"Welcome to the Wild Wild West, ... in Spain" Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Oct 2018 4:15 p.m. PST |
"The show began, as the movies it mimics often do, when a stranger rode into town. The horses reared, kicking up dust. Punches were thrown, shots fired, insults slung. Three sheriffs stood against three outlaws: dark waistcoats versus khaki duster jackets. A sheriff heaved himself off a balcony onto a bale of hay on the ground. An outlaw swung off his saddle and clung sideways to his galloping horse. Another flailed from the hangman's noose, and, before going limp, waved goodbye to the tourists who had clustered to watch the shootout from the porches and balconies of the bank, the sheriff's office, the saloon, and the hotel surrounding the square. Music by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone, all coyote howls and soul-shaking leitmotifs, blared from loudspeakers while kids in cowboy costumes shook toy guns at each other…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
14Bore | 17 Oct 2018 4:33 p.m. PST |
Not long ago, maybe a month after watching a spaghetti western I finally looked into where in Spain these western were made. All these famous movie shots are all in the same general area. |
Tango01 | 18 Oct 2018 12:03 p.m. PST |
You are right my friend….. Amicalement Armand |
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