Cultora
By Redazione Milano
November 15, 2017
There was once the spaghetti western, genre that has made
the lack of budget and means a real strength. We are in the mid-sixties when
filmmakers like Sergio Leone or Sergio Corbucci radically change the
American-style western to which the audience was accustomed. Until then, the
protagonist at John Ford had always been a spotless and fearless man, a hero, a
"good" paladin who fought against the wicked.
In the westerns of the Italian, however, the protagonist
is rarely a hero, indeed, his figure is often that of anti-heroism, driven by
personal interest instead of idealistic motives. These story stories are not
optimistic, nor do they contain the usual morality of American cinema. The
dollar makes it a master, the only real interest of the characters. Crudity and
cynicism are the engines that drive action to more extreme levels.
The Western Spaghetti had its peak between the sixties and
seventies, and then almost disappeared in the decades later. But something
remained of that kind that was originally banned and then re-evaluated by the
critic. Is it possible that your themes and settings are applicable to other
genres?
The Spaghetti Fantasy is born. Forget Tolkien, Rowling or
Licia Troisi if we want to stay on our fantastic nostrils. The Fantasy
Spaghetti is raw, dirty, sometimes even ignorant, and makes the virtue of its
lack of means. It is inspired by the old Sword and Sorcery and the latest
Martinique or Abercrombie Grimdark. But it's not just this.
There are no dragons, armies or armies ready to face for
the salvation of the world, but cutlings, bandits and sorcerers interested only
in gold or their interests. Imagine a mediocre inhospitable village with
desolate and dusty villages, dangerous roads to go. We are far from the heart
of the empires or the magical and brilliant cities to which the fantasy masters
have become accustomed to. The Spaghetti Fantasy favors unknown border villages
or rural environments on the edge of the realm where politeness and politeness
are not found.
Violence has a dominant part, but as in the West, these
rude and almost uncivilized environments can leave room to different types of
stories. While on the one hand we can have "For a Fistful of
Dollars", it is also possible to have them similar to "They Called
Trinity," where lighter and more tones can show the other side of the
coin.
Brutal and ironic, cynical and skinned, the Fantasy
Spaghetti wants to emerge in the fantastic nostrano, giving us a new
retrospective of the genre, making it "Italian".
The first exponent of Spaghetti Fantasy is the
"Zappa and Sword" anthology, edited by Acheron Books.
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