FOCUS ON THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN #1: The Films of Tony
Kendall
By Fred Blosser
Country: U.S.A.
Publisher: Self published
Language: English
Pages: 68
ISBN: 979-8327394650
Available: June 2, 2024
FOCUS ON THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN #1: THE FILMS OF TONY KENDALL inaugurates a new series of informal monographs about gritty, violent Italian-made Westerns. This first title in the series surveys the Spaghetti Westerns of Tony Kendall, who brought his hard-edged charisma to the roles of gunslingers called Django and Sartana as the genre forever changed the face of the Western movie.
Movies in particular and popular culture
in general were transformed in 1964 when director Sergio Leone released “A
Fistful of Dollars,” the first of the “Spaghetti Westerns.” Produced in Italy,
the genre revitalized the Western film with gritty, cynical violence and made a
star of Clint Eastwood when Leone’s pictures later came to the U.S.
Commemorating this 60th anniversary, author Fred Blosser today announced Focus
on the Spaghetti Western #1, The Films of Tony Kendall, the first in a projected
series of informal monographs. This inaugural book examines the five Spaghetti
Westerns that starred Tony Kendall, a popular star in Europe but little known
in America. “Tony Kendall came to the Spaghetti Western after starring in “Kiss
Kiss, Kill Kill” and other popular pictures in the ‘Kommissar X’ series of
1960s crime and spy films,” Blosser said. “He brought the same appeal to his
Westerns, playing light-hearted characters in some roles and tough, iconic
gunslingers like Django and Sartana in others.” Focus on the Spaghetti Western
#1, The Films of Tony Kendall provides synopses and critical commentary for
“Django Defies Sartana,” “Fighters From Ave Maria,” “Gunman of One Hundred
Crosses,” “Brother Outlaw,” and “White Fang and the Kid.” “I’m pleased to
highlight this charismatic but largely forgotten star by examining the five
Westerns he anchored over the 1970s apex and decline of the genre,” said
Blosser.
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