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Here my favorite 50 SWDB films (not all of them strictly spag):

I watched Once Upon a Time in the West more than ten times when shown in the theatres in the late sixties and early seventies. For forty years I avoided the non-Leone spaghetti westerns, out of pietism. However, sometime in 2012 I started wondering; as Leone made five great films all by himself, maybe his other Italian film-maker colleagues achieved five decent films all of them together.

I ended up watching about 150 spags in the next 15 months, using the SWDB as a roadmap, everything from Greek tragedy to slapstick comedy. I found a number of perfectly good anti-oppressive films, and an even larger number of maybe not so perfect, even far from perfect, but perfectly amoral, bleak, noirish westerns, different from Leone’s films. This, I think, is where spaghetti western gets real interesting.

Forum Profile, aka Kjell

Morgan passed away in 2022. The SWDb's condolences to friends and family. He will be sorely missed.

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-I watched ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' more than ten times when shown in the theatres in the late sixties and early seventies. For forty years I avoided the non-Leone spaghetti westerns, out of pietism. However, sometime in 2012 I started wondering; as Leone made five great films all by himself, maybe his other Italian film-maker colleagues achieved five decent films all of them together. I ended up watching about 150 spags in the next 15 months, using the SWDB as a roadmap, everything from Greek tragedy to slapstick comedy. I found a number of perfectly good anti-oppressive political films, and an even larger number of maybe not so perfect, even far from perfect, but perfectly amoral, bleak, noirish westerns, different from Leone’s films. This, is I think, is where spaghetti western gets real interesting…
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+Here my favorite 50 SWDB films (not all of them strictly spag):
+* [[C'era una volta il West|Once upon a Time in the West]]
+* [[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]
+* [[Grande silenzio, Il|The Great Silence]]
+* [[Per qualche dollaro in più|For a Few dollars More]]
+* [[Per un pugno di dollari|A Fistful of Dollars]]
+* [[Django]]
+* [[Faccia a faccia|Face to face]]
+* [[Taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io, La|El Puro]]
+* [[Giù la testa|Duck, You Sucker]]
+* [[Resa dei conti, La|The Big Gundown]]
-'''Reviews'''
+* [[Vamos a matar, compañeros|Compañeros]]
+* [[Tepepa]]
+* [[Une corde, un Colt|Cemetery Without Crosses]]
+* [[Precio de un hombre, El|The Bounty Killer]]
+* [[Quien Sabe|A Bullet for the General]]
+* [[A Town Called Hell|A Town Called Bastard]]
+* [[Collera del vento, La|The Wind's Anger ]]
+* [[California]]
+* [[Mercenario, Il|The Mercenary]]
+* [[Goût de la violence, Le|The Taste of Violence]]
-* [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/La_ciudad_maldita_Review La ciudad maldita]
+* [[Corri, uomo, corri|Run, Man, Run]]
-* [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Los_buitres_cavar%C3%A1n_tu_fosa_Review Los buitres cavarán tu fosa ]
+* [[Boot Hill|Boot Hill]]
-* [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Vendetta_per_vendetta_Review Vendetta per vendetta]
+* [[Sonora]]
-* [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Antonio_das_Mortes_Review Antonio das Mortes]
+* [[Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro, O|Antonio das Mortes]]
-* [https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/A_Town_Called_Bastard_Review A Town Called Bastard]
+* [[Lo voglio morto|I Want Him Dead ]]
+* [[Buitres cavarán tu fosa, Los|And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave]]
+* [[10.000 dollari per un massacro|10.000 Dollars for a Massacre]]
+* [[Giorni dell'ira, I|Day of Anger]]
+* [[Se sei vivo spara|Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! ]]
+* [[Cangaçeiro, O'|O' Cangaçeiro]]
+* [[Pampa salvaje|Savage Pampas]]
+* [[Lunghi giorni della vendetta, I|The Long Days of Vengeance ]]
+* [[Quanto costa morire|Cost of Dying]]
+* [[Minuto per pregare, un istante per morire, Un|A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die ]]
+* [[Sfida dei MacKenna, La|Challenge Of The McKennas]]
+* [[Bandidos]]
+* [[Bandido Malpelo, El| El Bandido Malpelo]]
+* [[Odio è il mio Dio, L'|Hate Is My God ]]
+* [[Lo ammazzo come un cane... ma lui rideva ancora|Death Played the Flute]]
+* [[Dio perdona... Io no!|God Forgives, I Don't]]
+* [[Deadlock]]
+* [[Arde baby, arde|Dead Aim]]
+* [[Ultimo killer, L'|The Ultimate Killer]]
+* [[Keoma]]
+* [[Joe... cercati un posto per morire!|Find a Place to Die]]
+* [[Perché uccidi ancora?|Why Go on Killing?]]
+* [[Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti|Terrible Day of the Big Gundown]]
+* [[Sentenza di morte|Death Sentence]]
+* [[Vendetta per vendetta|Vengeance for Vengeance]]
+* [[Buco in fronte, Un|A Hole In The Forehead]]
+</div>
+I watched ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' more than ten times when shown in the theatres in the late sixties and early seventies. For forty years I avoided the non-Leone spaghetti westerns, out of pietism. However, sometime in 2012 I started wondering; as Leone made five great films all by himself, maybe his other Italian film-maker colleagues achieved five decent films all of them together.
+I ended up watching about 150 spags in the next 15 months, using the SWDB as a roadmap, everything from Greek tragedy to slapstick comedy. I found a number of perfectly good anti-oppressive films, and an even larger number of maybe not so perfect, even far from perfect, but perfectly amoral, bleak, noirish westerns, different from Leone’s films. This, I think, is where spaghetti western gets real interesting.
+* [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/u/morgan Forum Profile], aka Kjell
+''Morgan passed away in 2022. The SWDb's condolences to friends and family. He will be sorely missed.''
+Reviews
+* [[Hate Is My God review|Hate Is My God]]
+* [[Death Played the Flute review (morgan)|Death Played the Flute]]
+* [[l Bandido Malpelo review|El Bandido Malpelo]]
+* [[La_caza_del_oro_review|La caza del oro]]
+* [[La_ciudad_maldita_Review|La ciudad maldita]]
+* [[Los_buitres_cavar%C3%A1n_tu_fosa_Review|Los buitres cavarán tu fosa]]
+* [[Vendetta_per_vendetta_Review|Vendetta per vendetta]]
+* [[Antonio_das_Mortes_Review|Antonio das Mortes]]
+* [[A_Town_Called_Bastard_Review|A Town Called Bastard]]
+[[Category:Inactive or former contributors]]