spagetti westerns
Which is the cheesiest? The answer is pretty obvious, but let's take a close look. "Spaghetti Westerns," as their called, are a genre of western films, that have been created or filmed in Italy and are meant to portray the "Wild West" of America. "Macaroni Westerns," as I'll call them, make up the traditional western genre, made in the United States. Let's take a look at the similarities and differences of these genres, and at two films in particular that represent each genre; The Good the Bad and the Ugly(1966) and Rio Bravo(1959), which most critics will agree, are great examples of each genre. Let's start with the most obvious aspect that differs in the two genres. "Macaroni Westerns" are the cheesiest. These films have are pure cheese. I can barely sit through one of them. They have the typical characters; the hero(s), the bad guy(s), the fair maiden, and the quirky sidekick(s). These characters spout out cheesy lines, demonstrating how good or how bad they are, but they language always remains basically clean. In the Spaghetti Westerns, the language is a lot more diverse(lots of cussing). This is because each of these genres play to a different audience.
This film seems to stretch things out like that. There are also much deeper zooms in The Good the Bad and the Ugly than in Rio Bravo. This creates full and soft features for the characters. An exception would be the theme music that appears when something "cool" is about to or currently happening. Sound, and more specifically, music, is very important for the overall feel of the film. Both of these films use great amounts of continuity editing. We see these type of names show up in The Good the Bad and the Ugly. This is perfect for the cheese that we see and hear from the characters. This helps the audience make the connection that the thugs only move when there is noise to cover the sound of their steps. When we hear the horses legs stop, we see the thugs legs stop. Rio Bravo introduces the plot motivation at the very beginning. We have Chance, Colorado, Dude, and Stumpy. Another piece of editing that we should take a look at are the fades. This creates very dramatic lighting for the scenes.
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