Informationen zum Autor Thomas Weisser is the editor and founder of Asian Cult Cinema magazine, as well as the author of numerous books on European and Asian cinema. He lives in Fort Pierce, Florida. Klappentext Spaghetti Westerns--mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe--were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. After a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns, another section provides filmographies of personnel--actors and actresses, directors, musical composers, scriptwriters, cinematographers. Appendices provide lists of the popular Django films and the Sartana films, a listing of U.S.-made Spaghetti Western lookalikes, top ten and twenty lists and a list of the genre's worst. Zusammenfassung Spaghetti Westerns were bleaker! rougher! grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns! focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. This book provides a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns! and filmographies of personnel! actors and actresses! directors! musical composers! scriptwriters! cinematographers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsForeword by Craig Ledbetter Foreword by Tom Betts I. The Films Introduction The Films, A-Z (with cross references) II. Personnel Introduction Performers Directors Music Composers Script Writers Cinematographers III. Appendices The Django Films The Sartana Films Anglo Counterparts Top Ten and Top Twenty Lists with comments by William Connolly The Worst Spaghetti Westerns Select Bibliography Index

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Thomas Weisser is the editor and founder of Asian Cult Cinema magazine, as well as the author of numerous books on European and Asian cinema. He lives in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Klappentext

Spaghetti Westerns--mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe--were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. After a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns, another section provides filmographies of personnel--actors and actresses, directors, musical composers, scriptwriters, cinematographers. Appendices provide lists of the popular Django films and the Sartana films, a listing of U.S.-made Spaghetti Western lookalikes, top ten and twenty lists and a list of the genre's worst.

Zusammenfassung
Spaghetti Westerns were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. This book provides a main filmography covering 558 Spaghetti Westerns, and filmographies of personnel, actors and actresses, directors, musical composers, scriptwriters, cinematographers.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Craig Ledbetter
Foreword by Tom Betts

I. The Films
Introduction
The Films, A-Z (with cross references)

II. Personnel
Introduction
Performers
Directors
Music Composers
Script Writers
Cinematographers
III. Appendices
The Django Films
The Sartana Films
Anglo Counterparts
Top Ten and Top Twenty Lists with comments by William Connolly
The Worst Spaghetti Westerns

Select Bibliography
Index