Clint Eastwood made his "westerns" is Italy. That's why

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it's the term for the westerns filmed in italy, they were some of the best westerns ever filmed, despite being filmed in italy.

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Many old time westerns were filmed in Italy. It was a cheap place to shoot, and parts of southern Italy resemble the old west.

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Hollywood it was given to the westerns made in Italy.