Take that impossible set of circumstances to make a film described at the top. Now, place over those hurdles the desire to change up a recognized genre. To take a fixed idea and make it new, fresh, and vibrant. Not so easy, is it? Try to make something old work in a new and exciting way in any part of life, let alone something as evanescent as film. It doesn’t happen often. When it does, it hits like an explosion. By the end of the 60s, the Western had exploded, again. It was once more in full bloom, taking up a large part of world studio output, which continues, almost uninterrupted, to the present day. Why the renaissance? It was due to an unlikely source and director --- the Italian, Sergio Leone. It was a craze and wave that became known as the Spaghetti Western. email: [email protected] Website and blog: www.thosewonderfulpeople.com IG: @thosewonderfulpeople Twitter: @FilmsInTheDark