Lou Castel stars in Carlo Lizzano 's cult spaghetti western

‘Requiescant’ – The spaghetti revolution on Amazon Prime

Requiescant (Italy, 1967) is a revolutionary allegory in a spaghetti western, a genre that proved to be fertile ground for socio-political commentary such filmmakers as Sergio Solima (Face to Face, 1967) and Damiano Damiani (A Bullet for the General, 1966). In a 2010 interview, filmmaker Carlo Lizzani remarked that the Italian government used the leverage […]

Fernando Rey and Tomas Milian in Sergio Corbucci's 'Compañeros'

Sergio Corbucci’s ‘Compañeros’ on Amazon Prime

Compañeros (1970) is an ironic title, but then as a spaghetti western—a genre steeped in mercenaries and con men and double crosses—it would have to be. Swedish gun runner Yodlaf (Franco Nero), in Mexico in the heat of the revolution to sell his weapons to the highest bidder, and hot-headed Mexican peasant turned revolutionary officer […]