03440nam 2200649 450 991079198460332120191118111955.00-7556-9476-71-283-38071-497866133807150-85772-046-510.5040/9780755694761(CKB)2560000000079211(EBL)830136(OCoLC)772844831(SSID)ssj0000576117(PQKBManifestationID)12273592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576117(PQKBWorkID)10554409(PQKB)11391873(MiAaPQ)EBC830136(CaBNVSL)mat55694761(CaBNVSL)9780755694761(EXLCZ)99256000000007921120191118h20192011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRadical frontiers in the spaghetti western politics, violence and popular Italian cinema /Austin FisherFirst edition.London [England] :I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,2011.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (315 p.)Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Royal Holloway, University of London, 2009.1-84885-578-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index.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.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.Motion picturesItalyPolitics in motion picturesSpaghetti WesternsHistory and criticismFilm: styles & genresbicsscMotion picturesPolitics in motion pictures.Spaghetti WesternsHistory and criticism.Film: styles & genres791.43658780945Fisher Austin1497917EBLCPCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910791984603321Radical frontiers in the spaghetti western3723228UNINA