Classic Westerns vs Spaghetti Westerns

Warning: In this episode Chris will compare Shane to Funny Games ... Hi all,  In this episode Chris, Adam and Tom pull out their guns and join one of the Internets (and pre-Internets) longest standing shoot-outs - the battle between classic westerns and spaghetti westerns. You may also end up reaching for your guns and aiming them at us actually ... Why? Because we have picked two films to compare and contrast and neither are by John Ford or Sergio Leone. We will center today's episode on the most common western tropes of all: the stranger! Our focus will be on Shane and The Great Silence, two films that would seem made for a perfect double feature.  We will compare these two films, not just to each other, but to the rest of classic of spaghetti westerns - and explore their relationships, their differences and similarities. Worried about spoilers? Don't worry, each film has their own spoiler section you can easily skip. (There will also be a spoiler for Django in the Spoiler section for The Great Silence). Intro: 00:00Spaghetti Westerns vs. Classic Westerns: 01:53Shane: 10:45The Great Silence: 37:00Outro: 1:07:36