THE EURO-WESTERN BEYOND LEONE
The full, vibrant history of the Euro-Western, offering everything any
fan of Euro-Westerns could ever want to know. The success of Sergio
Leone's Dollars trilogy in the 60s sparked a gold rush, as a legion of
European film-makers, many of them sharing the get-rich-quick mentality
of Leone's mercenary anti-heroes followed the master's lead to create
some of the wildest Westerns ever made.
Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-Westerns replaced
straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral
adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood
Westerns. Any Gun Can Play explores the films' wider reaches, their
recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. It examines the
American models and explores the mechanics of the Italian film
industry.
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Features the genre's leading lights, including Franco Nero, Giuliano
Gemma and Gianni Garko, writer Sergio Donati, and directors Sergio
Sollima and Giuliano Carnimeo
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Foreword by Euro-Western legend Franco Nero
This stunningly illustrated reference guide demonstrates why these films
became box-office sensations around the world, and their influence can
still be felt today.