{"id":1285,"date":"2010-06-09T21:24:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T21:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2018-08-07T11:29:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:29:58","slug":"spaghetti-western-in-almeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spaghetti-western-in-almeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaghetti Western in Almer\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 te sugiere la palabra spaghetti? Seguro que como a mi, deliciosa comida italiana\u2026 \u00a0Pero hay algo m\u00e1s asociado a ella, como veremos.<\/p>\n<p>En pleno coraz\u00f3n de Almer\u00eda, a 30 Km. de la capital, y a una altitud de 404 metros se encuentra un paraje natural impresionante, el Desierto de Tabernas. Situado entre la Alpujarra Almeriense y la costa, este paisaje des\u00e9rtico parece arrancado de Arizona, Texas o Nuevo M\u00e9xico, y colocado en este rinc\u00f3n de Andaluc\u00eda. Se trata de un lugar impresionante para hacer turismo, no solo por el majestuoso paisaje en si, sino por su propia historia: de entrada tropezamos, vigilando el horizonte, con\u00a0las ruinas de un castillo nazar\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Desert 1 300x200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1288\" title=\"desert 1\"  alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"240\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-1-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pero el aut\u00e9ntico atractivo de la zona se encuentra en los diversos\u00a0poblados\u00a0del lejano oeste en los que el visitante tiene la sensaci\u00f3n de estar a punto de ver aparecer a Clint Eastwood cabalgando en su caballo. Y es que durante a\u00f1os, este fue el escenario para multitud de spaghetti westerns, como se llam\u00f3 a las cintas\u00a0rodadas en este lado del oc\u00e9ano, lo que dio lugar a la creaci\u00f3n de varios escenarios que aun hoy d\u00eda hacen las delicias de grandes y peque\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Se construyeron\u00a0tres \u201cciudades\u201d en los a\u00f1os 60, con el benepl\u00e1cito del r\u00e9gimen franquista,\u00a0para servir de escenario a multitud de t\u00edtulos. Eran rodajes baratos, y contaban como extras con los lugare\u00f1os, algo que aun recuerdan con nostalgia quienes tuvieron esa suerte. El poblado de El Fraile, hoy conocido como MiniHollywood, se construy\u00f3 para el rodaje de &#8220;<em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio<\/em>&#8221; (1965), protagonizada por Clint Eastwood. El siguiente que podemos encontrar es el\u00a0 Texas Hollywood \/ Fort Bravo, que aparece en <em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio<\/em> y en <em>El bueno, el feo y el malo<\/em> (1966)<em>,<\/em> construido en 1963, y que alberga adem\u00e1s la ciudad, un fuerte y un poblado mexicano. Y por \u00faltimo, el Western Leone, donde se rod\u00f3 \u201cHasta que lleg\u00f3 su hora\u201d(1968) con Henry Fonda y Claudia Cardinale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/lamuerteniaunprecio.jpg\" aria-label=\"Lamuerteniaunprecio 198x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1289\" title=\"lamuerteniaunprecio\"  alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/lamuerteniaunprecio-198x300.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fue el italiano Sergio Leone quien encumbr\u00f3 este g\u00e9nero con producciones como las ya mencionadas. Como dato curioso, y obtenido gracias a mi editor,\u00a0 David Carmona, \u00a0mencionar que las tres pel\u00edculas rodadas en el desierto almeriense <em>Por un pu\u00f1ado de d\u00f3lares<\/em>, <em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio y El Bueno, el Feo y el Malo <\/em>fueron su particular homenaje al cine de Akira Kurosawa y su pel\u00edcula Joyimbo. Leone aport\u00f3 su visi\u00f3n personal a este tipo de cine, pasando de impresionantes panor\u00e1micas a primer\u00edsimos planos de los personajes, duelos tanto de miradas como con armas, sufriendo las inclemencias del sol del desierto. Personajes marcados por la acci\u00f3n y la violencia, poblaron estos parajes con las composiciones de Ennio Morricone como melod\u00eda de fondo. Sus bandas sonoras hicieron que la m\u00fasica cobrase aun m\u00e1s importancia que la propia imagen. Director y m\u00fasico son las grandes figuras que crearon el g\u00e9nero conocido hoy como spaghetti western, (por suprocedencia italiana) dando una buena categor\u00eda a estas cintas que tras ellos pasaron a ser de serie B.<\/p>\n<p>Tras estos a\u00f1os dorados, Almer\u00eda y sus desiertos tambi\u00e9n se usaron en los rodajes de Cleopatra, Lawrence de Arabia, Patton, Indiana Jones y la \u00faltima cruzada, 800 balas el homenaje de Alex de la Iglesia a este cine, y un largo etc\u00e9tera. Como vemos, \u00a1Almer\u00eda es de cine!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Fistful of Dollars\uff081964\uff09 - Suite [PART 1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kqReF7tgdc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What does the word \u201cspaghetti\u201d suggest to you? I\u00b4m sure you are thinking about delicious Italian pasta, just as I did. But there is something more associated to this term, as you will see.<\/p>\n<p>Right in the middle of Almer\u00eda, 30 km from the city itself and 404 metres high, there is a fascinating natural reserve, \u201c<strong>El Desierto de Tabernas<\/strong>\u201d (Tabernas Desert). Located between the Alpujarra Almeriense and the Mediterranean coast, this desertic landscape looks like it belonged to Arizona, Texas, or New Mexico, and was transplanted to this little Andalusian spot. This is a wonderful place for tourism, not only because of its breathtaking landscape, but also due to its history: the first thing we see when visiting Tabernas, standing guard on the horizon, are the ruins of a <strong>castillo nazar\u00ed<\/strong> (Nasrid castle).<\/p>\n<p>But the main attraction in this area is a group of far west towns, where you feel like Clint Eastwood is just about to turn up riding on a horse. For several years, these were the filming location for many \u201cSpaghetti westerns\u201d, name given to the westerns filmed in this side of the Atlantic Ocean; as a consequence, some of the settings that were built are still there nowadays, bringing a lot of joy to both adults and children who visit them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Desert 2 300x200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1290 aligncenter\" title=\"desert 2\"  alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-2-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three different towns were built in the 60s, with the approval of the Franco regime, to be used as settings for a great amount of movies. We are talking about low-budget productions, where local people played minor roles as extras: this is something they love to remember whenever they have the opportunity. <strong>El poblado de El Fraile<\/strong> (The Friar\u2019s Village), known today as <strong>Mini Hollywood<\/strong>, was built for Sergio Leone\u2019s <strong><em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio<\/em><\/strong> (1965) (For a few dollars more). A different one is <strong>Texas Hollywood\/Fort Bravo<\/strong>, setting for both <strong><em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>El bueno, el feo y el malo<\/em><\/strong> (1966) (The good, the bad, and the ugly)<em>,<\/em> built in 1963, where we can still find a city, a fort, and a \u2018Mexican\u2019 village. And the last one, <strong>Western Leone<\/strong>, is the place where <strong><em>Hasta que lleg\u00f3 su hora<\/em><\/strong> (1968) (Once upon a time in the west) was filmed, with Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale playing the lead roles.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Leone was the Italian director who elevated this genre with such productions as the ones mentioned before. As an anecdote, I\u2019d love to highlight that the three movies filmed in Tabernas Desert, <strong><em>Por un pu\u00f1ado de d\u00f3lares<\/em><\/strong> (1964) (A fistful of dollars), <strong><em>La muerte ten\u00eda un precio<\/em><\/strong> and<em> <strong>El Bueno, el Feo y el Malo<\/strong>, <\/em>were his particular tribute to Akira Kurosawa\u2019s film, <strong><em>Yojimbo<\/em><\/strong> (1961)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3.jpg\" aria-label=\"Desert 3 300x200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1292 aligncenter\" title=\"desert 3\"  alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"227\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3-300x200.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leone provided his own personal interpretation to westerns, switching from incredible panoramic shots to extreme close-ups, intense duels using both eyes and guns, under the suffocating sun. Characters marked by action and violence inhabited these settings with Ennio Morricone\u2019s compositions as harrowing background music. His soundtracks made music almost as important as the images themselves. Both director and composer gave life to what is still known as the spaghetti western (due to their Italian origin), imbuing these movies with a quality that could not be replicated by subsequent examples of this genre, which never amounted to anything more than B-movies.<\/p>\n<p>After this golden age, Almer\u00eda\u2019s deserts were the setting for many other scenes in movies such as <em>Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Patton, Indiana Jones and the last crusade, 800 balas<\/em> (Alex de la Iglesia\u2019s particular homage to spaghetti westerns), and many others. As you can see\u2026 Almer\u00eda breathes cinema!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/desert-3-1024x686.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 te sugiere la palabra spaghetti? Seguro que como a mi, deliciosa comida italiana\u2026 \u00a0Pero hay algo m\u00e1s asociado a ella, como veremos. En pleno coraz\u00f3n de Almer\u00eda, a 30 Km. de la capital, y a una altitud de 404 metros se encuentra un paraje natural impresionante, el Desierto de Tabernas. 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