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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 filmmakers responded to international and national events by inscribing Italian Far Left revolutionary doctrine, and a legitimacy of violence, into the genre. Offering fresh perspectives across the Western genre while recasting the Spaghetti's influential position in exploitation cinema, Fisher brings the genre more firmly into the tradition of European political filmmaking.
Introduction
Part I: The Backdrop
Chapter 1: Imagining America
Chapter 2: A Marxist’s Gotta Do What a Marxist’s Gotta Do
Part II: The Films
Chapter 3: Go West, Comrade!
Chapter 4: Violent Mexico
Part III: The Legacy
5. Revolutionising Violence
6. Conclusion: A Spectrum of Representation
Austin Fisher is a lecturer in Media Arts at the University of Bedfordshire. Austin is the ‘Spaghetti Westerns’ editor for the Directory of World Cinema: Italy, and has published articles in scholarly journals such as The Italianist and Scope.
This is a major re-appraisal of a neglected set of 1960s films, films which become more and more interesting with the passing of the years.
– Christopher Frayling
Austin Fisher’s grasp of the political complexion of this moment (on both sides of the Atlantic) is subtle and nuanced, while his close textual analyses are lucid and insightful.
– Barry Langford
Austin Fisher discusses the complex relationship the Spaghetti western has with Italian politics. Read.
Imprint: I.B.Tauris
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Series: International Library of Visual Culture
Hardback
ISBN: 9781848855786
Publication Date: 30 Aug 2011
Number of Pages: 320
Height: 216
Width: 134
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 filmmakers responded to international and national events by inscribing Italian Far Left revolutionary doctrine, and a legitimacy of violence, into the genre. Offering fresh perspectives across the Western genre while recasting the Spaghetti's influential position in exploitation cinema, Fisher brings the genre more firmly into the tradition of European political filmmaking.
Introduction
Part I: The Backdrop
Chapter 1: Imagining America
Chapter 2: A Marxist’s Gotta Do What a Marxist’s Gotta Do
Part II: The Films
Chapter 3: Go West, Comrade!
Chapter 4: Violent Mexico
Part III: The Legacy
5. Revolutionising Violence
6. Conclusion: A Spectrum of Representation
Austin Fisher is a lecturer in Media Arts at the University of Bedfordshire. Austin is the ‘Spaghetti Westerns’ editor for the Directory of World Cinema: Italy, and has published articles in scholarly journals such as The Italianist and Scope.
This is a major re-appraisal of a neglected set of 1960s films, films which become more and more interesting with the passing of the years.
– Christopher Frayling
Austin Fisher’s grasp of the political complexion of this moment (on both sides of the Atlantic) is subtle and nuanced, while his close textual analyses are lucid and insightful.
– Barry Langford
Austin Fisher discusses the complex relationship the Spaghetti western has with Italian politics. Read.
Imprint: I.B.Tauris
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Series: International Library of Visual Culture
HardbackISBN: 9781848855786
Publication Date: 30 Aug 2011
Number of Pages: 320
Height: 216
Width: 134