Description
Who would have guessed that the classic American film genre, ‘The Western’, would take a new turn in movie making? That’s what happened with the new kind of Western beginning in the mid 1960s. Films with foreign locations, directors and producers became increasingly popular. This class will explore the evolution of this trend with a discussion of the scores of European filmmakers, notably Italian director Sergio Leone, who reshaped the genre beginning in the 1960s. We will also explore the impact of Clint Eastwood and others on what came to be nicknamed ‘the Spaghetti Westerns’.
