Eurowestern: fisonomía, tipología

• Autores: Carlos Aguilar
• Localización: Nosferatu: Revista de cine, ISSN 1131-9372, Nº. 27, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: ¿Habéis sido buenos? Malos en el cine), págs. 77-82
• Idioma: español
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  • Eurowestern: face, features, appearance, typology
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  • In the second half of the 60s, Italian director Sergio Leone revolutionised the Western genre in particular, and the sense of film violence on the whole, with his Clint Eastwood pictures. The article focuses on the unique way Leone has of characterising and defining his extraordinary characters. He spotlights the case of Lee Van Cleef, an actor who was disdained in his native country because of his buid and his problems with alcohol, who became a star due to European westerns. Shortly before his death, Van Cleef enjoyed a virtual film tribute thanks to the then young American director, John Carpenter, who choose him to play a leading role in Escap from New York (1981)