Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone
Author(s): Christopher Frayling
"Spaghetti Westerns "is the major critical exploration of the European Western. Christopher Frayling approaches the Westerns produced at Cinecitta Studios in Rome from a variety of perspectives, placing them in the Italian, social, political, industrial and cinematic contexts from which they evolved. Over 400 Spaghetti Westerns were produced during their 1960s peak period; Frayling deals with the most interesting examples, giving special attention to the films of Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood.
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Christopher Frayling is Rector of the Royal College of Art and Professor of Cultural History there. His books include Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death, Clint Eastwood and a BFI monograph on Things to Come. He is Chairman of the Arts Council, England.
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- : I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
- : I.B.Tauris
- : 0.721
- : 26 January 2006
- : 239mm X 183mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Christopher Frayling
- : Paperback
- : 604
- : 791.436278
- : 304
- : ill