spaghetti western
spaghetti western — noun
1. a movie about the American Old West that was filmed cheaply in Europe, especiall
a movie about the American Old West that was filmed cheaply in Europe, especially by Italian directors in the 1960s and 1970s, noted for its strong musical scores, stylised violence, and harsh desert scenery
Eitan watched his first spaghetti western on a dusty DVD that belonged to his grandfather.
compound noun used as a countable noun
The dramatic music in that spaghetti western made every gunfight scene feel exciting and tense.
collocation: dramatic music + spaghetti western
Many spaghetti westerns were filmed in the dry hills of southern Spain, not in America.
Linh did not expect the spaghetti western to contain so much dark humour and sudden violence.
- Italian western
more formal and neutral; used by film scholars and critics
- western all'italiana
the original Italian name for the genre; most specific to Italian film history
文法句型
spaghetti western + verb
用法筆記
Commonly used as a countable noun ("a spaghetti western", "many spaghetti westerns"). The term was originally dismissive but is now a neutral label for the genre.