Welcome!

You've found A Fistful of Pasta, a (sometimes irreverent) look at the genre films known as Spaghetti Westerns, or Eurowesterns.

There were over 500 westerns made in Europe between 1965 and 1975. Some were serious artistic achievements in filmmaking, completely redefining the western film genre, and elevating it to an art form. Others were simply B-movies of varying quality, and in some cases, worse. And for better or worse, we love them all (well, most of 'em, anyways), and if you're still reading this, you probably do, too.

In addition, from time to time we will feature westerns from other parts of the world, such as India, South Africa, and an occasional American western, too.

If you have any questions, suggestions, corrections, or see something that doesn't look right, please drop us a line at the contact page. We'd love to hear from you.

For every last thing you'd ever want to know about these films, the best place on the web is The Spaghetti Western Database. If you haven't been there yet, you're missing out on a great resource for these films.

 

What's New - updated Feb. 3rd, 2010

Scherpschutter has a review of Vengeance Trail.

In other news...

There's another book on spaghetti westerns to be released soon, by Kevin Grant, called Any Gun Can Play: The Essential Guide to Euro-Westerns. Click here for more info. I'll have a review up as it gets closer to the release date.

There are two great interviews over at the SWDB right now that are not to be missed, with spaghetti legends Nicoletta Machiavelli and Brett Halsey. Go have a look.

Actor/producer Tony Anthony is rereleasing and "re-inventing" his 1981 3-D spaghetti, Comin' at Ya! in digital "3-D Noir". Have a look here for more details on that.

We're always looking for good writers of anything related to the genre, so if your're interested, click on the Django in the sidebar.