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spaghetti western

NOUN
low-budget western movie
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Based on her hit 2018 stage play of the same name, Harris’ film is a road movie meeting a spaghetti western, with a dash of “Set It Off” gone Tarantino.

From Salon May 19, 2026

West Seattle’s foremost purveyor of alt-country noir is back with another scintillating set of spaghetti western ditties marked by Amaker’s unmistakable baritone, which is equal parts folksy and sinister.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2024

The daughter is pop '80s/'90s, the grandmother, who tells tall tales as many grandmothers do, is a spaghetti western, and the mother, who is still traumatized by Iran, is a neorealist Kiarostami film.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2023

Its production, with its classic Hollywood-sounding ricochet samples, fits the movie’s slick, updated spaghetti western vibe.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2021

“I told them, man, that’s like 1940s, 1950s spaghetti western stuff.”

From New York Times Oct. 29, 2021




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