spaghetti western
nounEtymology From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
- “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
- Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns, Oldcastle Books, →ISBN: