When Italy thought how to make Western Movies

There was a time when the American Western was declining, the American Western Movies were not trendy as they were used to be.

At that point in time, a new sheriff came in Town, its name was Spaghetti Western.

A new genre or just a remashed version of the American Western?

I remember when in the first half of the '60s Italy started, usually in collaboration with other countries like Germany or Spain, making low budget Western Movies.

One of the first ones A Fistful of Dollars(1964) by Sergio Leone was a sort of rebooted version of Yojimbo(1961) by Kurosawa.



Leone demonstrated later who was not only able to make reboots but real Western Movies with their own personality and spirit. For instance For a Few Dollars More(1965), The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly(1966), until the very Leone's Masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West.

The apparent trivial plot was hiding the beauties of these movies. Dusty Towns and the poetry of the Wind Gust. The desolation and hostility in every corner unveiled the entrance of the next Charismatic Gunslinger.

Huge applause to Ennio Morricone who has massively contributed making great the Spaghetti Western.

He embarked on a long time collaboration with Sergio Leone, where every movie was a joy thanks to the combination of Trumpets, Arps, and Electric Guitar. Music that Ennio would have improved over time in his travel in the Old West.

What the Spaghetti Western made was repackaging the American Western through the Italian Prospective, directing American Actors (you would not believe that so many movies were shot in Gargano and other Italian Locations, but they look like Texas) and presenting the American History with irony and poetry, but especially with the Heart and Passion typical of the Italian Art.