Some New Thing: A Fistful of Dollars and the Birth of the Spaghetti Western

SteynonLine ^ | October 11, 2025 | Rick McGinnis

[Rummyfan]

Funny about spaghetti. I heard that in Italy spaghetti is considered one of the side dishes with the entrees. In the US we think the opposite.

A true Italian meal consists of antipasto, pasta, and entree of either seafood or meat, a dessert (dolce), Wine accompanying the courses and coffee and an apperitivo afterward. Perhaps some cheese and fruit too. Obviously not everyone sits down to such a meal every day. Who could? But you pretty much always always have a pasta course.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“paella westerns” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Nor does “tapas westerns.”

[frank ballenger]

You are making Pritzker hungry for that between meals snack of yours.

[delta7]

Excellent timing. Most don’t realize the most famous soundtrack from The Good, Bad and Ugly is titled, “ The Ecstasy of Gold”….

[citizen]

Unforgiven, very good. Eastwood, Hackman, Freeman

[nomorelurker]

“I loved the Bud Spencer / Terrance Hill ones.”

Hill’s “beans weren’t much good anyway” scene is on of my favorites. If you look close the set decoration is really well done for such a cheap movie.

[SunkenCiv]

🤠

[Charles Martel]

Ecstasy of Gold

- Classical guitar arrangement

[Rio]

A Fistful of Ravioli:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNv-k5rSGPE

[Charles Martel]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

[dfwgator]

I prefer Cheese Westerns, like Horace Walpole’s ‘Rogue Cheddar’, one of the first of the Cheese Westerns to be later followed by ‘Gunfight at Gruyre Corral’, ‘Ilchester 73’, and ‘The Cheese Who Shot Liberty Valence’.

[Nateman]

There was a Western TV series that only ran one season. Many of the scripts by Rod Serling. ‘The Loner’. Good show but an all too brief run.

[rktman]

😂😂😂👍

[GingisK]

As a youngster just hitting puberty, imagine my shock over Raquel Welch in “One Hundred Rifles”. Movies seemed different from that time on.

[GingisK]

Danish National Orchestra does Good Bad Ugly and Ecstasy of Gold

[norwaypinesavage]

They were filmed in Italy.

[RckyRaCoCo]

“beans weren’t much good anyway”

"...feel almost human now, dont'cha"

[MacNaughton]

They were filmed in Italy.

IMDB, "TG, TB, & TU", filming locations

Spain

[Mr. Blond]

We lost Claudia recently.

[mad_as_he$$]

Wide Screen and director’s cut!👍