Radical frontiers in the spaghetti western : politics, violence and popular Italian cinema / Austin Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Austin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Italy.

Motion pictures.

Politics in motion pictures.

Spaghetti Westerns--History and criticism.

Spaghetti Westerns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though 1960s European cinema frequently reflected the shifting ideological tides which now characterise the era in the popular imagination, the complex and extensive relationship of the Italian - or 'Spaghetti' - Western to these political ferments has gone almost entirely unnoticed. Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western fills this gap as the first in-depth analysis of militant political trends in the Italian Western. Providing a detailed, historically-grounded examination of the films of Damiano Damiani, Sergio Sollima and Sergio Corbucci, Austin Fisher reveals how and why these filmmake.

Contents:

Introduction

The backdrop. Imagining America : US influence and American mythology in post-war Italy

A Marxist's gotta do what a Marxist's gotta do : national identity and political violence on the Italian frontier

The films. Go west, comrade! defining the absolute enemy

Violent Mexico : 'crossing the border' into armed insurgency

The legacy. Revolutionising violence : radical translation and postmodern residues in US cinema

Along the radical spectrum

Appendices. A. Highest grossing Italian westerns, 1962-1980 (domestic prima visione box-office returns)

B. Italian western releases in Italy, 1962-1980

C. Italian western releases in the USA, 1962-1980

D. Corpus in US and UK reviews of fifty Italian westerns, 1965-1977.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Royal Holloway, University of London, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613380715

9780755694761

0755694767

9781283380713

1283380714

9780857720467

0857720465

OCLC:

772844831