spagetti or macaroni
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.
Another great example would be the match between the horses legs on the street and the thugs legs as they walk down the hall toward one of our main characters. Also, in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, there are many more close ups than Rio Bravo, as well as many extreme close ups that let you catch small eye and facial movements. " The "Spaghetti Westerns," on the other hand, were not trying to please everybody. Violence, profanity, and not having blatantly evil and good characters, wasn't selling at the time, so we got "Macaroni. There is the key light, the fill light and the back light. In Rio Bravo, the framing seems to be very simple. (key light) There is usually a strong key light, no back light, and very little, if any, fill light. The main character is always in the center of the frame unless another character is coming into the frame. In most of the scenes there is only one major light source. This creates full and soft features for the characters. "Colorado" is the typical hero who tries to stay out of the conflict and then eventually sides with civilized order. There are also many cliches that we need to discuss. This is an area where we see more major differences between the two films. Rio Bravo uses the traditional three light system of character lighting.
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