"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - a film which symbolizes the Western genre while it expands its rules and traditions.

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" is the most famous of all of Sergio Leone's work, and probably one of the most famous westerns of all times. Not only it became part of our culture, but it has also created a sub-genre of Westerns, tenderly called "Spaghetti Westerns" - mostly because of the Italian origins of the filmmaker and the fact that his movies were shot in …

…aditional western, yet it includes many innovations and originality. The simplicity of the "man against man, and may the fastest draw win" theme is cleverly integrated with complicated real human characters and tempers as well as the not so typical for western tradition, violent background of the American Civil War. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" is a serious, infectiously humorous film which symbolizes the Western genre while it expands its rules and traditions.