Noodling with Westerns

"The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" DVD release swagged by a package of Santa Maria dry spaghetti pasta, pegged on the Spaghetti Western's cult status as paean to Atkin's Diet outlaws.

Re-inventing an image of Westerns as a serious genre, Spaghetti versions specifically, genre and Clint Eastwood seriously grew a fanbase despite sloppiness in filmmaking. A fan went to the exact location of the pivotal graveyard scene; in this slow-loading applet you can almost imagine Eli Wallach running in circles. Seriously want to be a cowboy? (not the tune nor the tome), for those who take myth seriously ... very, very seriously.

Years ago, pasta maker (not a pasta maker) had troublesome expiration dates on some food products, not an issue with pasta with its 2-3 year shelflife. Company's facility won a cement award though and they offer gluten-free products for restricted diets.

Who is Al Dente and why is he eating so much?: Whether blogging pasta generally or cooking pasta ala brand specifically, one casa es su casa.

Score one for Ennio Morricone. Composer's work here cited as "This is the most fertile of all Western soundtracks ... Not even the endless corporate raping of the title theme for purposes of advertising can tarnish this work. It will remain as the standard by which all music associated with the period geography of the film will be judged." Remixed to dubious (read that as annoying) result, compilations 1 & 2 (with some audio samples; downloads here), his fat oeuvre remains available. Another medium's twist on updating a genre, called "Macaroni Westerns" in Japan from whence the movie form mutated orginally. More than a composer for Westerns, Morricone's still not Oscar-ized even after 5 noms.

In the Valley of Monuments to Clever Ideas: C-; Spaghetti for a Spaghetti Western? An idea so thin that spaghettini would have been the better swag.

Mar 16, 2004 at 01:38 PM by James Hames in Film, Video and DVD | Permalink

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